Carson James Wentz is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at North Dakota State University. Wentz was selected by the Eagles with the second overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, the highest selection ever for an FCS player. He is a member of the North Dakota National Football Hall of Fame and the NFLPA Hall of Famer.
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Carson James Wentz is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football at North Dakota State University. Wentz was selected by the Eagles with the second overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft, the highest selection ever for an FCS player. During his time at NDSU, the team won five NCAA FCS national championships. In his first year with the Eagles, Wentz accumulated multiple NFL and Eagles rookie records, including most pass attempts by a rookie quarterback. He was 2nd in the NFL in touchdown passes with 33, as well as a media and fan favorite to win MVP but missed the last three games of the season due to a season-ending ACL injury in his left knee. In 2019, he became the first QB in NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 yards with no WR over 500 yards. His 4,039 yards is the most in franchise history in a single season. The Eagles would go on to win Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots 41–33, the first in Franchise history, earning Wentz a championship ring. He graduated in 2011 as valedictorian of his class and was named the NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game Most Outstanding Player for the second year in a row. He is a member of the North Dakota National Football Hall of Fame and the NFLPA Hall of Famer. He has been named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the past three seasons.
He also played basketball and baseball for the Bismarck Patriots and was a captain at Century High School. He grew to 6 ft 5 in in height as a senior, and graduated in 2009 as a valedictionorian of the football team. He plans to play for the University of North Dakota in the 2015 NFL Draft. He currently plays for the New York Giants of the NFL and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFC East. His father, Carson Wentz, is a former NFL quarterback who played for the Denver Broncos and the New Jersey City 49ers. His brother, Carson, also played football for the Giants and is a current NFL quarterback. The family moved to North Dakota from Raleigh, North Carolina, at the age of three. The Wentz family now lives in Fargo, North Dakota, with his wife and two children. The couple have a daughter, Hailey, and a son, Cooper, who was born in 2011. The pair have two sons, Cooper and Cooper Wentz-Wentz, who were born in 2013. The father and son play football together for the Fargo-Moorhead High School in North Dakota. The son is also a junior at the University Of North Dakota and played in the 2014 FCS National Championship Game against Illinois State. He led the Bison to its fifth straight FCS title, running for two touchdowns and throwing for a third touchdown. The Bison won the national championship game, 29–27, in January 2015.
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