David Carr

David Carr is a Quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was born on July 21, 1979 in Bakersfield, CA to Roger and Shery Carrhttp://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carr_david00.html. He stands tall at 6'3 and weighs 216 pounds. He was drafted number one overall by the Houston Texans in 2002http://www.49ers.com/team/roster/David-Carr/5ad5d76f-eeec-4336-9528-69f192eb6da2. In 2010 Carr signed a 2 year contract worth $6.25 million with another potential $1.87 million in incentiveshttp://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4997553.

Carr attended Fresno State University where he played in 37 games and of those he started in 26. He received Player of the year honors, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award, and was named 1st team All-Conference in his senior year. He led the nation in passing yards (4,308) as well as touchdown passes (46). He graduated from Stockdale High School where he earned All-League honors as a junior and seniorhttp://www.gobulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carr_david00.html.

Carr has experienced regular failure with intermittent success sprinkled in throughout his career. His role with the 2010 49ers is to provide depth and experience at the Quarterback position.

Carr spent the 2009 Season with the New York Giants backing up Eli Manning in a role very much similar to his current role with the 49ers. He played in 6 games, completing 21 of 33 passes for 225 yards and 1 touchdownhttp://www.49ers.com/team/roster/David-Carr/5ad5d76f-eeec-4336-9528-69f192eb6da2.

Carr saw very limited action in 2008, playing in only 3 games as Manning's backup and throwing only 12 passes. Of those 12 passes however, 2 were touchdownshttp://www.49ers.com/team/roster/David-Carr/5ad5d76f-eeec-4336-9528-69f192eb6da2.

Carr spent the 2007 season with the Carolina Panthers and saw extensive action when starter Jake Delhomme went down to injury. In 6 games he completed 73 of 136 passes for 635 yards and 3 touchdowns. He did however throw 5 interceptions, giving him a lowly Quarterback rating of 58.3.

From 2002 to 2006 Carr was the starting Quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. In that time he completed 60% of his passes, threw for 13,391 yards, 59 touchdowns and 65 interceptions. He played in all but 4 games for the Panthers during those 5 years, and unfortunately took a beating unlike any other quarterback in that span. He was sacked an absurd 249 times in the 76 games he played, giving him an average of 3 and 1/4 sacks every game. While the saying "stats don't lie" is certainly true, it's especially important in Carr's case to look at all of the statshttp://www.49ers.com/team/roster/David-Carr/5ad5d76f-eeec-4336-9528-69f192eb6da2.