Team

GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2001 (0/0-Wash.) 2002 (4/0-Mia.), 2003 (2/0-Mia.), 2004 (3/1-Mia.), 2005 (4/1-Mia.), 2006 (4/0-Hou.), 2007 (9/5-Hou.), 2008 (6/5-Hou.), 2009 (0/0-Minn.). Total- 32/12 (13/2-Mia, 19/10-Hou).

• Started 10 games in 2 seasons for Houston.

• Native of Maquoketa, IA and starred at Iowa State, leading the Cyclones to their 1st bowl game in 22 years as a senior, topping Pitt in the Insight.com Bowl.

OFF THE FIELD Majored in marketing at Iowa State...Married to Maria with a daughter, Ava, and a son, Peyton...Member of National Honor Society at Maquoketa High...Got involved in the community early in his Vikings career, helping stuff Easter baskets for victims of the Red River flooding in the spring of 2009.

PRO Did not see action in 2009 with the Vikings, backing up Brett Favre and Tarvaris Jackson for the entire season...Acquired by the Vikings in a trade with Houston on 2/27/09…Has a 6-4 record in his past 10 starts…Has thrown a TD pass in 14 of the past 15 games he has played in…Has only been sacked 19 times in 562 career attempts…Has started games for Miami and Houston during his career…Originally entered the NFL as  a 4th-round draft pick (#109) by Washington in 2001…Traded from Washington to Miami during 2002 preseason…Spent 2002-05 seasons with Miami and 2006-08 with Houston…Signed as a free agent with Houston on 3/12/06…Went on injured reserve with broken throwing wrist on 11/28/06, suffering injury when he filled in as the holder on FG at NY Jets (11/26/06) and covered a missed FG, making the tackle on the play…Threw career-best 4 TDs vs. Tennessee (10/21/07) after coming into the game for injured starter Matt Schaub and threw for 249 yards in the 4th quarter, the 2nd-most 4th-quarter passing yards in NFL history…Had career-best 294 passing vs. Baltimore (11/9/08) against stingy Ravens defense…Has posted an 80+ passer rating in 5 of the past 6 games he has played…Notched career-best 4-1 record in 5 starts for the Texans in 2007…Played under Dave Wannstedt and interim coach Jim Bates for opening 3 seasons in Miami and under Nick Saban for the 2005 season with Dolphins…Spent rookie season of 2001 in Washington with head coach Marty Schottenheimer and traded by head coach Steve Spurrier to Miami during 2002 preseason…Vikings Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell was a graduate assistant in 1997 at Iowa State when Rosenfels was a redshirt freshman QB.

2009 Did not see game action, serving as Vikings 3rd QB throughout the regular season and both playoff games...Was slated to battle Tarvaris Jackson for starting job during the season before veteran Brett Favre came out of retirement and joined the team after the 1st preseason game of the season...Started  preseason opener at Indianapolis (8/14).

2008 Started 5 games in place of regular starter Schaub during the season…Helped Texans rank #3 in the NFL in total offense and #4 in passing offense…Threw for career-high 294 yards vs. Baltimore (11/9/08) in his 2nd start of the season, including a 60-yard TD pass to WR Kevin Walter…Had season-best 103.2 passer rating vs. the Vikings when he replaced Schaub at the Metrodome (11/2), completing 21-of-29 passes in the game…Won final 2 starts of the season at Cleveland (11/23) and vs. Jacksonville (12/1).

2007 Had best statistical season of his career, throwing for 1,684 yards and 15 TDs…Went 4-1 in 5 starts on the season, including wins over playoff-bound Tampa Bay and Jacksonville…Guided team to 1st career win in a start at Oakland (11/4)…Ranked behind only Patriots QB Tom Brady for 4th-quarter passing rating of 112.9…Threw 11 of his 15 TDs in the 4th quarter to lead the NFL…Ranks tied for 2nd in Texans history with 15 TD passes in a season…Notched 1st career rushing TD with a 5-yarder vs. Denver (12/13)…Had impressive outing vs. Tennessee (10/21) when he replaced Schaub in the 2nd quarter and went on to throw for 290 yards and 4 TDs, with 249 of the yards and all 4 TDs coming in the 4th quarter, as he rallied the team from a 32-7 deficit in the 4th quarter to take a 36-35 lead before a late Titans FG gave them the win…Had a pair of season-long 53-yard passes- a TD to WR Andre Davis vs. Tennessee (10/21) and a 53-yard gain to RB Ahman Green at Oakland (11/4)…Had a TD pass in each of the 9 games he played and 3 multiple-TD days.

2006 Saw action in 4 games…Threw all 3 TDs on the season at Tennessee (10/29) when he entered the game in the 2nd half, notching his 1st career passer rating of 100+ points, finishing with a 116.0 mark…Connected with Andre Johnson for a 10-yard pass, his 1st as a Texan, and added a pair of 4th-quarter scores to TE Owen Daniels.

2005 Played in 4 games and started 1…Threw TDs in 3 of his 4 appearances…Sparked the biggest comeback win in Dolphins history vs. Buffalo (12/4) when he rallied the team from a 23-3 4th-quarter deficit to take a 24-23 win, throwing for 272 yards and a pair of TDs, hitting RB Ronnie Brown on a 23-yard score with 7:35 remaining to cut the Bills lead and throwing the 4-yard game-winner to WR Chris Chambers with :06 remaining in the game…Entered game vs. NY Jets (12/18) in the 2nd half and engineered another 4th-quarter comeback win, trailing 17-10 entering the final quarter and guiding the Dolphins to 2 TDs, including a 50-yard TD pass to WR Marty Booker…Made his 1 pass attempt in 4th-quarter duty vs. Kansas City (10/21) memorable with a career-long 77-yard TD to Chambers.

2004 Played in 3 games and started 1st career contest in season finale at Baltimore (1/2/05)...Got off to a fast start vs. Ravens by throwing a 76-yard TD to Chambers on the 1st play from scrimmage and ended day with 264 yards…Only other action of the season came in games vs. Cleveland (12/26) and at San Francisco (11/28) when he didn’t attempt a pass.

2003 Saw time in 2 games…Threw 1st career TD in 1st action of the season, hitting Donald Lee for a 21-yard score at Tennessee (11/9) with :20 left in the game…Connected on 1st career NFL pass with a 5-yard completion to RB Travis Minor in Tennessee game, ending day going 4-of-6 for 50 yards.

2002 Played in 4 games on the season but attempted all 3 passes in his 1st career game at Green Bay (11/4) on Monday Night Football, going 0-for-3…Spent training camp and bulk of preseason with Washington…Acquired by Dolphins from Redskins on 8/22/02 for a draft choice in the 2003 Draft.

2001 Spent rookie season primarily as Redskins 3rd QB after being drafted in the 4th round (#109)…Spent 2 weeks as the backup QB but did not play...Played under head coach Marty Schottenheimer on the 8-8 Redskins club in the veteran coach’s lone season with the team.

COLLEGE Was full-time starter as a junior and senior at Iowa State…Guided Cyclones to Insight.com Bowl against Pittsburgh as a senior in 2000, the 1st bowl game for the school in 22 years…Team went 9-3 in 2000, including bowl win over Pitt…Ran for 14 TDs during his collegiate career, 10 of those coming as  a senior…Served as co-captain as a senior…Redshirted as a freshman in 1996.

PREP Multi-sport athlete at Maquoketa High in rural eastern Iowa...Earned All-State honors at DB…Lettered in football, basketball, baseball, tennis and track...Earned All-State honors in football, basketball and baseball and ran in the state track meet...Played #1 singles for the Cardinals tennis team.