Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2006 — Present · Includes honors
2021–
Los Angeles Rams · Quarterback
QB · 89 active weeks
2023Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (1st Team) · NFL MVP · Pro Bowl
NFL
2009–2020
Detroit Lions · Quarterback
QB · 166 active weeks
2011Comeback Player of the Year
2014Pro Bowl
NFL
2006–2008
Georgia · QB
NCAA
Draft Profile
2009 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 1
#1 overall by Detroit Lions
TeamDET
Overall#1
Data Sources & Attribution
Credits
Headshot — manual_commons_overrideoriginal: A Healthier Michigan derivative: Diddykong1130. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.