Carson Wentz
He played college football for the North Dakota State Bison, where he won two consecutive NCAA FCS national championships as the starter.After losing his starting position due to a production decline, Wentz spent his next three seasons as a starter and backup with the Indianapolis Colts, Washington Commanders, and Los Angeles Rams.[5] Wentz attended North Dakota State, redshirting his first season with the Bison as they won their first Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) title under ninth-year head coach Craig Bohl.He completed all eight of his passes for 93 yards and threw his first touchdown in relief of Jensen in a 66–7 blowout victory over the Prairie View A&M Panthers.In his first start in the opener against the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference, Wentz completed 18-of-28 pass attempts for 204 yards in a 34–14 victory on August 30.[11][12][13] During the game against the Western Illinois Leathernecks on October 10, he caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from running back John Crockett and helped lead the Bison to a 17–10 comeback victory.[18] As a fifth-year senior in 2015, Wentz had one of the best games of his career on October 10 against the Northern Iowa Panthers, when he passed for a career-high 335 yards.[32] At the NFL Scouting Combine, 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.Originally intending to have Wentz sit and learn for the 2016 season, those plans changed when the Eagles traded quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings in September.[69][70] In 2022, an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that prior to Super Bowl LII, Wentz expressed displeasure to other injured teammates that the Eagles were seeing success without him.[81] Following the conclusion of the 2018 season, Joseph Santoliquito, writing in PhillyVoice, ran a piece in which more than a half dozen Eagles players were anonymously interviewed.[88] In Week 14, against the New York Giants, Wentz helped lead a comeback victory with 325 passing yards and two touchdowns in the 23–17 overtime win.[113] Despite the foot surgery, he was able to return in time for the September 12 season opener at home against the Seattle Seahawks, where Wentz completed 25-of-38 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns; however, the Colts fell short 28–16 in his Indianapolis debut.[115] Wentz threw for 3,563 yards, 27 touchdowns, and seven interceptions as the Colts finished the season 9–8, but failed to qualify for the playoffs after a loss in Week 18 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.[120] In the 21–17 loss to the Tennessee Titans in Week 5, Wentz threw a game-sealing interception to linebacker David Long Jr. in the red zone.[122] Wentz was placed on injured reserve on October 22 and re-activated on December 12, although he did not regain his starting duties due to the emergence of Taylor Heinicke as the team's starter.[123][124] In Week 16, Wentz came in relief of Heinicke after he was benched in the fourth quarter, where he completed 12 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in the 37–20 road loss to the San Francisco 49ers.[125] With the Commanders needing to win their final two games to make the playoffs, head coach Ron Rivera reinstated Wentz as the team's starting quarterback in Week 17.[127] The loss and wins by the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions on the same day resulted in the Commanders being eliminated from playoff contention.[130] He was announced as the starter for the Rams' final regular season game against the 49ers after the team secured a playoff berth the previous week.He also rushed for a 12-yard touchdown with 2:53 left in the fourth quarter, then completed a crucial two-point conversion to Tutu Atwell to help lead the Rams to a narrow 21–20 road victory over the eventual NFC champion San Francisco 49ers.[134] With the number one seed in the AFC secured, Wentz was named the starter for the Chiefs' regular season finale against the Denver Broncos.[148] Wentz's older brother, Zach, played college baseball,[149] pitching for the North Dakota State Bison team from 2009 to 2012.[150] Wentz's younger half-brother, Luke Domres, played both baseball and football at high school level,[151][152] but chose to concentrate on his studies, graduating magna cum laude from Arizona State University.
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