Nick Foles
_(cropped1).jpg) Foles (2018) |
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| Chicago Bears - No. 9 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: January 20, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Austin , Texas | |
| Height: 1.98 m | Weight: 110 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2012 for the Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Career | |
| College : Arizona | |
| NFL Draft : 2012 / Round: 3 / Pick: 88 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Touchdowns - interceptions | 71-35 |
| Thrown yards | 11,901 |
| Pass attempts | 1,698 |
| Passes arrived | 1,051 |
| Passes arrived in% | 61.9% |
| Quarterback rating | 88.2 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Foles (* 20th January 1989 in Austin , Texas ) is an American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He is currently under contract with the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). Previously, Foles also played for the St. Louis Rams , the Kansas City Chiefs , the Philadelphia Eagles and the Jacksonville Jaguars . With the Eagles he won the Super Bowl LII , in which he was elected Super Bowl MVP .
college
Foles first attended Michigan State University in 2007 , where he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans in the Big Ten Conference . He only played one game for the team that year.
After his freshman year in college , Foles moved to the University of Arizona and had to sit out in Arizona for the first year. He then played from 2009 to 2011 for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pacific-10 Conference and in the Pacific-12 Conference .
Overall, in his four football years at college, Foles made 938 successful passes in 1,404 attempts , completing 10,068 yards and 67 touchdowns . He also threw 33 interceptions and achieved a quarterback rating of 138.1 points.
NFL
2012
Nick Foles was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2012 third round of the NFL Draft . He signed a four-year contract and became the backup quarterback for Michael Vick . He made his debut on November 11, 2012 in the tenth week against the Dallas Cowboys after Vick had to go out with a concussion. He threw a touchdown and an interception . Shortly before the end of the game he lost the ball at 23:31 after a sack , the subsequent touchdown sealed the defeat of the Eagles. Nevertheless, and although the subsequent game with Nick Foles was lost, head coach Andy Reid stuck to Foles and announced that Foles would remain the starting quarterback for the rest of the season . On December 23, 2012, Foles broke his hand in the game against the Washington Redskins , so he could not play the season finale against the New York Giants . The Eagles missed the play-offs this season.
2013
During the preparations for the 2013 season , the Eagles' new head coach, Chip Kelly , Vick and Foles announced they would fight for the position of the starting quarterback. Rookie Matt Barkley was hired as a backup. In the end, Vick prevailed and played the first games from the start. In early October, Vick suffered a muscle injury in the game against the New York Giants and was out for the rest of the game. Foles threw 16 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns as a substitute , the Eagles won 36:21. In the following game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he threw 22 passes for 296 yards and three touchdowns, in addition, he ran a touchdown himself. He was then named NFC Offensive Player of the Week . In the following week against the Dallas Cowboys he came to only 80 yards of space and remained without a touchdown before he was taken out of the game due to injury in the final quarter. Nick Foles started again in week nine after Vick's injury returned. Against the Oakland Raiders he threw, as the youngest player in the history of the NFL, seven touchdowns and thus equalized the record. He also threw no interception and achieved a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 - this has only happened for the 42nd time since 1960. This earned him the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award for the second time . Due to the strong performances, the Eagles also started the upcoming games with Foles.
In the game of the week ten against the Green Bay Packers he again achieved a high quarterback rating of 149.3, he threw twelve passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns. With a rating of 149.3, Foles became the first quarterback to score above 149 in two consecutive weeks. In week eleven against the Washington Redskins on November 17, 2013 (24:16) Foles threw 298 yards, no touchdown and no interception; a touchdown he ran himself. On December 1, 2013 against the Arizona Cardinals (24:21) Foles reached 237 yards with three touchdowns. In total, Foles threw 27 touchdown passes in two interceptions in the season and reached with a quarterback rating of 119.2 the highest value of all quarterbacks in the 2013 season and the third highest value in the history of the NFL. The ratio of 27 touchdowns to two interceptions meant a record for a regular season . For the first time since 2010, the Eagles reached the play-offs, in which they lost to the New Orleans Saints 24:26. In his postseason debut, Foles threw 195 yards, two touchdowns and no interception, and achieved a quarterback rating of 105.0. Foles was first elected to the Pro Bowl .
2014
In the 2014 season , Foles was starting quarterback until matchday 9, but then injured himself and suffered a broken collarbone . He was placed on the Injured Reserve List and was out the rest of the season.
2015
Nick Foles moved to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for their previous quarterback, Sam Bradford . With the Rams, Foles played his worst NFL season to date. He came in eleven games to only seven touchdowns with ten interceptions and a quarterback rating of only 69.0. Before the 2016 season , he was released by the Rams at his own request.
2016
After his release from the Los Angeles Rams, Foles was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs . For the Chiefs, Foles took on the role of the backup quarterback behind Alex Smith . In weeks eight and nine, Foles came on due to a minor injury to Smith. Nick Foles scored three touchdowns and threw no interception. From week ten, the recovered Smith replaced him.
2017
After being fired by the Kansas City Chiefs , Foles signed a two-year contract with his first team, the Philadelphia Eagles , with salaries up to $ 11 million and a $ 7 million guarantee.
After the cruciate ligament rupture of starting quarterback Carson Wentz on the 14th day of the regular season , Foles took over the Eagles as starting player and was allowed to play for the Eagles in the following play-offs .
Super Bowl LII
Foles was starting quarterback for the Eagles in all three play-off games of the season and reached 115.7 points in the quarterback rating. Overall, he came in the play-off games and the Super Bowl with an average of 113.2 points on the best rating of a quarterback in the NFL postseason to date.
The Eagles won the Super Bowl LII with 41:33 against the New England Patriots and Foles was instrumental in the victory with a very good performance that made him the Super Bowl MVP . He threw in the Super Bowl 28 passes in 43 attempts for 373 yards and 3 touchdowns , which earned him a passer rating of 106.1 points. In addition, he caught a touchdown himself in a trick play (the so-called Philly Special ) shortly before the opponent's end zone as the first quarterback in the history of the Super Bowl.
2018
In the 2018 season, Foles was again scheduled as a backup behind Carson Wentz, who was only fully recovered from his cruciate ligament rupture in week 3. So in the first two games of the season, Foles took his place and showed no consistent performance with one win and one loss. After Wentz failed again from the 15th matchday because of a back injury, Foles was starting quarterback for the rest of the season. Under Foles, the Eagles have won the last three games.
In the last game of the regular season against the Washington Redskins , Foles made 25 passes in a row to their destination, leveling with the record of Philip Rivers and Ryan Tannehill . The Eagles won the game 24-0 and were able to move into the play-offs thanks to a simultaneous defeat of the Minnesota Vikings .
In the Wild Card Game, Foles competed with the Eagles against the Chicago Bears . Foles threw two touchdowns and two interceptions at 266 yards in a narrow 16:15 win. In the Divisional Round against the New Orleans Saints Foles made 18 of 31 passes for 201 yards, the Eagles lost the game 14:20.
2019
On March 11, 2019, Foles agreed on a four-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars . In his first game for the Jaguars, he injured himself in the first quarter. After the game, he was diagnosed with a broken collarbone that leaves Foles indefinitely. On November 5, 2019, the Jaguars announced that Foles will return in week 11 of the season, resuming the role of starter after Backup Gardner Minshew had previously shown strong performances. After a weak first half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 13, in which Foles caused three turnovers , he was substituted for Minshew, who was subsequently named as the starter for the next game.
2020
On March 18, 2020, the Jaguars gave Foles to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a four-round pick .
NFL career statistics
Passing statistics for the regular season
| year | team | Games | as a starter | Comp-Att | Comp% | Yards | TD | INT | QB Rtg |
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| 2012 | PHI | 7th | 6th | 161-265 | 60.8 | 1,699 | 6th | 5 | 79.1 |
| 2013 | PHI | 13 | 10 | 203-317 | 64.0 | 2,891 | 27 | 2 | 119.2 |
| 2014 | PHI | 8th | 8th | 186-311 | 59.8 | 2.163 | 13 | 10 | 81.4 |
| 2015 | STL | 11 | 11 | 190-337 | 56.4 | 2,052 | 7th | 10 | 69.0 |
| 2016 | KC | 3 | 1 | 36-55 | 65.5 | 410 | 3 | 0 | 105.9 |
| 2017 | PHI | 7th | 3 | 57-101 | 56.4 | 537 | 5 | 2 | 79.5 |
| 2018 | PHI | 5 | 5 | 141-195 | 72.3 | 1,413 | 7th | 4th | 96.0 |
| 2019 | JAX | 4th | 4th | 77-117 | 65.8 | 736 | 3 | 2 | 84.6 |
| total | 58 | 48 | 1,051-1,698 | 61.9 | 11,901 | 71 | 35 | 88.2 | |
Source: NFL.com
Passing Statistics Postseason
| year | team | Games | as a starter | Comp-Att | Comp% | Yards | TD | INT | QB Rtg |
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| 2013 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 23-33 | 69.7 | 195 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 |
| 2017 | PHI | 3 | 3 | 77-106 | 72.6 | 971 | 6th | 1 | 115.7 |
| 2018 | PHI | 2 | 2 | 43-71 | 60.6 | 467 | 3 | 4th | 70.6 |
| total | 6th | 6th | 143-210 | 68.1 | 1,633 | 11 | 5 | 98.8 | |
Source: pro-football-reference.com
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c college statistics on sports-reference.com . Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ NFL Single Game Passer Rating Leaders. In: pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved January 20, 2014 .
- ^ For Foles, Dallas Now Behind Him
- ↑ Thank the Patriots - Nick Foles makes Pro Bowl . In: CSNPhilly.com . ComcastSports.net. January 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved on April 23, 2019.
- ^ SI WIRE: Eagles QB Nick Foles to miss 6-8 weeks with collarbone fracture. Sports Illustrated, November 2, 2014, accessed February 7, 2018 : "Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles will be sidelined 6-8 weeks after fracturing his collarbone."
- Jump up ↑ Gary Klein: Rams release quarterback Nick Foles. Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2016, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Chris Wesseling: Foles: Andy Reid main factor in decision to join Chiefs. National Football League, August 4, 2016, accessed August 11, 2016 .
- ^ Conor Orr: Nick Foles returning to Eagles on two-year deal. National Football League, March 14, 2017, retrieved March 15, 2017 : "Foles will make $ 11 million from the deal, including $ 7 million in guarantees, a source informed told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo."
- ↑ Wentz suffers cruciate ligament rupture: Effects for the Eagles in the playoffs on spox.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ↑ Bob Garcia IV: NFLEagles QB Nick Foles holds highest playoff career quarterback rating. Clutchpoints, February 5, 2018, accessed February 7, 2018 (English): "Foles' 113.2 passer rating in playoffs is tops all-time among QBs with 100+ passes, ahead of Jeff Hostetler's 112"
- ^ Courtney Cronin: Eagles QB Nick Foles named MVP of Super Bowl LII after 4 total TDs. ESPN , February 5, 2018, accessed on February 7, 2018 (English): "Could he have pictured how this would all play out, with him leading the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl by going toe-to-toe with his boyhood idol, making history as the first player to throw and catch a touchdown in the Super Bowl and earning MVP honors after one of the best performances of his career? Of course not. "
- ↑ Kevin Patra: Carson Wentz cleared to return, will start Sunday , National Football League , September 17, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Eagles rely on cult replacement on sport1.de, January 5, 2019, accessed on March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Tim McManus: Eagles QB Nick Foles ties NFL mark with 25 consecutive completions on espn.com, December 31, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Dave Zangaro: Eagles clinch playoff spot, with some help from Bears on nbcsports.com, December 30, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Pure drama! Chicago Bears fail due to bad kicker at the Philadelphia Eagles , ran , January 7, 2019, accessed March 12, 2019.
- ↑ Saints rally past Eagles 20-14, will host NFC title game , USA Today , January 13, 2019, accessed February 22, 2019.
- ↑ Jeremy Bergman: Nick Foles expected to sign four-year deal with Jaguars , National Football League, March 11, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019.
- ↑ Michael DiRocco: Jaguars' Foles breaks clavicle, out indefinitely on espn.com. September 8, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019.
- ^ Marrone: Foles is the starting QB. Retrieved November 5, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ John Oehser: Minshew named starting quarterback on the website of the Jacksonville Jaguars. December 2, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019.
- ^ NFL: Chicago Bears trade Nick Foles from Jacksonville Jaguars on spox.com. March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020.
- ↑ Regular season statistics on nfl.com . Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ↑ Postseason statistics on pro-football-reference.com . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Foles, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foles, Nicholas Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austin , Texas |