Nick Foles

Nick Foles

Arizona Wildcats — No. 8
Quarterback	Senior
Major: Communication
Date of birth: January 20, 1989 (1989-01-20) (age 22)
Place of birth: Austin, Texas
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Weight: 240 lb (109 kg; 17 st 2 lb)
Career history
College(s): Michigan State (2007) Arizona (2008–present)
Career highlights and awards
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Nick Foles (born January 20, 1989 in Austin, Texas) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Wildcats.

High school career

A three star recruit out of Westlake High School, Foles originally committed to Arizona State but decided to attend Michigan State instead.

College career

After attending Michigan State for a year, Foles transferred to Arizona and had to redshirt the 2008 season.

After Willie Tuitama graduated, Foles entered a quarterback competition with expected successor Matt Scott. After spring practice Matt Scott was given the starting role when the coaches felt that being a dual threat quarterback would open up the offense. Despite victories against Central Michigan and Northern Arizona, Scott struggled against Iowa and the next week Foles was given the chance the start. In Corvallis, Foles led the Wildcats to a victory against Oregon State. Foles continued to start for the rest of the year, completing 260 of 409 pass attempts for 2486 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions.^[1]

As a redshirt junior in 2010, Foles was the unquestioned starter. Foles led the Wildcats to a 7-1 start which included a victory against #9 Iowa on national television. Foles led the game-winning drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Bug Wright. Against Washington State, Foles suffered a knee injury that kept him sidelined for two weeks. Foles finished off his junior year with 3,191 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions despite missing two games due to injury.

Through the first nine games of the 2011 season, Foles had completed 284 of 413 passes for 3,260 yards and 22 touchdowns. He led the Pac 12 Conference in passing yardage and ranked third among all NCAA Division I FBS players, trailing only Case Keenum and Landry Jones.^[2]

References

1. ^ ESPN.com stats
2. ^ "NCAA Division I-A Player Passing Statistics - 2011 (Passing Yards Leaders - All Players)". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/player/_/stat/passing. Retrieved November 6, 2011. 

External links

• Arizona Wildcats bio

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Name	Foles, Nick
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Date of birth	January 20, 1989
Place of birth	Austin, Texas
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