Carson Wentz

Carson James Wentz (born December 30, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL).

Wentz played college football at North Dakota State University, where he won two consecutive NCAA FCS national championships as the starter.

As a freshman, he was 5ft 8in in height, grew to 6ft 5in as a senior, and graduated in 2011 as valedictorian of his class.

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.

As a redshirt freshman in 2012, Wentz was the backup quarterback to Brock Jensen and played in his first collegiate game on September 22.

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.

Wentz finished the season completing 12-of-16 pass attempts for 144 passing yards and two touchdowns.

Wentz was again the second-string quarterback in 2013 and appeared in 11 games.

He had his best game that season on October 13, against Delaware State, completing 10-of-13 attempted passes for 105 passing yards and a touchdown.

Wentz ended his redshirt sophomore season completing 22-of-30 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown.

Wentz became the Bison starting quarterback during his junior year in 2014.

In his first start in the opener at Iowa State of the Big 12 Conference, he completed 18-of-28 pass attempts for 204 yards in a 34–14 victory on August 30.

During the game at Western Illinois on October 10, Wentz caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from running back John Crockett and helped lead the Bison to a 17–10 comeback victory.

Statistically, his best game that season was at Missouri State, where he threw for 247 yards and five touchdowns.

Wentz led NDSU to a 15–1 record.

Wentz started all 16 games in 2014, completing 228 of 358 passes for 3,111 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

He was also the team's second leading rusher, with 642 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns.

On January 10, 2015, he started in his first national championship game against Illinois State and passed for 287 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 87 yards and scored a touchdown on a five-yard run to give North Dakota State the lead with 37 seconds left.

NDSU won their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship game, 29–27.

As a fifth-year senior in 2015, Wentz had one of the best games of his career on October 10 against Northern Iowa, when he passed for a career-high 335 yards.

The following week against South Dakota, Wentz suffered a broken wrist in the first half but managed to complete the game with 16-of-28 completions, 195 passing yards, and two touchdown passes as the Bison lost 24–21.

After starting the first six games of the season and completing 63.7 percent of his passes for a total of 1,454 yards and 16 touchdowns, he missed the next eight weeks of the season.

He returned to practice in the beginning of December and was cleared to play in the national championship.

He was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL draft, making him the highest drafted FCS player.

On January 9, 2016, Wentz led the Bison to its fifth straight FCS title, running for two touchdowns and throwing for a third.

He was named the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game Most Outstanding Player for the second straight year.

Wentz graduated with a degree in health and physical education, finishing with a 4.0 grade point average 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.

In February 2016, most analysts had Wentz projected to be selected in the mid-first round of the draft.

However, Wentz began to be regarded as a Top 10 prospect after his pro day.

On January 30, 2016, he played in the 2016 Reese's Senior Bowl and finished the game completing 6 of 10 pass attempts for 50 yards.

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.

Wentz also reportedly scored a 40/50 on his Wonderlic test.

On April 28, 2016, the Philadelphia Eagles selected Wentz in the first round with the second overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft.

Wentz's greatest success with the Eagles was in 2017 when he led them to an 11–2 record.

Although he suffered a season-ending injury, Wentz helped put the Eagles in position to obtain their conference's top seed, which culminated with the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl LII.

He also earned Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors.

Wentz helped bring Philadelphia back to the playoffs during his next two seasons, but further injuries limited his participation.

After losing his starting position due to a production decline, he spent his next two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders.

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wentz moved to North Dakota with his family at the age of three.

He played quarterback and defensive back for the football team at Century High School in Bismarck, and also played basketball and baseball at the school.