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Carson Palmer

Career Highlights: Winner of the 2002 Heisman Trophy, NFL quarterback Carson Palmer holds 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 the team’s all-time best completion percentage at 62.9 percent…Last season he launched 586 passes, breaking Jon Kitna’s 581 total...Palmer has the top three season completion totals in Bengals history, and raised his career total to 2,024, passing Boomer Esiason (2,015) and moving into second place on Bengals behind Ken Anderson (2,654)...He also claims the top three passing yard seasons in Bengals history…Palmer just completed his eighth season with career totals of 154 touchdowns, 2,024 completions, 22,694 total passing yards, and an 86.9 quarterback passing rating....A two-time Pro Bowler, Palmer started all 16 games the past two seasons and in 2009 led the team to a remarkable early string of comebacks – in four of the first five games he led drives of 70 yards or more in the last 2:00 to gain a lead or tie…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...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 the Heisman Trophy, including the 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: June, 2011

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