Mitchell Trubisky

Mitchell Trubisky
No. 10 Chicago Bears
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1994-08-20) August 20, 1994
Place of birth: Mentor, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school: Mentor (OH)
College: North Carolina
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Mitchell Trubisky (born August 20, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina, and was drafted by the Bears with the second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

High school career

Trubisky attended Mentor High School in Mentor, Ohio, where he played for the Cardinals football team. During his high school football career, he passed for 9,126 yards and 92 touchdowns and rushed for 1,559 career yards and 33 touchdowns and was recipient of the Ohio Mr. Football Award in 2012. Trubisky committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play college football under head coach Larry Fedora.[1]

College career

2013 season

Trubisky redshirted for his first year at North Carolina in 2013.[2]

2014 season

Trubisky played in ten games as a backup to starter Marquise Williams in 2014. He made his collegiate debut in relief of Williams against Liberty in a 56–29 victory. In the game, he was 10-of-16 for 66 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He threw his first career touchdown to tight end Jack Tabb in the third quarter.[3] He appeared in North Carolina's bowl game at the end of the season against Rutgers. In the 2014 Quick Lane Bowl, he was 7-of-9 for 65 yards and a touchdown, which was a pass to receiver Kendrick Singleton.[4] He completed 42-of-78 passes for 459 yards, five touchdowns, and four interceptions.[5]

2015 season

As a sophomore, Trubisky again served as the backup to Williams, appearing in nine games in the 2015 season. He made his season debut against North Carolina A&T. In the game, he was 5-of-7 for 37 yards and a touchdown. In addition, he had a 35-yard rushing touchdown in the 53–14 victory.[6] He had a career day against Delaware on September 26. Against the Fightin' Blue Hens, he was 17-of-20 for 312 yards and four touchdowns.[7] He did make an appearance in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson on December 5. He completed his lone pass attempt for 16 yards.[8] He completed 40-of-47 passes for 555 yards and six touchdowns and rushed 16 times for 101 yards and three touchdowns.[9]

2016 season

As a junior, Trubisky took over as the starting quarterback in 2016. He started in all 13 games in the 2016 season. In the season-opening loss to Georgia, he was 24-of-40 for 156 yards. He did have have three rushes for seven yards and one touchdown.[10] In the following week against Illnois, he had 265 passing yards and two touchdowns. In addition, he had nine rushes for 42 yards and two rushing touchdowns.[11] Two weeks later against Pittsburgh, he had a career-day through the air. He was 35-of-46 for 453 yards and five touchdowns in the 37–36 victory.[12] On November 5, against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, he had his first career reception, which was for eight yards.[13] In the 2016 Sun Bowl against Stanford, he was 23-of-39 for 280 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions in his final collegiate game.[14] He recorded 3,748 passing yards with 30 touchdowns and six interceptions in his junior season.[15] As a result of his successful junior season, he was named a member of the third-team All-ACC. Trubisky declared for the 2017 NFL Draft on January 9, 2017, opting to give up his final year of college eligibility.[16][17][18]

College statistics

Passing
Year Team GP Cmp Att Pct Yards TDs Int
2014 North Carolina 9 42 78 53.8 459 5 4
2015 North Carolina 9 40 47 85.1 555 6 0
2016 North Carolina 13 304 447 68.0 3,748 30 6
College Totals 31 386 572 67.5 4,762 41 10

[19]

Professional career

Coming out of college, Trubisky was projected to be a first round pick by the majority of scouts and analysts.[20] ESPN and Pro Football Focus ranked Trubisky the second best quarterback, NFLDraftScout.com ranked him as the top quarterback in the draft, and Sports Illustrated ranked him the fourth best quarterback available.[21][22][23][24]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40‑yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20‑ss 3‑cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 2 in 222 lb 32 in 9½ in 4.67 s 4.25 s 6.87 s 27½ in 9 ft 8 in
All values from NFL Combine[20]

Trubisky was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round with the second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. The Bears moved up from the third overall pick by trading the San Francisco 49ers two third-round picks and a fourth-round pick.[25][26] Trubisky was the first quarterback and one of six North Carolina Tar Heels to be selected that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Mentor QB Mitch Trubisky commits to North Carolina (updated)".
  2. ↑ Carter, Andrew (August 8, 2016). "UNC's Mitch Trubisky finally the starting quarterback". The News & Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liberty at North Carolina Box Score, August 30, 2014". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Quick Lane Bowl - Rutgers vs North Carolina Box Score, December 26, 2014". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Mitch Trubisky 2014 Game Log". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Box Score, September 12, 2015". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Delaware at North Carolina Box Score, September 26, 2015". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina vs Clemson Box Score, December 5, 2015". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Mitch Trubisky 2015 Game Log". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Georgia vs North Carolina Box Score, September 3, 2016". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "North Carolina at Illinois Box Score, September 10, 2016". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Pitt at North Carolina Box Score, September 24, 2016". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Georgia Tech at North Carolina Box Score, November 5, 2016". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Sun Bowl - Stanford vs North Carolina Box Score, December 30, 2016". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Mitch Trubisky 2016 Game Log". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Trubisky tabbed as starting QB for North Carolina".
  17. ↑ "Trubisky time finally arrives at UNC".
  18. ↑ "College football: Mentor graduate Mitch Trubisky named North Carolina’s starting quarterback".
  19. ↑ "Mitch Trubisky Career Game Log". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Combine Player Profiles – Mitchell Trubisky". National Football League. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  21. ↑ Chris Burke (April 24, 2017). "2017 NFL draft rankings: Top prospects by position". si.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Top 32 Prospects for the 2017 NFL Draft". profootballfocus.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  23. ↑ Jeff Legwood (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 NFL draft's Top 100 Players". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  24. ↑ "*Mitchell Trubisky, DS #1 QB, North Carolina". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  25. ↑ Rosenthal, Gregg (April 27, 2017). "Bears select Mitchell Trubisky with No. 2 pick of draft". NFL.com.
  26. ↑ Orr, Conor. "Mitchell Trubisky 'couldn't believe' Bears drafted him". NFL. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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