PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Mark Sanchez family photos

1 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_002192451–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_002192451-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez had an urge to play football as a tyke as he tried on his older brother’s shoulder pads. 2 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez192413–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez192413-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez has been dreaming about gridiron greatness since even before he could fit into his brother’s football pads. 3 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_003192411–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_003192411-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez’s Mexican-born great-grandparents migrated to Southern California and worked as fruit pickers. 4 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_002192410–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_002192410-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 5 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_001192408–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_001192408-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 6 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_003192437–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_003192437-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 7 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_001192415–500×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_001192415-500x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=500] Family photo of Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. 8 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_004192459–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_004192459-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] A family poster of Mark Sanchez. 9 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_002192434–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_002192434-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 10 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_001192431–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_001192431-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 11 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_006192449–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_006192449-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 12 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_003192456–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_003192456-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] A young Mark Sanchez holds a football trophy. 13 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez192429–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez192429-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez poses for a photo. 14 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_001192445–550×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_001192445-550x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=550] Mark Sanchez, right, and his brother, Brandon Sanchez. 15 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez192407–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez192407-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Family photo of Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. 16 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_005192501–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_005192501-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 17 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_002192416–550×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_002192416-550x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=550] Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, left, and his father Nick Sanchez. 18 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_004192438–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_004192438-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez played in the US Army All-American Bowl as a high-school senior in 2005. . 19 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_007192454–350×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_007192454-350x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=350] Mark Sanchez. 20 of 20 Mark%20Sanchez_005192440–500×500.jpg [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/08/mark2520sanchez_005192440-500x500.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=500] Mark Sanchez with USC coach Pete Carroll.