Monday Night Football College Spotlight: Carson Palmer
October 1, 2007 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
Every Monday night, I’ll be highlighting one of the game’s players’ college careers, so stop back every week to check out some “back in the day” stats about current NFL players. For more in NFL football news, check out b5’s Every Morning Quarterback.
Today’s Spotlight: Carson Palmer
Current Team, Number, Position: Cincinnati Bengals, #9, Quarterback
Current Stats: 64% passes competed
College: USC
Draft: 1st pick in 2003
College Highlights: The 2002 Heisman Trophy winner and the first pick on the 2003 draft, Carson Palmer was the first college ball player since Vinny Testaverde in 1987 to be top dog in the Heisman race and in the draft. He joined the Trojan team in 1998, but was named second string quarterback until the ninth week, when he replaced the suck-tastic Mike Van Raaphorst. That makes him only the second true freshman to ever start as quarterback to USC. As a Trojan, he completed 927 passes for 11,818 yards and 72 touchdowns. At the time, that was the record for USC and the Pac-10 Conference. Tonight, Palmer and his Bengals are up against Brady and the Patriots. The game’s just started, so get it on if you’re not already watching it!
Photo: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
