Nick Foles is an American quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He has been named MVP!
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career!
- His full name is Nicholas Edward Foles
- He was born on January 20, 1989
- He is an American football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL)
- He played college football at Arizona
- He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft
- He has also played for the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs
- Foles played his first game with the Eagles in Week 10 of the 2012 season
- After Michael Vick left with an injury
- Foles then made his first start the following week
- In Week 9 of the 2013 season, he became the second quarterback to post a perfect passer rating (158.3)
- While passing for more than 400 yards
- And also the first quarterback in NFL history to post a perfect passer rating
- And throw seven touchdowns in a single game
- It was the 60th time in NFL history that a perfect passer rating was achieved overall
- After stints with the Rams and the Chiefs, Foles returned to the Eagles in 2017
- After Carson Wentz was injured late in the regular season, Foles led the Eagles to the franchise’s third Super Bowl appearance
- There, they defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII for their first Super Bowl title
- With Foles being named the game’s MVP
- Foles was born and raised in Austin, Texas
- He is the son of restaurateurs Larry and Melissa Foles
- He graduated in 2007 from Westlake High School
- A two-year starter for the football team, Foles threw for 5,658 yards and 56 touchdowns
- Breaking most school records previously held by Foles’ future NFL opponent, Drew Brees
- Foles also excelled at basketball
- There he started three years
- Twice received team MVP honors
- And was recruited by Georgetown, Baylor, and Texas
- He also played high school football with Justin Tucker, kicker for the Baltimore Ravens
- And Kyle Adams, a free agent tight end formerly of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears
- Foles originally committed to Arizona State but later decided to attend Michigan State
- He ultimately transferred to the University of Arizona
- On March 13, 2019, Foles signed a four-year contract worth $88 million with the Jacksonville Jaguars
- In week 1 of the 2019 season, Foles started the game against the Kansas City Chiefs completing 5 of 8 passes for 75 yards and a touchdown
- But suffered a shoulder injury in the first quarter
- And was ruled out the rest of the game
- Later that day, it was revealed that Foles had suffered a broken left clavicle
- Foles is a Christian
- He is currently an online graduate student at Liberty University
- Earning his master’s degree in divinity
- He has stated that he plans to become a pastor after his football career
- He married Tori Moore
- She is the younger sister of former NFL tight end Evan Moore
- They were married in 2014
- Moore and Foles were briefly teammates with the Eagles in 2012
- The couple’s daughter, Lily James Foles, was born in 2017
- In 2018, he wrote his autobiography, Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
- It debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times best-seller list
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