Carson Palmer

Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals

Career Highlights:  Winner of the 2002 Heisman Trophy, Carson Palmer hold several Cincinnati Bengals’ single-season records including completions (323), touchdowns (32), most passing yards (4,131), touchdown passes in a game (6), highest passer rating (101.1) and also highest passer rating in a career (90.1)…Just completed his fourth season…In 2006, Palmer led the Bengals to an 11-5 record and their first divisional championship since 1988… He was one of five Cincinnati players voted to the 2006 Pro Bowl… Suffered a knee injury on his first pass of the AFC playoff game against Pittsburgh, a 66-yard completion to Chris Henry…Palmer is the first Bengals quarterback to finish a season with a 100+ passing rating… He led the NFL in completion percentage (67.8) and set a team record with a league-leading 32 touchdown passes that year…Palmer’s brother, Jordan Palmer, who quarterbacked the University of El-Paso last year, recently signed with the Bengals…Carson Palmer was the No. 1 pick overall in the 2003 NFL Draft…While at the University of Southern California, Palmer rewrote the Trojans’ record books, setting career marks for most total yards (11,799, also a Pac-10 Conference record), most plays (1,824, Pac-10 record), most passing yards (11,818, Pac-10 record), most passing touchdowns (72), most pass completions (927, Pac-10 record), most pass attempts (1,569, Pac-10 record) and most 300-yard passing games (10, including three for over 400 yards)…He led USC to an 11-2 record in 2002 (an 8-0 finish) which included a 38-17 victory over Iowa in the Rose Bowl…Palmer set USC season records for completions (309), yards (3,942), and touchdown passes (33) in 2002…He completed 63.2 percent of his passes (309-489) with only 10 interceptions…Palmer also set school and conference records for his career with at least 2,500 yards of total offense in three seasons…His 72 career touchdown passes are a USC record and third-best in Pac-10 history…Palmer won numerous honors in addition to Heisman Trophy, including Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Player of the Year by The Sporting News and CNN/SI, and first-team All-America designation from the Associated Press, Football Writers Association, CBS Sportsline and ESPN.

Updated: May, 2008
Courtesy NBC