Trevor Siemian

Trevor Siemian

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Siemian with the Denver Broncos in 2015
No. 13 Denver Broncos
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1991-12-26) December 26, 1991
Place of birth: Windermere, Florida
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Orlando (FL) Olympia
College: Northwestern
NFL Draft: 2015 / Round: 7 / Pick: 250
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016
Passing completions: 195
Passing attempts: 325
Percentage: 60.0
TD–INT: 15–7
Passing yards: 2,396
Passer rating: 89.2
Player stats at NFL.com

Trevor John Siemian (born December 26, 1991) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Siemian played college football at Northwestern.[1][2][3] He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Broncos. He earned a Super Bowl ring following the Broncos' Super Bowl 50 victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Early years

Trevor John Siemian was born on December 26, 1991 in Windermere, Florida.[4] His parents are Walter and Colleen Siemian.[5]

Siemian attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida,[4] where he threw for an Orange County record of 6,144 career yards and 53 touchdowns as quarterback for three seasons with the Titans.[5] He was also an outstanding baseball shortstop, third baseman and outfielder, and was voted Mr. Olympia by his classmates during his senior year.[5]

After achieving a 3.9 GPA[3] and making the National Honor Society,[5] Siemian chose to attend Northwestern University (NU) over Rutgers, North Carolina State and Harvard.[3]

College career

At Northwestern University, Siemian majored in Communication Studies and was awarded Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2013 and 2014.[5] He redshirted during his first year of college in 2010.[5]

In 2011, Siemian was a backup quarterback who played in eight games---the first against Eastern Illinois. He completed 16 of 26 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns for the year.[5]

In 2012, in the season-opener against Syracuse, Siemian led NU on a 75-yard game-winning drive after being down by six with 2:40 to play. Against Vanderbilt, he led back-to-back go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter, including a key 34-yard completion on a third-and-15 play. He made his first career start in a game against Indiana, throwing for 308 yards on 22-of-32 passing in a 44–29 win. He led Northwestern to a TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl victory versus Mississippi State, where he led two touchdown drives and scored his first career rushing touchdown.[5]

In 2013, Siemian played in all 12 games and made his second and third career starts, while playing behind "wildcat" quarterback Kain Colter. Against Illinois, he passed for 414 yards which were the 10th most ever by a Northwestern quarterback. He threw a career-most 46 times versus Minnesota, completing 25. Against Ohio State, he made a career-long pass of 67 yards. Facing Syracuse, he threw a career-high three touchdown passes. Against California, he rushed for a career-high 21 yards. For the year, he threw for 2,149 yards and 11 touchdowns. He ranked sixth in the Big Ten for completion percentage (59.7), seventh for yards per completion (12.07), and ninth in total offense (181.8).[5]

In 2014, Siemian started the first 11 games before having a season-ending knee injury (torn anterior cruciate ligament[6]) at Purdue on November 22.[7] Versus Notre Dame, he passed for a season-high 284 yards and ran for a career-high 32 yards in a 43–40 overtime win. Against both Michigan and Minnesota, he posted a career-high in completions (32). Facing Penn State, he ran for a career-high three touchdowns. Versus California, he threw a 54-yard touchdown and caught a 17-yard touchdown pass. For the year, he rushed for five touchdowns and passed for 2,214 yards. The latter ranks him just outside of the top 10 in Northwestern single-season history.[5]

Even though he started only 14 career games, Siemian completed college ranked fourth all-time at Northwestern in career passing yardage (5,931), fourth in completions (550), sixth in offensive yards (5,908) and seventh in passing touchdowns (27).[5]

College stats

Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2011 Northwestern 16 26 61.5 256 9.8 3 1 174.6 5 19 3.8 0
2012 Northwestern 128 218 58.7 1,312 6.0 6 3 115.6 21 48 2.3 1
2013 Northwestern 178 298 59.7 2,149 7.2 11 9 126.4 48 33 0.7 0
2014 Northwestern 228 392 58.2 2,214 5.6 7 11 105.9 68 -123 -1.8 5
Career 550 934 58.9 5,931 6.4 27 24 116.6 142 -23 -0.2 6

Source:[8]

Professional career

2015

Siemian in 2016

Siemian was rated the 22nd best quarterback in the 2015 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[9] Anticipating that he might not be drafted, Siemian lined up a job in Chicago for a career in commercial real estate.[10] However, he was drafted with the 250th pick (overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.[11] He was the seventh and final quarterback to be taken.

He made his NFL debut—and only appearance of the 2015 season—against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 20, 2015, taking a kneel down to close out the first half.[12] He received a Super Bowl ring when the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24–10 in Super Bowl 50.[13]

2016

In 2016, with Peyton Manning retiring and Brock Osweiler signing with the Houston Texans, it opened up a competition for the Broncos starting quarterback job between Siemian, veteran Mark Sanchez and rookie Paxton Lynch.[14] On August 29, Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak named Siemian the starting quarterback for the 2016 season.[15]

Against the Carolina Panthers in the 2016 season opener, Siemian completed 18-of-26 passes for 178 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions in his first NFL start and victory.[16] He was the first quarterback in NFL history to start the season opener for the defending Super Bowl champion without having thrown an NFL pass.[17] He was also the first Northwestern quarterback since 1979 to start an NFL game.[18] The following week, Siemian threw for 266 yards in a 34–20 win over the Indianapolis Colts. 215 of those yards came in the first half.[19]

On September 25, 2016, Siemian became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw 300 yards and complete four touchdowns with no interceptions in his first career road start in a 29-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.[20] His 132.1 quarterback rating was the highest achieved in the league that week.[21] He was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Bengals.[22]

During Week 12 in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Siemian threw three touchdowns with no interceptions on 20-of-34 passing for 368 yards. Although the Broncos ultimately lost in overtime, Siemian achieved a quarterback rating of 125.6, the second best of his career to date when playing in the majority of a game.[23]

Statistics

Year Team GP GS Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
2015 DEN 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 -1 -1.0 0
2016 DEN 10 10 195 325 60.0 2,396 7.4 15 7 89.2 25 58 2.3 0
Career 11 10 195 325 60.0 2,396 7.4 15 7 89.2 26 57 2.2 0

Source:[24]

References

  1. ↑ "B1G 40: How will Northwestern's Trevor Siemian fare as No. 1 QB?". CSN Chicago.
  2. ↑ "Trevor Siemian now Northwestern's main man at QB". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  3. 1 2 3 "Northwestern football: Trevor Siemian quite a character for Northwestern". tribunedigital-chicagotribune.
  4. 1 2 "Trevor Siemian Player Profile". NFL.com.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Trevor Siemian Bio". Northwestern University Sports. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Reyes, Lorenzo. "New Denver Broncos starting QB Trevor Siemian: Who is this guy?". USA Today. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Fornelli, Tom (November 24, 2014). "Northwestern's Trevor Siemian has a torn ACL". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Trevor Siemian". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Trevor Siemian". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Jhabvala, Nicki. "How Trevor Siemian, the Broncos' most unknown QB, made the leap". Denver Post. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "2015 NFL Draft Results: Denver Broncos select QB Trevor Siemian with #250". Mile High Report. May 2, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ Heath, Jon (March 9, 2016). "Here's a great breakdown of Trevor Siemian's only NFL playing time". USA Today. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Super Bowl 50 - Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers - February 7th, 2016". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Gary Kubiak: Broncos QBs will get 'equal reps' in camp". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Mason, Andrew (August 29, 2016). "Trevor Siemian will be the Broncos' starting quarterback". denverbroncos.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  16. ↑ Bishop, Greg (September 9, 2016). "Trevor Siemian unfazed in first win as Broncos QB". si.com. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Trevor Siemian named as Broncos' starting QB". espn.com. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  18. ↑ Edholm, Ed (August 29, 2016). "Broncos to defend their Super Bowl title with Trevor Siemian at QB". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ Klis, Mike (September 19, 2016). "Denver defense comes through again as Broncos thump Colts, 34-20". 9news.com. KUSA (TV). Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Instant analysis: Trevor Siemian makes NFL history in first road start". broncoswire.usatoday.com. September 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  21. ↑ Benton, Dan. "Five biggest individual NFL performances of Week 3". Larry Brown Sports. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  22. ↑ Gantt, Darin (September 28, 2016). "Trevor Siemian named AFC offense player of the week". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  23. ↑ Hart, Johnny. "Kubiak: Broncos quarterback Siemian 'played like a champ'". Sports Radio 104.3 the Fan. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  24. ↑ "Trevor Siemian". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.

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