Nicholas Clayton Mullens is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, where he surpassed Brett Favre’s single-season record for passing yardage and touchdown passes. He is the grandson of Ernie Tabor, who was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1950s.
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Nicholas Clayton Mullens is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, where he surpassed Brett Favre’s single-season record for passing yardage and touchdown passes. He is the grandson of Ernie Tabor, who was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1950s. Mullens graduated from Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama, and won the 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year award for the state of Alabama. On May 4, 2017, Mullens signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent. He entered training camp behind veterans Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley and rookie C.J. Beathard. He was waived as part of the final roster cuts, but signed to the practice squad the next day. On September 26, 2018, the 49er promoted Mullens to their active roster after starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo tore his ACL and was placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season.
The 49ers signed him to a new contract on January 2, 2019, and he was signed to a practice squad contract on September 1, 2019. His uncle, Scott Tabor,. pitched for the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team and holds the record for most career wins. He had totaled 8,605 career passing yards, finishing his high school career with the 7th most passing yards in AHSAA history, to go along with 40 passing touchdowns. In four seasons at Southern Mississippi, played in 44 games and completed 928 of 1,546 attempts for 11,994 yards and 87 touchdowns. He finished his collegiate career at Southern Miss as the career passing leader in every statistical category. His 11,000 yards passing and 87 touchdown passes dwarfed the 7,695 yards and 52 touchdowns registered by former NFL greatrett Favre during his four years with the Golden Eagles.
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