2014 · Round 2 · Pick 36
Oakland Raiders
Draft / entry source ↗Age at the 2014 draft: 23. Born 1991-03-28. Birth-date source ↗
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Derek Carr
Tier 3
Why Tier 3?
Tied 3rd in 2016 AP MVP voting, with 6 votes.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
SOURCE-LABELED ENTRY RECORD · CHECKED NOVEMBER 14, 2026
Before the NFL.
6 ft 2.375 in · 214 lb
NFL 2014 pre-draft measurements
BMI: 27.2, calculated from this recorded height and weight. BMI is a size descriptor, not a measure of athletic ability or health.
Measurement source ↗Source precision is retained. A pre-draft record is not automatically a verified Combine weigh-in; later NFL roster values are not substituted.
39 starts
Fresno State · 2009,2011-2013
Starts, not games played. The passing-stat scope is disclosed separately below.
College career passing.
66.6% completion · 1,086/1,630 · 12,842 yards · 113 TD · 24 INT · 4.71:1 TD-to-INT · 7.88 yards/attempt
All college games including bowls
Saints all raw counts39starts; prose66.7% is rounding error raw1086/1630=66.6258%,one decimal66.6%. Raiders2014profile transposed yards12482, avoid.
Scouting at the time.
Arm talent and mobility impressed; screen-heavy production and responses to pressure complicated projection.
Source context: May 2, 2014 pre-draft analysis by Bucky Brooks.
Read the evaluator / report ↗This is a short paraphrase of one source, not a full report, consensus grade or verified prediction. No numerical scouting score is invented.
What remains unverified?
This update adds the entry record, college totals, starts and source-linked scouting context. It does not claim a complete archive of film grades, pressure statistics, cognitive testing, recruiting history or supporting-cast quality. Missing information remains unknown, never zero.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 2.375 in · 214 lb · BMI 27.2. NFL 2014 pre-draft measurements. Status: source verified.
NCAA QB starts: 39. All college games including bowls