Andrew Luck
- Indianapolis Colts (since 2012)
- 2 × First -team All-American (2010, 2011)
- Maxwell Award as Player of the Year (2011)
- Walter Camp Player of the Year Award ( 2011)
- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ( 2011)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year (2011)
- 2 × Pac -12 Offensive Player of the Year (2010, 2011)
- 3 × First -team All Pac -12 ( 2009, 2010, 2011)
- 3 × Pac -12 All- Academic ( 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Orange Bowl MVP (2011)
Andrew Austen Luck ( born September 12, 1989 in Washington, DC) is an American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He plays for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League ( NFL). Andrew Luck is the son of former NFL quarterback Oliver Luck, who played for the Houston Oilers in the NFL from 1982 to 1986.
High School
Luck attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas. He threw passes for a room gain of 7,139 yards and 53 touchdowns. In addition, he scored 2,085 rushing yards. After high school, Luck went to the University of Stanford, where at that time the later 49ers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh was the coach. Harbaugh convinced Luck to go to Stanford and thus to decide against numerous other universities, such as the Oklahoma State University or the University of Virginia.
College
In his first season (2008) Luck was only the second man behind starting quarterback Tavita Pritchard, who is now (2012 ) Defensive Assistant at Stanford University. In the 2009 season, his second college football season, he pushed Pritchard as a starting quarterback and reached with the Stanford Cardinal the Sun Bowl. However, this went against the Oklahoma Sooners with 31 to 27 lost. In the following season, Luck has become one of the best college football quarterbacks of the NCAA and reached with his team the Orange Bowl, which was won with 40 to 12 against the Virginia Tech Hokies. Here, Luck was named man of the match. In his fourth and final season of college Luck played with the Cardinal in the Fiesta Bowl went but lost 38 to 41 against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Nevertheless, Andrew Luck was honored along with Justin Blackmon for offensive MVP.
Draft
In the 2012 NFL Draft Luck was, as has been previously prophesied selected in round one in the first place by the Indianapolis Colts. Once it became clear that they are pod judge Luck, the longtime quarterback Peyton Manning was sacked by the Colts. Manning was the entire 2011 season due to an injury on the set neck out of action, and then the Colts could win from their 16 games only two.
Indianapolis Colts
July 19, 2012 Luck signed a four year contract for the sum of 22 million U.S. dollars.
On October 7, still a 3:21 half-time was turned into a 30:27 victory over the Green Bay Packers. It succeeded previously only three other rookie starting quarterbacks since 1960, a 18 points (or more) to turn half time deficit to. John Elway (Denver Broncos against the Indianapolis Colts, 1983), Vince Young ( Tennessee Titans against the New York Giants in 2006 ) and Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions against the Cleveland Browns in 2009 ). On November 4, 2012, the ninth round of the season, defeated the Indianapolis Colts, the Miami Dolphins 23:20. Luck threw passes for 433 yards. He broke the NFL record for a rookie quarterback. Cam Newton scored 432 yards the year before. Five weeks before Luck missed the quarterback of the Dolphins, Ryan Tannehill, a new record with 431 yards against the Arizona Cardinals tight. With 290 yards, which reached Tannehill in the game against the Colts, he and Luck could set up with 723 yards an NFL record for yards scored by rookie quarterbacks. Ed Rubbert of the Washington Redskins and Shawn Halloran of the St. Louis Cardinals held since 1987 with 592 yards the record. With consistently good performances Luck led the Colts with a score of 11:5 wins straight into the play-offs. His 4,347 yards erworfenen meant a new NFL rookie record.
- Football player (United States)
- Born in 1989
- Man