Josh Rosen

Rosen's father is Jewish and was a nationally ranked ice skater who almost qualified for the Winter Olympics in the 1970s, and his mother is a Quaker who was the captain of the Princeton lacrosse team.

Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen (born February 10, 1997) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.

He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons.

Rosen was born on February 10, 1997, in Torrance, California, to Charles Rosen, an orthopedic spine surgeon, and Liz Lippincott, a former journalist.

He was named a 2014 USA Today High School All-American.

He was also named the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's Male High School Athlete of the Year.

During his playing career, he passed for 11,175 yards and 90 touchdowns.

Rosen was rated by both Rivals.com and Scout.com as a five-star recruit and ranked as the best quarterback in his class.

Rivals also ranked him as the best overall recruit.

He verbally committed to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in March 2014 before officially signing in September.

Rosen played college football for the UCLA Bruins, receiving Freshman All-American and Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2015.

During his junior year, Rosen set the school's record for single-season passing yards.

An economics major, Rosen began taking classes at UCLA in January 2015; he enrolled early so he could take part in spring practice.

With three-year starting quarterback Brett Hundley leaving UCLA early for the NFL, a large hole was created on the team.

Rosen was UCLA's best quarterback during the spring, and he continued to compete during summer camp to be the team's starting quarterback as a true freshman.

On August 26, a week after being publicly criticized by head coach Jim Mora, Rosen was named the Bruins' starting quarterback.

He beat out Jerry Neuheisel, who had three years of experience in offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone's up-tempo spread offense, which was similar to the offense Rosen ran in high school.

The freshman called Neuheisel "selfless" for helping him during the competition.

UCLA entered the 2015 season ranked No. 13 by the Associated Press and No. 14 in the Coaches Poll.

In the season opener, Rosen completed 28 of 35 passes for 351 yards and three touchdowns as UCLA defeated Virginia 34–16, and he became the first true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback for UCLA.

He was honored as the Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week.

In a 17–9 win over No. 18 Utah, he broke Drew Olson's decade-old school record (199) for consecutive passes without an interception.

The victory kept UCLA in contention for the Pac-12 championship entering their regular-season finale against their crosstown rivals, the USC Trojans.

However, they lost 40–21 to the Trojans as Rosen turned the ball over three times on a fumble and two interceptions, ending his streak of passes without an interception at 245.

He was named the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year and earned Freshman All-American honors from USA Today, Sporting News, and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

He was also named The Sporting News' Freshman of the Year, Pac-12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year (coaches), and Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (AP).

Rosen had a bar mitzvah and identifies as Jewish, saying in 2016: "In retrospect, being Jewish is a big reason why I should have considered UCLA. Just because of how Jewish Hollywood is, and they really want someone to look up to because they just don't have professional athletes."

As for his spiritual beliefs, he describes himself as "kind of an atheist."

He is a maternal great-great-great grandson of Joseph Wharton, an industrialist and namesake of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a descendant of Thomas Cornell, progenitor of the Cornell family.

Rosen is named after another ancestor, Joseph Ballinger Lippincott, who founded publishing house J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Rosen grew up playing tennis; at age 12 he was the No. 1-ranked player for his age group in Southern California and top-50 in the country, and he became a top-10 player in junior rankings.

He was introduced to football in elementary school by a friend's father who was a youth coach.

Right before high school, Rosen switched from tennis to football.

Rosen attended St. John Bosco High School, a Catholic high school in Bellflower, California, where he had a 4.3 GPA.

As a senior, he was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year and the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year after passing for 3,186 yards, 29 touchdowns, and four interceptions.

In 2016, Rosen was injured in an October 8 loss to Arizona State Sun Devils, when he threw for a then-career high 400 yards.

He missed the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.

Rosen was selected 10th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals, where he served as the team's starter during his rookie season.

He was traded to the Miami Dolphins the following season and released after one year.

Rosen spent his next two seasons as a backup for the San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons.