John Parker Wilson

John Parker Wilson
John Parker Wilson
	Wilson in 2006 at Arkansas.
College	Alabama
Conference	SEC
Sport	Football
Position	Quarterback
Jersey #	14
Class	Senior
Major	Business
Career	2005–present
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	October 17, 1985 (age 39); Template:City-state
High school	Hoover High School,; Hoover, Alabama
Bowl games
	2006 Independence: OSU 34, Alabama 31; 2007 Independence: Alabama 30, Colorado 24

John Parker Wilson (born October 17, 1985, in Template:City-state) is currently the starting quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team.^[1] Wilson attended Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama. His younger brother Ross was also a former quarterback for the Hoover High School football team and was featured on MTV's Two-A-Days.

College career

Freshman

In 2005 as a freshman, Wilson saw action in four games, completing a pass in each appearance. He threw his first career touchdown pass on a 36–yard strike to Keith Brown in Alabama’s 35–14 win at South Carolina.^[1]

He completed 63.6% of his passes, throwing for 98 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. He also went to the oz to seee his future butter scotch is awesome

Sophomore

In 2006, Wilson started all 12 games for the Crimson Tide. He finished the season with a passing efficiency of 128.92, completing 216–of–379 passes for 2,707 yards, 17 touchdowns and ten interceptions. He threw for over 200 yards in the first seven games of the season, setting a new school record, and finished with a school record nine 200-yard games.^[1]

His best game was at Arkansas (completing 80.0% of his passes for 243 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions)
He had strong performances at LSU (completing 62.9% of his passes, throwing for 291 yards, two touchdowns, and 1 interception), and against Ole Miss (completing 57.1% of his passes, throwing for 206 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions)
He had a solid performance, although a loss, against rival Auburn (completing 54.5% of his passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns, and 1 interception).
His worst games were against Mississippi State (completing only 48.7% of his passes and throwing two interceptions), at Florida (completing 52.5% of his passes, but throwing three interceptions), and at Tennessee (completing only 44.8% of his passes).

Junior

In 2007, Wilson started 13 games for Alabama. His passer rating was 114.6, completing 255–of–462 passes for 2,846 yards, 18 touchdowns (a school record) and 12 interceptions. He was sacked 25 times during the season. His best performance was against rival Tennessee, in which he completed 32 of 46 passing attempts for 363 yards and three touchdowns, although another notable performance was his winning touchdown against Arkansas with eight seconds left in the game.^[2]

Senior

In his senior season, Wilson was again the starting quarterback—ahead of Greg McElroy. As of December 6, Wilson has led the Crimson Tide to a 12–1 record which has included victories against #9–ranked Clemson Tigers, #3–ranked Georgia Bulldogs, and #15-ranked LSU Tigers. In the regular season finale, he led Alabama to 36–0 victory over in-state rival Auburn—ending a six-game losing streak to the Tigers. After finishing the regular season 12-0, #1 Alabama eventually lost to #2 Florida in the SEC Championship Game.

He holds every significant passing record in Alabama school history.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "John Parker Wilson". University of Alabama athletics. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "Alabama notches biggest win in series with Vols since 1986". ESPN. 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

External links

Template:SEC football quarterbacks

{{subst:#if:Wilson, John Parker|}} [[Category:{{subst:#switch:{{subst:uc:1985}}

|| UNKNOWN | MISSING = Year of birth missing {{subst:#switch:{{subst:uc:}}||LIVING=(living people)}}
| #default = 1985 births

}}]] {{subst:#switch:{{subst:uc:}}

|| LIVING  = 
| MISSING  = 
| UNKNOWN  = 
| #default =

}}

[rolltide-1] "John Parker Wilson". University of Alabama athletics. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[2] "Alabama notches biggest win in series with Vols since 1986". ESPN. 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

[1]

[2]