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| Quarterback | Senior |
| Major: Fitness Management | |
| Date of birth: September 18, 1988 | |
| Place of birth: Orange, California | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) |
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| High school: St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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Wesley Mason Carroll (born September 18, 1988 in Orange, California) is an American football quarterback. He currently attends Florida International University in his junior year, after transferring from Mississippi State University in January 2009.[1]
Carroll attended Cooperstown Central School in Cooperstown, New York from Grades 3 to 8. He and his family then moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the summer of 2003, where he then attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School that fall. There, he compiled a 38-5 record as the football team's starting quarterback from 2004-2006. He guided Aquinas to three consecutive state championship game appearances, all of which ended in losses to Lakeland High School, who was undefeated and appeared in USA Today's "Super 25" rankings in all three seasons. Aquinas was also ranked in the Super 25 while Carroll was there, 10th in 2005 and 21st in 2006.[2][3]
In his final two seasons at Aquinas, he completed 189 of 342 pass attempts for over 3,300 yards and 53 touchdowns. He was a high school teammate of current Notre Dame offensive linemen Dan Wenger and Sam Young and former Florida defensive back Major Wright.
As a true freshman at Mississippi State, Carroll earned the Bulldogs' starting quarterback spot by out-playing incumbent starter Michael Henig, who left the team after the 2007 season due to a chronic hip injury.[4] He was an All-SEC freshman team selection in 2007 after leading the Bulldogs to a Liberty Bowl victory.
Carroll entered the 2008 season as the Bulldogs' "clear starter" at quarterback,[5] but was replaced by Tyson Lee after some poor performances. Carroll then decided to transfer to Florida International.
In the 2010 season, Carroll led Florida International to a 6-6 season (6-2 conference record) and to its first ever bowl berth and first ever bowl win at the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.