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Carson Palmer

School: Southern California
Position: QB

Career Passing: 912 Cmp, 1543 Att, 11668 Yds, 72 TD
Career Rushing: 249 Att, -146 Yds, -0.6 Avg, 9 TD
Career Scoring: 7 TD, 42 Pts

Consensus All-America: 2002
Heisman Voting: 1st in 2002

Passing

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Passing
Year School Conf Class Pos Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1998 Southern California Pac-10 QB 130 235 55.3 1755 7.5 6.9 7 6 122.8
1999 Southern California Pac-10 QB 39 53 73.6 490 9.2 7.8 3 3 158.6
2000 Southern California Pac-10 SO QB 228 415 54.9 2914 7.0 5.8 16 18 118.0
2001 Southern California Pac-10 JR QB 206 351 58.7 2567 7.3 6.5 13 12 125.5
2002 Southern California Pac-10 SR QB 309 489 63.2 3942 8.1 8.5 33 10 149.1
Career Southern California 912 1543 59.1 11668 7.6 7.1 72 49 131.7

Rushing & Receiving

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Year School Conf Class Pos Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1998 Southern California Pac-10 QB 47 -116 -2.5 1 0 0 0 47 -116 -2.5 1
1999 Southern California Pac-10 QB 7 2 0.3 1 0 0 0 7 2 0.3 1
2000 Southern California Pac-10 SO QB 63 5 0.1 2 0 0 0 63 5 0.1 2
2001 Southern California Pac-10 JR QB 82 85 1.0 1 0 0 0 82 85 1.0 1
2002 Southern California Pac-10 SR QB 50 -122 -2.4 4 0 0 0 50 -122 -2.4 4
Career Southern California 249 -146 -0.6 9 0 0 0 249 -146 -0.6 9

Scoring

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Touchdowns Kicking
Year School Conf Class Pos Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1998 Southern California Pac-10 QB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Southern California Pac-10 QB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Southern California Pac-10 SO QB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
2001 Southern California Pac-10 JR QB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
2002 Southern California Pac-10 SR QB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 24
Career Southern California 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 42

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005

Awards and Honors

2002 Consensus All-America
2002 Heisman Memorial Trophy
2002 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
2002 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year

Heisman Voting

2002 1328 Points (1st)

Pass Completions

2000 NCAA 228 (1st)
 2001 NCAA 206 (1st)
 2002 NCAA 309 (5th)
2002 NCAA 309 (2nd)
Career Pac-12* 743 (10th)

Pass Attempts

2000 NCAA 415 (10th)
2000 NCAA 415 (1st)
 2001 NCAA 351 (1st)
 2002 NCAA 489 (7th)
2002 NCAA 489 (2nd)
Career Pac-12* 1255 (8th)

Pass Completion Percentage

2000 NCAA 54.9 (2nd)
2001 NCAA 58.7 (1st)
 2002 NCAA 63.2 (9th)
2002 NCAA 63.2 (1st)
 Career Pac-12* 59.2 (13th)

Passing Yards

2000 NCAA 2914 (1st)
 2001 NCAA 2567 (2nd)
2002 NCAA 3942 (5th)
2002 NCAA 3942 (2nd)
Career Pac-12* 9423 (9th)

Passing Yards Per Attempt

2000 NCAA 7.0 (6th)
2001 NCAA 7.3 (10th)
2002 NCAA 8.1 (4th)
Career Pac-12* 7.5 (11th)

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

2000 NCAA 5.8 (8th)
2001 NCAA 6.5 (10th)
2002 NCAA 8.5 (7th)
2002 NCAA 8.5 (2nd)
Career Pac-12* 7.1 (16th)

Passing Touchdowns

2000 NCAA 16 (3rd)
2001 NCAA 13 (6th)
2002 NCAA 33 (2nd)
2002 NCAA 33 (1st)
 Career Pac-12* 62 (13th)

Passing Interceptions

2000 NCAA 18 (3rd)
2000 NCAA 18 (1st)
 2001 NCAA 12 (3rd)
2002 NCAA 10 (6th)
Career Pac-12* 40 (4th)

Passing Efficiency Rating

2000 NCAA 118.0 (7th)
2001 NCAA 125.5 (9th)
2002 NCAA 149.1 (6th)
2002 NCAA 149.1 (1st)
 Career Pac-12* 132.2 (15th)