30 Facts About DeShone Kizer

DeShone Allen Kizer is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.

DeShone Kizer has played in the National Football League for four seasons.

DeShone Kizer played college football at Notre Dame and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

DeShone Kizer was named the AP Ohio Division III co-offensive player of the year as a senior in 2013.

On June 11,2013, DeShone Kizer announced his commitment to play college football at the University of Notre Dame.

DeShone Kizer redshirted his first year at Notre Dame in 2014 behind quarterbacks Everett Golson and Malik Zaire.

DeShone Kizer played 12 games with 2,925 passing yards, 472 rushing yards, and 34 total touchdowns.

DeShone Kizer received an invitation to the NFL Combine and completed all of the combine drills except for the bench press.

DeShone Kizer performed positional drills, but had a disappointing performance.

DeShone Kizer participated at Notre Dame's Pro Day and only ran positional drills in front of team scouts and representatives, including San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley.

DeShone Kizer was ranked the second best quarterback in the draft by NFL analyst Bucky Brooks, the third best quarterback by NFLDraftScout.

DeShone Kizer was the fourth quarterback selected and first taken in the second round.

DeShone Kizer orchestrated a 12-play drive that ended when he scored on a 1-yard touchdown run.

DeShone Kizer's first career passing touchdown was a three-yard pass to wide receiver Corey Coleman in the fourth quarter.

DeShone Kizer started the next four games for the Browns, which were all losses.

In 15 starts of his rookie season, DeShone Kizer completed 53.6 percent of his passes for 2,894 yards, 11 touchdowns, and a league-leading 22 interceptions.

On March 14,2018, DeShone Kizer was traded to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for Damarious Randall and a swap of both fourth and fifth-round draft picks.

On September 9,2018, in Week 1, DeShone Kizer played in place of an injured Aaron Rodgers in the first and second quarters against the Chicago Bears.

DeShone Kizer threw for 55 yards and an interception, which was returned for a touchdown.

DeShone Kizer was released on August 31,2019, as part of the final roster cuts.

On September 1,2019, DeShone Kizer was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Raiders.

On May 5,2020, DeShone Kizer was waived by the relocated Las Vegas Raiders.

DeShone Kizer was re-signed to the Raiders practice squad on September 7,2020, and was released on September 30.

On November 24,2020, DeShone Kizer was signed to the Tennessee Titans practice squad.

DeShone Kizer was signed to a futures contract on January 11,2021.

DeShone Kizer entered the 2021 offseason as the third string quarterback competing with backup Logan Woodside for the No 2 spot behind starter Ryan Tannehill.

DeShone Kizer was released on August 5,2021, after the Titans signed quarterback Matt Barkley.

DeShone Kizer was re-signed to the practice squad on November 26,2021, but was released three days later.

DeShone Kizer is the founder of One of None, an online marketplace that uses non-fungible tokens to authenticate its products.

DeShone Kizer is a member of ON_Discourse, a decentralized autonomous organization that discusses technology and business.