Mason Rudolph is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.
Let’s dive into some more trivia and facts about his life and career.
- His full name is Brett Mason Rudolph III
- He was born on July 17, 1995
- He is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL)
- He played college football at Oklahoma State
- He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft
- Rudolph was named after his father and grandfather
- He is not related to late PGA Tour golfer of the same name
- He attended Westminster Catawba Christian School
- He was transfer to Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina
- During his career he passed for 10,986 yards
- And 132 passing touchdowns
- Rudolph was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit
- He was ranked as the ninth-best pro-style quarterback in his class
- He committed to Oklahoma State University to play college football
- Rudolph entered his true freshman season in 2014 as a third string
- Behind J. W. Walsh and Daxx Garman
- After Walsh was injured, Garman became the starter with Rudolph as his backup
- After Garman was injured, Rudolph started his first career game against Baylor
- During the game, he completed 13 of 25 passes for 281 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions
- Rudolph remained the starter for the final two games
- Including the 2015 Cactus Bowl victory against Washington
- In three games total, he completed 49 of 86 passes for 853 yards, six touchdowns, and four interceptions
- He was named the starter for the 2015 season in January of that year
- Rudolph is the winner of the 2017 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- This award is given annually to the country’s outstanding senior college quarterback
- Rudolph attended the NFL Scouting Combine
- He completed the majority of combine drills
- But opted to skip the bench press, broad jump, short shuttle, and three-cone drill
- On March 15, 2018, he participated at Oklahoma State’s pro day
- He completed the three-cone drill, short shuttle, broad jump, and ran passing drills
- He met with scouts and team representatives from the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Chargers privately after completing his pro day
- He attended private workout and visits with the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Chargers
- At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Rudolph was projected to be a second round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts
- He was ranked as the sixth best quarterback prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com, Scouts Inc., and Sports Illustrated
- The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Rudolph in the third round (76th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft
- The Steelers traded their third-round (79th overall) and seventh-round (220th overall) picks to the Seattle Seahawks
- In order to move up three spots and select Rudolph with the 76th overall pick
- Rudolph was the sixth quarterback selected in 2018
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