Nicholas Clayton Mullens was born on March 21,1995 and is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
34 Facts About Nick Mullens
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Nick Mullens played college football at Southern Miss, where he surpassed Brett Favre's single-season record for passing yardage and touchdown passes.
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Nick Mullens was born to Suzanne and Mark Nick Mullens on March 21,1995, in Little Rock, Arkansas and grew up in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.
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Nick Mullens is the grandson of Ernie Tabor, who pitched in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system in the 1950s.
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Nick Mullens played football for Spain Park, emerging as the team's starting quarterback.
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Nick Mullens had totaled 8,605 career passing yards, finishing his high school career with the 7th most passing yards in AHSAA history, to go along with 40 passing touchdowns.
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On November 30,2013, Nick Mullens played a key role in helping Southern Miss end its losing streak at 23 games with a five-touchdown performance against the University of Alabama-Birmingham, which happened to be the college that he originally committed to.
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Nick Mullens passed for 1,776 yards as a freshman in 2013.
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Nick Mullens ranked sixth among NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks in passing yardage.
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Nick Mullens started all 14 games as the Golden Eagles finished with more than 7,000 yards of offense for the first time in school history.
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In 2016, Nick Mullens made 11 starts and completed 243 of 384 attempts for 3,272 yards and 24 touchdowns, averaging 297.5 passing yards per game.
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In four seasons at Southern Miss, Nick Mullens played in 44 games and completed 928 of 1,546 attempts for 11,994 yards and 87 touchdowns.
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Nick Mullens finished his collegiate career as the career passing leader in every statistical category.
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On May 4,2017, Nick Mullens signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent.
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On September 2,2017, Nick Mullens was waived as part of the 49ers' final roster cuts, but he was signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On September 1,2018, Nick Mullens was waived by the 49ers and was signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On November 1,2018, Nick Mullens was named the starter for the 49ers' Week 9 game against the Oakland Raiders on Thursday Night Football after Beathard suffered a wrist injury in the previous game against the Arizona Cardinals.
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Nick Mullens was the first player in 49ers history to throw three touchdowns in his first game for the team.
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Nick Mullens completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Pierre Garcon in the first quarter to mark his first NFL touchdown.
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Nick Mullens finished the 2018 season with 2,277 passing yards, 13 touchdowns, and ten interceptions.
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Nick Mullens only appeared in one game in the 2019 season.
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On March 5,2020, Nick Mullens was assigned a one-year, $750,000 exclusive-rights free agent tender by the 49ers.
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On September 20,2020, in a game against the New York Jets, Nick Mullens came in after halftime after Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a leg injury.
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Nick Mullens was named the starter for Week 3 against the New York Giants.
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In Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks, Nick Mullens came into the game in the fourth quarter after Jimmy Garoppolo left the game with an ankle injury.
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Nick Mullens was named the starter for the 49ers again for the 49ers' Thursday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers due to Garoppolo being sidelined indefinitely due to his ankle injury.
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Nick Mullens was placed on injured reserve three days later.
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Nick Mullens was scheduled to become a restricted free agent following the season, but the team did not extend a tender to him at the start of the new league year and he became an unrestricted free agent.
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On June 14,2021, Nick Mullens signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Nick Mullens was signed to the Cleveland Browns' practice squad on September 1,2021.
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Nick Mullens was elevated to the Browns' active roster on October 21,2021, prior to their game that evening, and reverted to the practice squad the following day.
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Nick Mullens completed 20 of 30 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown in the loss before reverting back to the practice squad later that week.
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Nick Mullens signed with the Las Vegas Raiders on April 4,2022.
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On March 14,2023, Nick Mullens signed a two-year contract extension with the Vikings.