Carson James Wentz was born on December 30,1992 and is an American football quarterback who has played in the National Football League for seven seasons.
52 Facts About Carson Wentz
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Carson Wentz was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft, making him the highest drafted FCS player.
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Carson Wentz helped bring Philadelphia back to the playoffs during his next two seasons, but further injuries limited his participation.
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Carson Wentz played quarterback and defensive back for the football team at Century High School in Bismarck, and played basketball and baseball at the school.
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Carson Wentz attended North Dakota State, redshirting his first season with the Bison as they won their first FCS title under ninth-year head coach Craig Bohl.
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Carson Wentz finished the season completing 12-of-16 pass attempts for 144 passing yards and two touchdowns.
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Carson Wentz was again the second-string quarterback in 2013 and appeared in 11 games.
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Carson Wentz ended his redshirt sophomore season completing 22-of-30 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown.
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Carson Wentz became the Bison starting quarterback during his junior year in 2014.
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Carson Wentz started all 16 games in 2014, completing 228 of 358 passes for 3,111 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
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Carson Wentz was the team's second leading rusher, with 642 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns.
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On January 9,2016, Carson Wentz led the Bison to its fifth straight FCS title, running for two touchdowns and throwing for a third.
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Carson Wentz was named the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year.
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Carson Wentz graduated with a degree in health and physical education, finishing with a 4.0 GPA and twice earning recognition as an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America, first for Division I football and later for all Division I sports.
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In February 2016, most analysts had Carson Wentz projected to be selected in the mid-first round of the draft.
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However, Carson Wentz began to be regarded as a Top 10 prospect after his pro day.
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At the NFL Scouting Combine, Carson Wentz showcased his athleticism as he was in the top three in the 40-yard dash, the broad jump, and the three-cone drill among all quarterbacks.
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Carson Wentz was the first quarterback the Eagles selected in the first round of an NFL Draft since Donovan McNabb in 1999, who was taken second overall.
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Carson Wentz was the highest-selected FCS quarterback taken in draft history and the first FCS quarterback taken in the first round since Joe Flacco in 2008.
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Carson Wentz signed a four-year, fully guaranteed contract worth $26.67 million on May 12,2016.
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Carson Wentz suffered a rib injury in the team's first preseason game of 2016, but was fully healthy for the beginning of the 2016 regular season.
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Originally intending to have Carson Wentz sit and learn for the 2016 season, those plans changed when the Eagles traded quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings in September.
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On September 5, Carson Wentz was named the starter for the Eagles' 2016 season opener against the Cleveland Browns.
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Carson Wentz was named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for Week 1.
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Carson Wentz became the first rookie quarterback since 1970 to win his first two games of the season and not throw an interception.
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Carson Wentz was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Steelers.
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Carson Wentz threw for a league-record 379 completions by a rookie, breaking the record of 354 held by former teammate Sam Bradford, who was with the St Louis Rams at the time.
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Carson Wentz set a single season franchise record with 607 pass attempts, the second highest attempts by a rookie in league history only trailing Andrew Luck, who had 627 in the 2012 season.
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In Week 2 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Carson Wentz threw for 333 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception.
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In 13 starts, Carson Wentz finished the year with 3,296 passing yards, 33 touchdowns, seven interceptions, a 60.2 completion percentage, and a 101.9 quarterback rating.
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Carson Wentz was ranked third by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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In 2022, an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that prior to Super Bowl LII, Carson Wentz expressed displeasure to other injured teammates that the Eagles were seeing success without him.
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Carson Wentz was immediately confronted by one of the players and the two had to be physically separated.
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On June 25,2018, prior to the start of the new season, Carson Wentz was ranked third overall in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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Carson Wentz missed the first two games in an effort to continue recovery from his ACL injury and Nick Foles remained as the starter.
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The source stated that Carson Wentz was over-targeting tight end Zach Ertz, which was detrimental to the offensive's rhythm.
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Carson Wentz was ranked 96th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.
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Carson Wentz was described as being a bully towards Eagles offensive coordinator Mike Groh and not open to coaching.
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The source said that Carson Wentz was trying to do too much and was often looking for a big play rather than taking the short check down.
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Carson Wentz had 289 yards and a touchdown in the victory, which gave the Eagles the NFC East title.
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Carson Wentz finished the 2019 season with 4,039 passing yards, 27 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.
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Carson Wentz became the first quarterback in franchise history to pass for at least 4,000 yards and the first in the NFL to do so without any receiver catching at least 500 yards.
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Carson Wentz was ruled out of the game with a concussion after playing just nine snaps in his post-season debut.
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Carson Wentz made his return from injury in Week 1 against the Washington Football Team.
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At the time of his benching, Carson Wentz scored 21 total touchdowns.
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Carson Wentz ended up leading the league in all of those categories at the end of the season despite only playing in 12 games.
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Carson Wentz was traded to the Indianapolis Colts on March 17,2021, in exchange for a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 first-round pick.
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Carson Wentz was reunited with former Philadelphia Eagles' coordinator Frank Reich, who had since become the head coach of the Colts.
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In Week 3, Carson Wentz made his return against his former longtime team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Carson Wentz was placed on injured reserve on October 22 and re-activated on December 12,2022, although he did not regain his starting duties due to the emergence of Taylor Heinicke as the team's starter.
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In Week 16, Carson Wentz came in relief of Heinicke after he was benched in the fourth quarter, where he completed twelve passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in the loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
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Carson Wentz is an avid hunter and frequently returns to North Dakota for that reason.