HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Russell Wilson
Tier 3
Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.
Evidence collection in progressThis profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
Why Tier 3?
2019 AP Second-Team All-Pro.
Achievement reference ↗
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.
Full rules, exceptions and exclusions →
Before the NFL.
DRAFT RECORDYear, round & overall pick
2012 · Round 3 · Pick 75
Seattle Seahawks
College: Wisconsin
Primary draft / entry record →
Draft year, round, overall selection and selecting team checked against the linked primary source on November 13, 2026. Draft-day trades are distinguished from the selecting team.
SCOUTING AT THE TIMEPre-draft reports
The report praised accuracy on the move, pocket footwork, decisions and leadership; it questioned height, age and how much his strong supporting cast helped.
Source context: contemporaneous independent draft profile, 2012
Publication: Exact original publication date not verified
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NFL COMBINE ONLYMeasurements & testing
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Compare the evidence.
Verified college starts: 50 total. NC State’s final career GP–GS record is 37 appearances and 36 starts; Wisconsin documents 14 starts. This is 50 total starts, not 50 consecutive starts. NC State final statistics, participation table · Wisconsin biography.
Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.
Experience
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Production
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Background
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Physical profile
Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.
The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.
Source and interpretation policy.
Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.
View the full evidence register →College career passing.
60.9% completion · 907/1,489 · 11,720 yards · 109 TD · 30 INT · 3.63:1 TD-to-INT · 7.87 yards/attempt
NC State + Wisconsin, 2008–2011
Combined official career table; includes bowls.
Source 1 ↗
Compare all 28 records →
Age when drafted.
23 years, 150 days on 2012-04-27.
Born 1988-11-29. NFL draft selection date.
Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3
Current entry evidence.
5 ft 10.625 in · 204 lb · BMI 28.8. 2012 NFL Combine measurements reported by NFL team. Status: source verified.
Source 1 ↗
NCAA QB starts: 50. NFL rookie-season analysis explicitly reports 50 college starts; not claimed consecutive.
Source 1 ↗ · Source 2 ↗
Current 28-player similarities →