Five NFL Bets On Tim Tebow That Sports Bettors Need To Know About

• Tim Tebow is currently a tight end with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• Tebow has not played in the NFL in nine years.
• The biggest wager getting action on sportsbooks is whether or not Tebow will make it onto the 53-man roster for Week One of the season with “No” being the favored answer at -200 odds.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tim Tebow is playing as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2021-2022 NFL season, or is he? Sportsbooks have quite a few prop bets out there on the once-star college quarterback for the University of Florida and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner. He was expected to propel into a lucrative NFL career after being drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2010 but he was never really given a real chance.

Tebow would bounce from Denver to the New York Jets to the New England Patriots before finally giving it one last shot with the Philadelphia Eagles. All of these changes were from 2010-2015. His NFL career on record is from 2010-2012 when he actually banked some playing time.

After 2015, Tebow remained on the sports radar, venturing into a broadcasting career but never losing faith in being able to play professional football. On May 20, 2021, almost exactly six years from being cut by the Eagles, the Jacksonville Jaguars gave Tebow a $920,000 one-year contract, with zero guarantees. And the once famed quarterback was not signed to play as the quarterback and instead will be a 34-year-old tight end. And that’s the backstory for where all these wagers come into play.

Tebow’s NFL Bets

Sportsbooks love a good headliner and what’s better than an NFL “has been” coming back in a completely different position than he’s played throughout his entire time playing football? Online sportsbooks like Bovada list these types of wagers in their “NFL Specials” category.

By all indications, the favored “Yes” on this bet works because Tebow has proven to be doing well in camp. Of course, he’s stumbled here and there but he only needs to record one reception in Week One for sports bettors taking the sportsbook’s word to cash out. And let’s be honest, even the most terrible TE’s in the NFL have been capable of getting at least one reception in a game. Tebow has the athleticism to do it, even if he’s not quite sure how to play this particular position just yet.

It’s unlikely that the Jacksonville Jaguars will put Tebow in a spot to make this wager cash out on the side of “Yes” because he’s still in the learning phase of his new role on an NFL team.

Again, a touchdown from Tebow at tight end in Week One of the preseason is a rose-colored glasses type of expectation as it’s highly unlikely. Of course, anything is possible but this NFL bet may be a bit of a stretch for any gambler to take the “Yes” on this.

There has been plenty of talk and rumors swirling on Tebow and from a sports bettor point of view, the underdog “Yes” at +150 would be the position to take on this bet, and here’s why. The city of Jacksonville and the surrounding areas of Florida love Tim Tebow. Not all 53- men on the roster are played in Week One and this wager merely asks if he’ll be on the roster, not if he’ll get playing time. And if nothing else, Tebow is a hot commodity right now and the publicity alone for the Jaguars is enough to give him a spot on a 53-man roster which would leave the sports bettor that takes the +150 with a nice payout, courtesy of Tim Tebow.

Online sportsbooks have Tebow with odds of +2000 to be the “2021-2022 Comeback Player of the Year” putting him 13th on the board. If Tim Tebow can make it as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars, those odds will shift considerably and he could turn out to comeback player of the year, considering all he’s had to do to get to where he is today.

Christina Monroe

Christina has been writing for different platforms for years. She has a particular interest in writing about any and all sports-related news. If there is a game on, she’s watching it. She has been writing for USAOnlineSportsbooks since 2019.