Mark Sanchez takes part in the morning walk through during training camp at the Jets’ practice facility in Florham Park, New Jersey in August.
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Earlier this summer, Sanchez attended a screening of the new season of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” where he posed with star, and Jets fan, Larry David.
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…and goofed around with a Larry David-inspired Statue of Liberty
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In June, a dressed-down Sanchez attended a screening of “Horrible Bosses” in New York.
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Earlier that month, he donned a sharp-looking suit for the Samsung Hope For Children Gala at Cipriani Wall Street.
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The previous weekend, he served as a prop for skateboarder Greg Lutzka at the Maloof Money Cup at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Lutzka went on to win the competition.
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The Jets accomplished a shocking upset of the New England Patriots in the 2011 NFL divisional playoffs. Here, Sanchez celebrates after the Jets’ 28-21 win in Foxborough this past January.
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Dressed to the nines for a Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show in November
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Sanchez attended a screening of “The Social Network” at New York’s School of Visual Arts Theater in September 2010.
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Sanchez makes the scene at “Monday Night in Manhattan”, a night of gaming to benefit then-Jet Jerricho Cotchery’s eponymous foundation for underprivileged youths, at Manhattan’s Hudson Terrace in September 2010.
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Sanchez laughs while stretching at Jets training camp at SUNY Cortland in August 2010.
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Just a few weeks before, he attended the New York premiere of “Twelve,” where he posed with star Chace Crawford.
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At the after party, the “Gossip” guy made Sanchez laugh.
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Sanchez looks dashing in an all-blue suit at the 2010 ESPYs.
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The Broadway aficionado attended the 2010 Tony Awards, where he introduced a performance from one of his favorite musicals, “Memphis.”
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On May 19, Sanchez and his offensive tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson attended a White House State Dinner for Mexican President Phillipe Calderon and his wife Mrs. Zavalas.
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The day before, Sanchez was photographed after shopping at Armani Exchange in New York’s Flatiron district, perhaps buying clothes for the big event.
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Speaking to reporters in the Jets’ locker room after practice in mid-May 2010
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Posing with Giants QB Eli Manning on the field at the New Meadowlands Stadium at an event to present the two teams’ bid to host the 2014 Super Bowl
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Sanchez was in Los Angeles for an event honoring his family’s work with the Hollenbeck Youth Center. Here, he poses with a group of boy scouts at the gala at the Ritz Carlton.
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Earlier on that trip back to California, he caught a Dodgers game with his family.
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Watching the Knicks take on the Rockets from courtside seats at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 2010
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Sanchez, who’s made a hobby of attending Broadway shows, caught “Billy Elliot” the night before his 2010 knee surgery. Here he is posing with the cast after the show.
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The Jets may have lost the 2010 AFC Championship, preventing them from playing in the Super Bowl, but Sanchez was in Miami that year for the Super Bowl festivities nonetheless. Here, he signs a Super Bowl XLIV helmet.
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While in Miami, Sanchez and Eli Manning coached star-studded teams in DIRECTV’s 4th Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl the Saturday before the Super Bowl. Sanchez’s team won.
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Sanchez pauses to give a young fan a high five as the Jets leave for the 2010 AFC Championship game against the Colts.
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Here, Sanchez gets a congratulatory hug from Rex Ryan as he led the Jets to a 17-14 defeat of the Chargers in the 2010 NFL playoffs.
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After the Jets win over the Chargers, which sent them to the 2010 AFC Championship
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Dressed to kill, Sanchez makes his way to the team hotel in Cincinnati before the Jets’ first playoff game against the Bengals in January 2010.
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Sanchez, decked out in his USC gear, smiles at a press conference from his rookie season.
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Not having the best day, Sanchez looks off to the side during the Jets’ October 2009 loss to the Bills, in which he threw five interceptions.
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Sharing a laugh with then-backup QB Kellen Clemens (left) on the sidelines of the Jets’ 2009 preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles
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Catching up with Giants QB Eli Manning after the Jets-Giants annual preseason game in 2009
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Smiling on the sidelines of a preseason game between the Jets and the St. Louis Rams in August 2009
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Sanchez at one of his first press conferences after he was drafted by the Jets
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Before he’d even played a single game in the NFL, Sanchez posed in a ’70s-inspired swimwear shoot for the June 2009 issue of GQ.
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“She was giving me pointers the whole time. She made me feel really comfortable,” Mark said about shoot partner Hilary Rhoda.
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“It was just a shock to people,” Mark said of his choice to go pro at such a young age, but he might as well be talking about stripping for the camera.
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“I wouldn’t necessarily be caught in those shorts,” Mark said of the skimpy styles he flaunted for the shoot.
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