What Happened To Carson Wentz?

it's no secret that the life of an nfl quarterback can be a roller coaster of tremendous highs and devastating lows at one moment they can look like a star or franchise cornerstone and the next they're serving as a backup carson wentz knows this better than most wence was on the path to super stardom and it seemed like he was going to be the face of the eagles franchise fast forward just a couple of seasons and on the depth chart he's behind a rookie who people once thought may have to switch positions to even get playing time in the league so what happened to carson wentz that so quickly led him from mvp candidate to a backup asking to switch teams wence's story begins in the same spot where it currently sits as a backup at fcs powerhouse north dakota state wentz redshirted his first season then as a redshirt freshman wence served as the team's backup qb and only threw 16 passes the entire season even as a redshirt sophomore the following year he was still a second stringer and threw just 30 total passage this start to his career at an fcs school didn't exactly scream future nfl prospect it wasn't until his red shirt junior season that carson would be given the opportunity to lead his team as the starter and he made the most of it wence led the bison to a 15-1 record including a 34-14 thrashing of an fbs power 5 school in iowa state on their way to winning their fourth consecutive fcs national championship wince played a major role in the team's success as he threw for 311 yards and 25 touchdowns while also being the team's second leading rusher with 642 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns it was a season that put carson on some people's radars for the 2016 nfl draft in his fifth and final season of college football wentz was out to further prove he could be a qb at the next level his first six games helped with this cause as he threw for 1454 yards and 16 touchdowns but he broke his wrist in the first half of a week six contest against south dakota the injury forced him to miss the next eight weeks before wence was cleared to return for the national championship game where he led the bison to their fifth straight title as carson was named the game's mvp for the second year in a row after an impressive end to his collegiate career wence was viewed as a mid-first-round prospect but all that changed following his performance at the nfl draft combine wunderlich test and pro day at north dakota state the combine showed off his unique combination of size and athleticism as he was six foot five and 237 pounds but could still run a 4.77 second 40 yard dash his pro day further confirmed this and displayed his arm strength wence also scored a 40 out of 50 on his wonderlic test with the average score for other prospects being 20 it demonstrated wence was not only athletically gifted but also mentally following all of this scouts and pundits fell in love with wence as he climbed his way up everyone's mock drafts and found himself in discussions for potentially being the first overall pick prior to the draft current las vegas raiders head coach and nfl analyst at the time john gruden said i think he's the most nfl-ready quarterback that we've had in the last couple of years with the los angeles rams taking jared goff first overall the eagles decided to make a blockbuster move to getwentz in a trade with the cleveland browns for the second overall pick in that 2016 draft and a fourth rounder in 2017 philly gave up the eighth overall pick in 2016 a third round pick a fourth round pick a 2017 first round pick and a 2018 second rounder the birds were clearly all in on wence and believed he was going to be the face of their franchise for a long time philadelphia was betting their immediate future on wentz being their guy and they made this even more clear when philly traded sam bradford who was their starting qb to the minnesota vikings right before the 2016 season two days later the eagles named wence their starter for the 2016 season opener against the browns with a chance to show cleveland what they missed out on by trading away that pick wence and the eagles dominated the browns 29 to 10 as carson threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns in his nfl debut when speeding cleveland like this when the browns still didn't have an answer at quarterback after looking for nearly 20 years was just a gut punch to cleveland faithful while the eagles finished with a disappointing 7-9 record wence went on to have a solid rookie campaign as he started all 16 games for philly and finished with 3782 passing yards and 16 touchdowns he set an nfl record for most completions by a rookie with 379 which was also a franchise record for eagles quarterbacks in any part of their career the organization and its fans were pleased with wence's rookie season and didn't have questions about him being the starter moving forward the 2017 season was when wence mania exploded as him and the eagles were firing on all cylinders wence led the birds to an 11-2 record to start the year while putting up insane numbers in those 13 games he threw for 3296 yards 33 touchdowns and only had seven interceptions for a 101.9 quarterback rating the only issue was when's his season ending after that 13th game in a week 14 match-up with the then 9-3 los angeles rams wentz went off for four tds and 291 passing yards in a thrilling 43-35 victory in la but he suffered a torn acl trying to scramble for a touchdown late in the third quarter the injury ended his season and put a real damper on what was looking like a storybook season for philly prior to his injury wence was the media and fan favorite to win league mvp and the eagles were a legitimate super bowl contender all of this seemed to come crashing down with one play but that actually wasn't the case while wence's mvp caliber season was cut short the eagles were not done yet they went on to shock the world as they didn't skip a beat without wence's presence philly finished the regular season 13-3 before going on a magical post-season run that culminated in a 41-33 victory over the new england patriots in super bowl 52 for their first super bowl win in franchise history wence's replacement who played an integral role in all of this was nick foles who was named mvp of that super bowl the eagles had quite the dilemma on their hands heading into the 2018 campaign but it was a good one to have they had a newly born philly legend and super bowl mvp in nick foles and a guy who was on pace to win league mvp and was ranked third overall in the nfl top 100 players of 2018 and carson wentz both on their roster as wence was still recovering from his acl injury he missed the first two games of 2018 so foles was the unquestioned starter the birds went 1-1 in those games before naming wence the starter upon his return much to philly chagrin wence's return was not as smooth sailing as they had envisioned or hoped for the eagles went five and six with carson as their starter as he passed for 3074 yards 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions towards the end of the season wence dealt with a nagging back injury so the team shut him down for the rest of the year nick foles came in and was once again the knight in shining armor for philly as he helped the birds win their final three regular season games to get to 9-7 and secure a playoff spot foles in his squad upset the 12 and four chicago bears in a wild card matchup on the road before falling to the new orleans saints 20-14 in the divisional round in march of 2019 philly said goodbye to a folk hero as nick foles signed a four-year 88 million contract with the jacksonville jaguars his departure made it evident that wence once again was going to be the eagles unquestioned starter next season in that same off-season philly made it clear that was going to be the case for not just the next year but for the foreseeable future as they signed wence to a four-year 128 million dollar contract extension with 107 million dollars guaranteed it was a massive vote of confidence in wence in terms of time and money as he was now under contract through the 2024 season and would be making franchise qb type of money carson's play in 2019 made the eagles look smart for extending him as he started all 16 games and threw for 4039 yards 27 touchdowns and just seven interceptions wence became the first quarterback in franchise history to pass for at least 4 000 yards and helped his team back into the playoffs the eagles hosted the seattle seahawks in a wild card game and after playing just nine snaps wence was knocked out of the game due to a concussion after taking a helmet to helmet hit from jadavion clowney it was yet another example of misfortune for the qb while the injury was not a sign of weakness from wence people began to question how often he was getting hurt even though a concussion is pretty much unavoidable it was fair to worry about his durability in the 2020 nfl draft the eagles showed they were worried too by selecting jalen hurts with their second round pick after paying wence all that money why were they taking another quarterback that early in the draft well after an extremely disappointing 3-8-1 start to the season everyone got their answer as the eagles benched wence for hertz not only were the birds not winning games but wence was a turnover machine with more turnovers than touchdowns wence threw for 16 touchdowns in his 12 starts but threw 15 interceptions and lost four fumbles carson and his teammates were actually lucky birds fans were not allowed into lincoln financial field for these games as one can only imagine how loud the booze would have been these were the same fans who threw snowballs at santa claus with hertz playing well and the team looking revitalized by his presence it remains to be seen when wentz will start again for the eagles there are rumors that wentz wants out of philly if he isn't the starter moving forward the former mvp candidate with visions of one day having a statue like rocky may never start another game in an eagles jersey whether it was due to poor play bad injury luck or not having enough weapons around him wence never seemed to get over the hump in philly the eagles once seemed like geniuses for trading up and finding their franchise quarterback but now it looks like the browns may have won the trade except for the fact that the browns ended up wasting most of these picks because well that's just what cleveland does whether or not wence's time as an eagle comes to an end it's fair to say it has been a roller coaster of emotions for the team the qb and philly fans [Music] you

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Published: Wed Jan 06 2021