36 Facts About Brock Osweiler

Brock Osweiler played college football at Arizona State and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Brock Osweiler returned to Denver the following season in a backup role and played his final season as a backup with the Miami Dolphins.

Brock Osweiler played both football and basketball; football was the dominant sport in Montana, so Brock Osweiler traveled to neighboring states to play for Amateur Athletic Union basketball teams in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Yakima, and Spokane, Washington.

Brock Osweiler chose to attend Arizona State University over scholarship offers from Stanford and Washington State.

Brock Osweiler became the first true freshman to start a game for the Sun Devils since Jake Plummer in 1993.

Brock Osweiler finished the season completing 24 of 55 passes for 249 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Brock Osweiler finished the season with 4,036 yards and 26 touchdowns.

Brock Osweiler was rated the sixth best quarterback in the 2012 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.

Brock Osweiler was selected with the 57th overall pick in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.

Brock Osweiler signed a four-year rookie contract worth $3,516,000 through the 2015 season.

Brock Osweiler made his NFL debut in Week 4 of the 2012 season against the Oakland Raiders.

Brock Osweiler threw his first pass in a Week 17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, completing 2 of 4 passes for 12 yards.

Brock Osweiler threw his first career touchdown against the Raiders on December 28,2014.

The Broncos later announced that Brock Osweiler would start in place of the injured Manning the following week against the Chicago Bears.

Brock Osweiler was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Bears.

Brock Osweiler was presented the game ball after the game by head coach Gary Kubiak.

The next day, it was announced that Brock Osweiler would start the following week against the New England Patriots.

Brock Osweiler completed 23 of 42 passes for 270 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.

Brock Osweiler started his third consecutive game for the injured Manning during Week 13 against the San Diego Chargers.

Brock Osweiler finished the game with 16 of 26 completions for 166 passing yards, a touchdown, and an interception.

Brock Osweiler capped the game off with a career-high 51 attempts, completing 35 of them for 308 yards.

On January 7,2016, the team announced Brock Osweiler suffered a low-grade strain to the medial collateral ligament of his right knee during a game against the San Diego Chargers.

Brock Osweiler finished the 2015 season completing 170 completions out of 275 attempts for 1,967 yards for 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions while having an 86.4 quarterback rating.

Brock Osweiler rushed for 61 yards on 21 attempts for an additional touchdown.

On March 9,2016, Brock Osweiler signed a four-year, $72 million contract with the Houston Texans.

In Week 17, Brock Osweiler entered the game in relief of Savage, who suffered a concussion.

Shortly after the game, head coach Bill O'Brien announced that Brock Osweiler would remain the team's starter for the divisional round playoff game against the New England Patriots even though Savage had cleared concussion protocol.

On March 9,2017, Brock Osweiler was traded to the Cleveland Browns along with the Texans' 2017 sixth-round pick and 2018 second-round pick in exchange for the Browns' 2017 fourth-round compensatory pick.

On September 2,2017, Brock Osweiler was released by the Browns after the team named rookie DeShone Kizer as the starter.

On September 2,2017, Brock Osweiler signed a one-year contract with the Broncos after backup quarterback Paxton Lynch sustained a shoulder injury.

Brock Osweiler's contract was worth the league-minimum $775,000, leaving the Browns to pay the remaining $15.25 million of Osweiler's $16 million guaranteed.

Brock Osweiler then started the team's next two games against the New England Patriots and the Cincinnati Bengals.

On March 23,2018, Brock Osweiler signed with the Miami Dolphins, reuniting him with his former Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase.

Two weeks later, Brock Osweiler was named the starter for the Week 6 game against the Chicago Bears after Tannehill was inactive due to a shoulder injury.

Brock Osweiler appeared in four games the remainder of the season with two interceptions to no touchdowns.

On October 16,2019, Brock Osweiler announced his retirement from the NFL.