Christian Ponder

Christian Ponder
Christian Ponder in December 2012
Position (s): Quarterback	Jersey number (s): 7
born on February 25, 1988 in Dallas , Texas
Career information
Active : 2011 - 2016
NFL Draft : 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
College : Florida State
Teams
Minnesota Vikings (2011-2014) Denver Broncos (2015) San Francisco 49ers (2016)
Career statistics
Touchdowns - interceptions	38-36
Passing game	6,658 yards
Quarterback rating	75.9
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Senior Bowl MVP 2011

Christian Andrew Ponder (* 25. February 1988 in Dallas , Texas ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback .

Career

Ponder played college football for Florida State University and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the Senior Bowl . The Minnesota Vikings chose him in the first round of the NFL draft, as the successor to Brett Favre out. Since the Vikings with Ponder and Joe Webb, drafted a year earlier, had too little experience in this position, Donovan McNabb was also committed.

With McNabb as starting quarterback , the Vikings began the season, but this was dismissed after poor performance. Ponder and Webb were then used alternately. Ponder had 1,853 yards and 13 touchdowns with as many interceptions .

For the 2012 season , Ponder was set as the starting quarterback. He threw 300 successful passes for 2,935 yards and 18 touchdowns with twelve interceptions. He and his team made it into the play-offs . Before the game against the Green Bay Packers, however, Christian Ponder injured himself during training, which meant he was out of the game. The Vikings lost the game 10:24.

In his third season, Ponder was again set as a starting quarterback. However, he lost his job as a starter in the fourth week due to an injury. In his place was the newly signed Matt Cassel . In the further course of the season Ponder came to four missions before he was finally replaced by Cassel in the 13th week. He ended the season with two wins, six losses and one draw.

When the Vikings selected Teddy Bridgewater in the 2014 NFL Draft , Ponder was only number three quarterback. After Matt Cassel injured himself and was out for the rest of the season and Bridgewater also injured, Ponder made his last game for the Vikings on the fifth day of the 2014 season . He started the game against the Green Bay Packers , which they lost at 10:42. In that game he also threw his final touchdown for the Vikings. For the remainder of the season, Ponder remained a substitute quarterback behind Bridgewater.

After his contract expired at the end of the season, the Oakland Raiders signed him . Before the start of the regular season , Ponder was released by the Raiders, who instead went into the season with Matt McGloin as a backup for Derek Carr .

In November, the Denver Broncos signed Ponder as an experienced player for their team after an injury to Peyton Manning . After only two weeks he was also released by the Broncos, who from now on bridged the time until Manning's return with the inexperienced Brock Osweiler and Trevor Siemian .

Before the 2016 season , the San Francisco 49ers signed Christian Ponder as third quarterback after Thad Lewis was injured for the remainder of the season and placed on the injured reserve list .

Private

Christian Ponder married ESPN reporter Samantha Steele on December 17, 2012. The two had a daughter on July 22, 2014, whom they named Bowden Saint-Claire Ponder after Ponder's head coach at college, Bobby Bowden .

Web links

Commons : Christian Ponder  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile on the side of the Minnesota Vikings

Individual evidence

1. ^ Raiders Sign QB Christian Ponder . Raiders.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 8, 2015. 
2. ^ Christian Ponder released by Oakland Raiders. National Football League (NFL), September 5, 2015, accessed on August 21, 2016 (English): “The Raiders released Ponder on Saturday, the team announced. With Ponder out of the picture, Matt McGloin has won the Raiders' backup quarterback job. " 
3. ↑ Mike Florio: Broncos fan Christian Ponder dropped everything to join the Broncos. NBC, November 26, 2015, accessed August 21, 2016 : "" [W] e're sitting here with a guy who has one start in this league and a kid who doesn't have a play, "coach Gary Kubiak told reporters on Wednesday. " 
4. ↑ Josh Alpter: Broncos drop Christian Ponder. NBC, December 8, 2015, accessed August 21, 2016 : “That won't be happening. The Broncos announced Tuesday that they have released Ponder, who never saw any action for the Broncos in his two weeks on the team. That leaves rookie Trevor Siemian as Brock Osweiler's backup while Peyton Manning continues working out in hopes of returning to active duty this season. " 
5. ↑ 49ers Sign QB Christian Ponder; Place Thad Lewis on Injured Reserve. (No longer available online.) San Francisco 49ers, Aug 16, 2016, archived from the original on Aug 21, 2016 ; Retrieved on August 21, 2016 (English): "The San Francisco 49ers announced they have signed QB Christian Ponder to a one-year deal. In order to make room on the roster, the team has placed QB Thad Lewis on the Injured Reserve List. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Ponder marries ESPN sideline reporter in Hudson. (No longer available online.) In: kare11.com. December 19, 2012, archived from the original on November 4, 2013 ; Retrieved April 9, 2015 : “Ponder and Steele were married Monday afternoon in Hearing Room 1 at the St. Croix County Courthouse in Hudson, Wisconsin. The marriage application, which is a matter of public record, lists Christian Andrew Ponder and Samantha Sainte-Claire Steele as the bride and groom. " 
7. ↑ Chris Chase: Christian Ponder named his daughter after Bobby Bowden. In: ftw.usatoday.com. USA Today, July 22, 2014, accessed April 9, 2015 : “Christian Ponder, the former Florida State star now with the Minnesota Vikings, recently had his first child, a baby girl named after his college coach Bobby Bowden. "