Not Understanding the Tebow Religious "Hype"

I don't understand all of the commentary about Tim Tebow and his Christian beliefs. Here's what I think is odd.

Ray Lewis is very public about his belief in God and after a big win this season, on national television, he praised God and gave Him the glory.

After becoming saved, Deion Sanders became very outspoken about his conversion and his beliefs.

Darryl Green, the GREAT former corner of the Washington football team, was public about his faith, so much so that he delayed retirement from the league for two years because he wanted to raise more money for his Christian based programs.

Kurt Warner was very public about him being an evangelical Christian.

Randall Cunningham was public about being a Christian.

Now that I think about it, Warner and Cunningham were in one of Kirk Franklin's videos.

Tebow isn't the first, nor will he be the last, so why all of the hype?