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YOUNG GUNS a Quick Look at Two of the NFL’S Top Young Quarterbacks, Who Meet Monday Night BY ED BARKOWITZ Daily News Staff Writer [email protected] YOUNG GUNS A quick look at two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks, who meet Monday night: Nick Foles, Eagles Andrew Luck, Colts Advantage Size 6-6, 243 6-4, 240 Foles College Arizona Stanford Luck Drafted 2012, 88th overall 2012, 1st overall Luck 40-yard dash 5.03 seconds 4.59 seconds Luck Wonderlic score 29 37 Luck (out of 50) Father Millionaire restaurateur Former NFL QB Even Best game 7 TDs vs. Oakland Beat KC, 45-44, in playo s Luck NFL W-L 10-7 22-11 Duh 2014 opener Beat Jacksonville Lost to Denver Foles Veteran replaced Michael Vick Peyton Manning Luck Position coach Bill Musgrave Clyde Christensen Even BILL KOSTROUN / ASSOCIATED PRESS Running back LeSean McCoy Trent Richardson Foles Andrew Luck 2014 base salary $615,000 $2.4 million Luck 10 things to know about Nick Foles 10 things to know about Andrew Luck 1 Was the seventh quarterback selected in the 2012 draft, 1 Signed a 4-year, $22.1 million contract as a rookie in 2012. the 88th player picked overall. 2 Set the rookie record with 433 passing yards against 2 Is married to his college sweetheart, Tori Moore. They have Miami on Nov. 4, 2012. Foles established the Eagles’ mark three dogs and a cat. with 381 yards at Tampa Bay on Dec. 9, 2012. 3 Had right shoulder surgery in high school performed by 3 This will be Luck’s fi rst start against an NFC East team. renowned Dr. James Andrews. 4 Had a 3.48 GPA at Stanford and majored in architectural 4 Had a 50.5 rating in the fi rst half last week against Jacksonville. design. Boasted it to 129.7 as the Eagles outscored the Jags, 34-0, 5 His 3,822 passing yards in 2012 broke Cam Newton’s after halftime. rookie record and his 8,196 yards in his fi rst two seasons 5 Wrote a research paper on John Elway while in elementary also is an NFL record. school. Wore No. 7 in high school because of Elway. 6 His quarterbacks coach, Clyde Christensen, coached 6 Oddly, wore No. 8 at the University of Arizona and wears QBs and wide receivers for Temple from 1983-85. No. 9 for the Eagles. 7 Indy o ensive coordinator Pep Hamilton was Luck’s OC 7 Was a high school teammate of Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. at Stanford. The school, Westlake in Austin, Texas, also produced 8 Finished second in Heisman voting to Newton in 2010 Drew Brees. and Robert Gri n III in 2011. 8 Set the Eagles rookie records for passing yards (1,699) in 9 Lived in the same building at Stanford as Michelle Wie. 2012. John Reaves (1,508) had held the mark since 1972. 10 His father, Oliver, was a reserve quarterback for the 9 Threw two interceptions at Washington in 2012 in his fi rst Houston Oilers from 1983-86. He is currently the athletic YONG KIM / STAFF career road start. In seven road starts since, Foles has director for West Virginia University and a member of PHOTOGRAPHER thrown 21 touchdowns, just one interception and won fi ve college football’s new playo selection committee. Nick Foles of those games. 10 Foles is starting his 19th game on Monday. It will be his sixth in prime-time. The Eagles are 2-3 in the previous fi ve..
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