• Member of 2018 NFC Champion Los Angeles Rams.
• His 13,600 career passing yards at Oregon State is the 2nd-highest total in Pac-12 history, trailing only Luke Falk of Washington State.
OFF THE FIELD Married to Megan Mannion...Father, John, has been the head football coach at Silverton (Ore.) High School since 2010...Graduated in December 2014 with a degree in liberal studies from Oregon State.
PRO Drafted 89th overall (3rd round) in the 2015 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams...Played in 10 games with one start throughout his first four NFL seasons with the Rams...Signed with Minnesota as a free agent on 4/14/19.
2018 Backed up starting QB Jared Goff through 2018 regular season and postseason...Active for all 19 contests, regular season through Super Bowl LIII...Played at quarterback vs. San Francisco (12/30/18) and completed two of three passes for 23 yards for a 89.6 passer rating....Recorded three rushing attempts for one yard (long rush of three yards) at San Francisco (10/21/18).
2017 Played in five games with one start (vs. San Francisco, 12/31/17)...Active for all 17 contests throughout regular and postseason...Completed 22 of 37 passes for 185 yards and no interceptions on the season...Made his first career start at quarterback vs. San Francisco (12/31/17) and completed 20 of 34 passes for 169 yards, no interceptions for a 71.8 passer rating...Saw action at quarterback and completed one pass for four yards and rushed for three yards at Seattle (12/17/17)...Entered game in the fourth quarter and completed a 12-yard pass to TE Derek Carrier vs. Indianapolis (9/10/17).
2016 Saw action in one contest on the season, completing three-of-six passes for 19 yards vs. Arizona (1/1/16)...Inactive for 13 games.
2015 Completed six passes for 31 yards in his NFL debut at quarterback at Cincinnati (11/29/15)...Inactive for 15 games.
COLLEGE Made 43 starts at Oregon State, completing 1,187-of-1,838 passes (64.6%) for 13,600 yards, 83 touchdowns and 54 interceptions in his career...His 13,600 career passing yards set a Pac-12 record and is the 8th-highest mark in NCAA Division I history...Also set OSU program records for career passing touchdowns (83) and completion percentage (64.6)...Two-time Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (2013, 2014)...Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2012, 2013, 2014)...In 2014, finished his senior season with 3,164 passing yards, the 10th-most in OSU history...As a junior in 2013, tied for fourth in the nation for passing touchdowns (37) and was second in the nation with 4,662 passing yards, a Pac-12 record. Also set OSU single-season records with 400 completions and 603 pass attempts...Named a Freshman All-American in 2011 by the Football Writers Association of America after completing 305-of-473 passes for 3,328 yards and 16 touchdowns...Redshirted in 2010.
PREP Three-year football starter and letter winner at Foothill High School...Finished high school as the career passing leader at Foothill...Rivals four-star athlete and rated the 14th-best pro style quarterback in the nation...Threw for 3,521 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior and added three scores on the ground...Set a Northern California prep record with 581 yards passing and five touchdowns in a game...Honorable mention All-East Bay and All-Metro as a junior...Also earned two letters as a pitcher for the baseball team and one letter as a center for the basketball team.
