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Carson Palmer

Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals

Career Highlights: Winner of the 2002 Heisman Trophy, Carson Palmer hold several Cincinnati Bengals’ single-season records including completions (373), 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 (89.1)…Palmer just completed his fifth season with career totals of 107 touchdowns, 1,380 completions, 15,630 total passing yards, and a 88.9 quarterback passing rating. …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… Palmer suffered a knee injury on his first pass of the AFC playoff game against Pittsburgh, a 66-yard completion to Chris Henry…He is the first Bengals quarterback to finish a season with a 100+ passing rating… Palmer 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, also 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… 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 2009
Courtesy NBC

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