Carson Palmer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carson Palmer
Carson Palmer 2015.JPG
Palmer 2015
Position (s):
Quarterback
Jersey numbers:
9, 3
born December 27, 1979 in Fresno , California
Career information
Active : 2004 - 2017
NFL Draft : 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st
College : Southern California
Teams
Career statistics
TD - INT     294-187
Thrown yards     46,247
Quarterback rating     87.9
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
college

Carson Palmer (* 27. December 1979 in Fresno , California ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played in the National Football League (NFL), including for the Arizona Cardinals , the Oakland Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals . Palmer attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2002.

College career

After graduating from Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Palmer enrolled at the University of Southern California in 1998 . He was second quarterback on the college football team behind Mike Van Raaphorst , who was replaced by Carson Palmer after nine games of the USC Trojans because of his ineffectiveness. Palmer had his breakthrough in his senior year of college under the new offensive coordinator Norm Chow. He threw 309 passes for 3,942 yards and 33 touchdowns with just ten interceptions and led the Trojans to a 38-17 victory over the University of Iowa in the Orange Bowl . In a game against Notre Dame , he threw 425 yards, the most ever scored by a quarterback against Notre Dame. Because of this extraordinary achievement, Carson Palmer was awarded the Heisman Trophy , an award for the best player in college football .

Professional career

Rookie season

Carson Palmer was selected first in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals . He was the second player after Vinny Testaverde to be selected with the first pick and also to win the Heisman Trophy. He didn't play a single game in his first season as Jon Kitna , who joined the Bengals as a free agent in 2001 , started every game. Although the team ended the season with a record of eight wins and eight losses, so with their first non-negative record since 1996, Palmer and not Kitna was declared the starter for the next season.

2003-2004

In his first season as the starting quarterback, Palmer threw passes over 2,897 yards and 13 touchdowns. One of his notable appearances was in the December game against the Baltimore Ravens . After Baltimore went into the fourth quarter with a 20-3 lead, he brought his team back into the game with three touchdowns to 23:24. When the Ravens took the lead again after a field goal , Palmer brought the Bengals over 60 yards in eight plays in position for the field goal to victory by Shayne Graham .

2005 - the breakthrough

In the 2005 season Palmer reached a record of 11-5 with the Bengals and thus the first title in the AFC North since 1990. He became the first Bengal with a quarterback rating over 100, was with 3,836 yards fourth best pass thrower in the NFL and led entered the league with 32 touchdown passes. On December 21, 2005, Carson Palmer was elected to the Pro Bowl . In this game he could not take part because he was injured in the wildcard play-offs game against the Pittsburgh Steelers by defensive tackle Kimo Oelhoffen in the knee. Without Palmer, the Bengals were eliminated from the playoffs. Palmer was diagnosed with a complicated knee injury involving both the cruciate ligament and cartilage. He was led by Dr. Lonnie Paulos operated in Houston, Texas and was able to play again the following season.

Although the Bengals could not build on their successes in the following seasons, Carson Palmer was elected MVP of the Pro Bowl in 2006.

In January 2018, Palmer announced his retirement.

Career statistics

year team Comp-Att Comp% Yards TD INT QB Rtg
2003 CIN 0-0 - - - - 0.0
2004 CIN 263-432 60.9 2897 18th 18th 77.3
2005 CIN 345-509 67.8 3836 32 12 101.1
2006 CIN 324-520 62.3 4035 28 13 93.9
2007 CIN 373-575 64.9 4131 26th 20th 86.7
2008 CIN 75-129 58.1 731 3 4th 69.0
2009 CIN 282-466 60.5 3094 21st 13 83.6
2010 CIN 362-586 61.8 3970 26th 20th 82.4
2011 OAK 199-328 60.7 2753 13 16 80.5
2012 OAK 345-565 61.1 4018 22nd 14th 85.3
2013 ARI 362-572 63.3 4274 24 22nd 83.9
2014 ARI 141-224 62.9 1626 11 3 95.6
2015 ARI 342-537 63.7 4671 35 11 104.6
2016 ARI 364-597 61.0 4233 26th 14th 87.2
2017 ARI 164-267 61.4 1,978 9 7th 84.4
total 3,941-6,307 62.5 46,247 294 187 87.9

Web links

Commons : Carson Palmer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bergman, Jeremy: Cardinals QB Carson Palmer retires after 15 seasons . January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.