Carson Wentz was born on 30th December 1992, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and is an American Football player, currently representing the team of the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League (NFL) in the position of quarterback. Wentz has been active in the professional sport since 2016.
How much is the net worth of Carson Wentz? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as 49 million, as of the data presented at the beginning of 2018. Reportedly, the sportsman earned more than $6 million in 2017. Sport is the major sources of Wentz’s net worth.
Carson Wentz Net Worth $6 million
To begin with, Wentz was educated at Century High School in Bismarck, North Dakota in which he played in the American Football team as quarterback and defensive back. In addition to football, he also played other sports including baseball and basketball. Later, he attended the North Dakota State University, in which he played American Football in the team of Bison. In his first year, Wentz completed 12 of 16 passes for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns. In 2013, his second year, he finished the season with 22 of 30 passes for 209 yards and 1 touchdown. In total, Wentz finished his stay at North Dakota State with 392 completions of 612 for 5,115 yards and 45 touchdowns, with 14 interceptions.
Concerning his professional career, he was selected as the second pick in the first round of the NFL Draft 2016 by the team of Philadelphia Eagles. He is the first quarterback since Donovan McNabb in 1999 that the Eagles have drafted in the first round, giving away three top 100 picks in the 2016 Draft, a first-round pick for 2017, and a second-round pick for the 2018 Draft to the Cleveland Browns to do so. On 12th May 2016, Carson Wentz signed a four-year contract that will earn him $26,670,000 over 4 years. Initially, Wentz was intended as the third quarterback behind starter Sam Bradford and back-up Chase Daniels in the Eagles. The Eagles’ plan originally included not allowing Wentz to play in his rookie season, but instead giving him at least a year to adapt to the NFL’s rigor and speed, learning behind his two teammates and continuing on his own skills to work. However, Sam Bradford who was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, and two days later, Wentz was named a starter by the head coach Doug Pederson for the first game of the regular season against the Cleveland Browns. In his NFL debut, Wentz led the Eagles confidently to a 29:10 win, throwing passes for a total of 278 yards and 2 touchdowns, achieving a quarterback rating of 101. Overall in the 2017 season, Wentz showed outstanding form, throwing 33 touchdowns at 3,296 yards and reaching the play-offs with the Eagles as the best team in the NFC. However, he had suspend his play in the play-offs, because he suffered a ligament rupture.
To conclude, the above mentioned engagement has potentially added huge sums to the net worth of Carson Wentz.
Finally, in the personal life of the sportsman, Wentz does not reveal much about his private life – he is still single.
