In the National Football League, Carson Wentz fills in as the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Wentz played college football at North Dakota State, where he won five NCAA FCS national championships. He was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft, making him the FCS’s highest-drafted player.
He is additionally the principal FCS quarterback taken in the first round since Joe Flacco was taken with the eighteenth generally determination in 2008, and the most noteworthy FCS quarterback taken in draft history, being drafted one opening before Steve McNair’s in the 1995 NFL Draft.
The Eagles exchanged three top 100 picks in 2016, a first-round pick in 2017, and a second-round pick in 2018 to climb in the draft request and get him. On May 12, 2016, Wentz marked a four-year bargain worth $26.67 million, completely ensured, including a $17.6 million markings reward.
He experienced a rib injury in the group’s first preseason round of 2016 however was completely good for the start of the 2016 ordinary season.
He is particularly noted for his friendship with Major League Baseball player Mike Trout, and gave him a ball as a gift after a touchdown in a win against the Dallas Cowboys on January 1, 2017
Carson Wentz Stats
Season | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
2012 | North Dakota State | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 144 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 191.9 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 1 |
2013 | North Dakota State | 22 | 30 | 73.3 | 209 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 142.9 | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 0 |
2014 | North Dakota State | 228 | 358 | 63.7 | 3,111 | 8.7 | 25 | 10 | 154.1 | 138 | 642 | 4.7 | 6 |
2015 | North Dakota State | 130 | 208 | 62.5 | 1,651 | 7.9 | 17 | 4 | 152.3 | 63 | 294 | 4.7 | 6 |
Career | 392 | 612 | 64.1 | 5,115 | 8.4 | 45 | 14 | 153.9 | 216 | 1,028 | 4.8 | 13 |
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