Jesse Palmer

About Jesse Palmer

Jesse James Palmer (born October 5, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a television sports commentator and former pro American football quarterback. He was featured on the reality television series The Bachelor. He played in the NFL for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers before spending half a season in 2006 in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. He is now a college football analyst for ESPN and a football analyst for Canada's TSN.

In the spring of 2004, Palmer appeared on The Bachelor television program, in which he was given his choice of eligible single women. He is known for accidentally forgetting a woman's name during the first rose ceremony. He eventually selected Jessica Bowlin. However, as is common with relationships forged through reality television shows, Palmer's and Bowlin's courtship lasted for only a few months after the end of the show.

Palmer played college football at the University of Florida where he alternated playing time with quarterback Doug Johnson and later Rex Grossman.