Scott Tolzien, 2014
Photo: Kyle Engmann (original), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Wisconsin, 2006–⁠10

Scott Tolzien

Number
No. 16
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Rolling Meadows, IL
Born
Sep 4, 1987, in Rolling Meadows, Illinois

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Scott Tolzien played quarterback at Wisconsin (2006–⁠10). He won the 2010 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.

Career highs

260passing yards, best game on filevs. Miami, 20094touchdown passes, best game on filethree times; last vs. Northwestern, 2010

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttYdsPctTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
200600
200700
2008305810762.501149.94133.31
200913132113282,70564.31611143.05480.12
201013131942662,45972.9166165.930-30-1.00
Career29264106025,271321888-93

From the college statistics table in Tolzien’s Wikipedia article (Scott Tolzien, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Wisconsin16QB
2009Wisconsin16QB
2010Wisconsin16QB6′3″

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

2010 Wisconsin 13 games, 2,459 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atUNLVW 41–⁠211520197011
Sep 11vs.San José StateW 27–⁠141522191115
Sep 18vs.Arizona StateW 20–⁠191925246106
Sep 25vs.Austin PeayW 70–⁠3151721730−7
Oct 2atMichigan StateL 24–⁠34112512710−19
Oct 9vs.MinnesotaW 41–⁠23172322310–
Oct 16vs.Ohio StateW 31–⁠181316152017
Oct 23atIowaW 31–⁠30202620511−8
Nov 6atPurdueW 34–⁠13131913011−11
Nov 13vs.IndianaW 83–⁠201518181306
Nov 20atMichiganW 48–⁠281415201016
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 70–⁠23151923040–
Jan 1 ✦vs.TCUL 19–⁠21122115900−16
2009 Wisconsin 13 games, 2,705 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Northern IllinoisW 28–⁠201520257126
Sep 12vs.Fresno StateW 34–⁠31172822510−11
Sep 19vs.WoffordW 44–⁠14152015920−7
Sep 26vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠3019312434020
Oct 3atMinnesotaW 31–⁠2816261591165
Oct 10atOhio StateL 13–⁠31274525002−13
Oct 17vs.IowaL 10–⁠20152514303−20
Oct 31vs.PurdueW 37–⁠06138700−6
Nov 7atIndianaW 31–⁠2811201941012
Nov 14vs.MichiganW 45–⁠24162424041−12
Nov 21atNorthwesternL 31–⁠33193023521−16
Dec 5atHawai’iW 51–⁠10162025300−4
Dec 29 ✦vs.MiamiW 20–⁠14192626001−6
2008 Wisconsin 3 games, 107 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.AkronW 38–⁠17–––––1
Oct 18atIowaL 16–⁠3847900110
Nov 8atIndianaW 55–⁠201117002

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height6′2″
Weight212 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size10″
Wingspan72½″W
40-yard dash5.06 s
10-yard split1.79 sW
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump9′8″
3-cone drill6.84 s
20-yard shuttle4.12 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFBirmingham Iron *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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