Nick Foles with the Philadelphia Eagles
With the Philadelphia Eagles. Photo: Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Arizona (from Michigan State), 2007–⁠11

Nick Foles

Lettered 2009 (school media guide)

Number
No. 8
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Austin, TX
Born
Jan 20, 1989, in Austin, Texas

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Nick Foles played quarterback at Michigan State (2007) and Arizona (2009–⁠11). The Philadelphia Eagles took Foles in round 3, No. 88 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
4,334
Passing yards, 2011 (Arizona, 4–⁠8)
Best game
417 yards
Vs. Northern Arizona, week 1, 2011: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 88
Round 3, 2012 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

448passing yards, career highat Oregon, 20105touchdown passes, career highvs. Northern Arizona, 2011

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2007*Michigan State5862.5577.100
2009Arizona26040963.62,4866.1199
2010Arizona28642667.13,1917.52010
2011Arizona38756069.14,3347.72814
Career9381,40366.910,0687.26733

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Arizona27−73−2.736
2010Arizona35−113−3.2124
2011Arizona43−103−2.409
Career105−289−2.8424

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Michigan State8QB
2009Arizona8QB
2010Arizona8QB
2011Arizona8QB6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Arizona 12 games, 4,334 passing yards, 28 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Northern ArizonaW 41–⁠10344241750−7
Sep 8atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠373751398100
Sep 17vs.StanfordL 10–⁠37243323910−37
Sep 24vs.OregonL 31–⁠56345739830−42
Oct 1atUSCL 41–⁠48415342542−6
Oct 8atOregon StateL 27–⁠373145378124
Oct 20vs.UCLAW 48–⁠122639291316
Oct 29atWashingtonL 31–⁠42325038823−12
Nov 5vs.UtahL 21–⁠34254332622−13
Nov 12atColoradoL 29–⁠48355335213−1
Nov 19atArizona StateW 31–⁠273551370202
Nov 26vs.LouisianaW 45–⁠373343352313
2010 Arizona 11 games, 3,191 passing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atToledoW 41–⁠2323736021−9
Sep 11vs.The CitadelW 52–⁠6172221411−2
Sep 18vs.IowaW 34–⁠27283930321−22
Sep 25vs.CaliforniaW 10–⁠9253921211−13
Oct 9vs.Oregon StateL 27–⁠293546440316
Oct 16atWashington StateW 24–⁠7677100−5
Nov 6atStanfordL 17–⁠42284824811−20
Nov 13vs.USCL 21–⁠24324835330−19
Nov 26atOregonL 29–⁠48295444831−3
Dec 2vs.Arizona StateL 29–⁠30223626230−19
Dec 29 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateL 10–⁠36325028013−7
2009 Arizona 12 games, 2,486 passing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 12vs.Northern ArizonaW 34–⁠17684410−2
Sep 19atIowaL 17–⁠276115510−8
Sep 26atOregon StateW 37–⁠322534254302
Oct 10atWashingtonL 33–⁠363953384120
Oct 17vs.StanfordW 43–⁠384051415305
Oct 24vs.UCLAW 27–⁠13223424723−11
Nov 7vs.Washington StateW 48–⁠71219136106
Nov 14atCaliforniaL 16–⁠24254120211−17
Nov 21vs.OregonL 41–⁠44304631441−19
Nov 28atArizona StateW 20–⁠17244314800−11
Dec 5atUSCW 21–⁠172240239211
Dec 30 ✦vs.NebraskaL 0–⁠339294801−19
2007 Michigan State 1 game, 57 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.UABW 55–⁠18585700–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠23).

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′5″
Weight243 lb
Arm length34¼″
Hand size10⅝″
Wingspan80¾″W
40-yard dash5.14 s
10-yard split1.77 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′4″
3-cone drill7.14 s
20-yard shuttle4.68 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 69 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Pro Bowl: 2013

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2012Philadelphia Eagles71612651,6996542
2013Philadelphia Eagles132033172,891272221
2014Philadelphia Eagles81863112,163131068
2015St. Louis Rams111903372,05271020
2016Kansas City Chiefs2365541030−4
2017Philadelphia Eagles757101537523
2018Philadelphia Eagles51411951,4137417
2019Jacksonville Jaguars4771177363223
2020Chicago Bears92023121,8521081
2021Chicago Bears12435250108
2022Indianapolis Colts22542225048
NFL career691,3022,08714,2288247407

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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