

Īs 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. He was also the team's second leading rusher, with 642 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. Wentz started all 16 games in 2014, completing 228 of 358 passes for 3,111 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. NDSU won their fourth consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship game, 29–27. 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. Statistically, his best game that season was at Missouri State, where he threw for 247 yards and five touchdowns. 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. 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. Wentz became the Bison starting quarterback during his junior year in 2014. Wentz ended his redshirt sophomore season completing 22-of-30 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown. 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 was again the second-string quarterback in 2013 and appeared in 11 games. Wentz finished the season completing 12-of-16 pass attempts for 144 passing yards and two touchdowns. 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. Īs a redshirt freshman in 2012, Wentz was the backup quarterback to Brock Jensen and played in his first collegiate game on September 22. Wentz attended North Dakota State, redshirting his first season with the Bison as they won their first FCS title under ninth-year head coach Craig Bohl.

As a freshman, he was 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) in height, grew to 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) as a senior, and graduated in 2011 as valedictorian of his class. 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. After losing his starting position due to a production decline, he spent his next two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders.īorn in Raleigh, North Carolina, Wentz moved to North Dakota with his family at the age of three. Wentz helped bring Philadelphia back to the playoffs during his next two seasons, but further injuries limited his participation.
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He also earned Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors. 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. Wentz's greatest success with the Eagles was in 2017 when he led them to an 11–2 record.

He was selected second overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft, making him the highest drafted FCS player. Wentz played college football at North Dakota State University, where he won two consecutive NCAA FCS national championships as the starter. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons.
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Carson James Wentz (born December 30, 1992) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.
