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|caption=Palmer playing quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
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|currentposition=Quarterback
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|college=[[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]
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* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (2003-present)
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* [[Heisman Trophy]] (2002)
* [[FedEx]] Air Player of the Year (2005)
* 2x [[Pro Bowl]] selection ([[2006 Pro Bowl|2005]], [[2007 Pro Bowl|2006]])
* Pro Bowl [[Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] ([[2007 Pro Bowl|2006]])
* [[#Bengals Franchise Records|Bengals franchise records]]
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'''Carson Palmer''' (born [[December 27]], [[1979]] in {{city-state|Fresno|California}}) is an [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] of the [[National Football League]]. He was drafted by the Bengals first overall in the [[2003 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]].

Palmer won the [[Heisman Trophy]] while at USC in 2002 and has been selected to two [[Pro Bowl]]s with the Bengals. He also enjoys sucking the Steelers' balls.

==Early years==
In his earlier years, Palmer attended [[Santa Margarita Catholic High School]] in [[Rancho Santa Margarita, California|Rancho Santa Margarita]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]]. As well as football, Palmer was an avid basketball player, and was named to the Student Sports Grid-Hoops All-America second team.

==College career==
[[Image:CarsonPalmer.JPG|left|thumb| Palmer and his retired jersey at USC.]]
Carson Palmer arrived at the [[University of Southern California]] in [[1998 in sports|1998]] and immediately competed for the starting quarterback job with [[Mike Van Raaphorst]]. Van Raaphorst won, but due to his ineffectiveness, Palmer was named the starter in the ninth game of the season, becoming only the second true [[freshman]] to ever start at quarterback for the USC Trojans.

After three underwhelming years at USC, Palmer had a breakout senior year under the tutelage of [[offensive coordinator]] [[Norm Chow]], who was brought in the year before by head coach [[Pete Carroll]] after spending 27 seasons at [[Brigham Young University]] and one season at [[North Carolina State University]]. Chow was able to bring the best out of Carson Palmer and the USC offense, which led to Palmer being named the [[Heisman Trophy|Heisman Trophy Award]] winner, then the fifth Trojan to win the prestigious award &mdash; [[running back]]s [[Mike Garrett]] ([[1965 in sports|1965]]), [[O.J. Simpson]] ([[1968 in sports|1968]]), [[Charles White (football player)|Charles White]] ([[1979 in sports|1979]]), and [[Marcus Allen]] ([[1981 in sports|1981]]) preceded him. Palmer was the first and only Trojan quarterback to be honored with the award until [[left handed|lefty]] [[Matt Leinart]] won it as a junior in [[2004 in sports|2004]].

[[Image:NCAA Football 2004 Coverart.jpg|thumb|left|125px|Carson Palmer on the cover of the [[NCAA Football 2004]].]]
[[Image:Carsonpalmerheisman.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Carson Palmer's Heisman]]
Carson Palmer completed 309 of 489 passes for 3942 yards and 33 touchdowns with only 10 interceptions during the 2002 season, and later led the Trojans to an impressive 38&ndash;17 victory over the [[University of Iowa]] in the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]]. His completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns were all USC single season records. In a [[November 30]] game against [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]], Palmer threw for 425 yards and led his team to 610 yards of total offense, the most ever gained against Notre Dame in each category. Palmer left college as the Pac-10 Conference's all-time leader in passing yards (11,818), completions (927) and total offense (11,621), along with 72 career touchdown passes, a USC record at that time &mdash; Matt Leinart has since surpassed the record, which currently stands at 99. 

His major at USC was [[public policy]] and [[management]] at the University of Southern California [[Marshall School of Business]]. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at USC.

==NFL career==
Carson Palmer was the 1st overall pick in the [[2003 NFL Draft]] by the [[Cincinnati Bengals]].

===2003&ndash;2004 (Rookie) season===
Carson Palmer did not play at all during his rookie season; veteran quarterback [[Jon Kitna]], who signed with the Bengals as an [[unrestricted free agent]] in [[2001 in sports|2001]], took every snap during the [[2003 in sports|2003]] season. For his efforts, [[Jon Kitna]] was named [[NFL Comeback Player of the Year]]. Palmer, with Kitna mentoring him, watched and learned during games and in practices under head coach [[Marvin Lewis]] and quarterbacks coach [[Ken Zampese]]. 

Even though the Bengals finished 8&ndash;8, their first non-losing season since [[1996 in sports|1996]], Jon Kitna arguably knew that the Bengals were Carson Palmer's team in 2004. The Bengals were very satisfied with first round pick and thought they really had a quarterback of the future.

===2004&ndash;2005 season===
While Carson Palmer suffered from growing pains, he passed for 2,897 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions in 13 games, and the Bengals again finished 8&ndash;8. His performance greatly improved the stature of the Cincinnati Bengals among pundits and fans alike. One of his more notable performances was in a December game against the [[Baltimore Ravens]]. Baltimore built up a 20&ndash;3 lead going into the final quarter, but Palmer rallied his team back with three fourth-quarter touchdown passes to take a 24&ndash;23 lead. After the Ravens retook the lead with a field goal, Palmer led the Bengals 60 yards in 8 plays to set up [[Shayne Graham|Shayne Graham's]] game-winning field goal as time in regulation expired. Palmer finished the game with 29 of 36 (80.6%) completions for 381 yards and 3 touchdowns. In the fourth quarter alone, he completed 10 of 13 passes for 200 yards, and two of his incompletions were spikes during the final drive to stop the clock. Against the [[Cleveland Browns]] in the 58-48 win, Palmer threw for four touchdowns for the first time in his career.

Off the field, Palmer and Jon Kitna are best friends and [[golf]]ing buddies. They also enjoy listening to CDs of the Christian Rock band "instereo" together. In 2004, Palmer organized the Carson Palmer Foundation Golf Classic to raise funds for Hillview Acres, a shelter for abused and underprivileged children.

===2005&ndash;2006 season===
In [[2005 in sports|2005]], Palmer's breakout season, Palmer led the Bengals to an 11&ndash;5 record and an [[AFC North]] division title, their first division title since [[1990 in sports|1990]]. In doing so, Carson Palmer became the first Bengals quarterback to finish with a 100+ [[passer rating]], tied then [[Indianapolis Colts|Indianapolis']] [[Peyton Manning]] for most consecutive games with a triple-digit passer rating (9 games), led the NFL in completion percentage, and set a Bengals franchise record by throwing a league-leading 32 touchdown passes. He also set the franchise record for highest [[passer rating]] in a season. His 3,836 yards was 4th in the league.

On [[December 21]], [[2005]], Carson Palmer was one of five Bengals voted to the [[2006 in sports|2006]] [[Pro Bowl]] game. The others were [[Willie Anderson (NFL)|Willie Anderson]], [[Shayne Graham]], Chad Johnson (now known as [[Chad Ocho Cinco]]), and [[Deltha O'Neal]]. This would have been Palmer's first Pro Bowl appearance, but he did not play in it due to a severe knee injury that he suffered in the 31&ndash;17 loss in the wild card game in the 2005 playoffs against the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in Cincinnati on [[January 8]], [[2006 in sports|2006]]. On the Bengals' second offensive play, Palmer launched a 66-yard completion &mdash; the longest in Bengals' playoff history &mdash; to Bengal wide out [[Chris Henry]], but just after throwing the ball, he was struck by Steelers [[defensive tackle]] [[Kimo von Oelhoffen]], wrenching Palmer's left leg and knocking him out of the game. A [[magnetic resonance imaging]] test revealed tears of both the [[anterior cruciate ligament|anterior cruciate]] and [[medial collateral ligament|medial collateral]] [[ligaments]] as well as [[cartilage]] and [[meniscus]] damage.

During the off-season, the [[NFL|NFL Rules Committee]] modified the rule regarding low hits on quarterbacks, prohibiting defenders from hitting a passer at or below the knee unless they are blocked into him. Injuries to Palmer, Roethlisberger and then-[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] quarterback [[Brian Griese]] (who re-signed with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]) were cited as reasons for the new rule. The so-called "Kimo Rule" now requires that defenders take every opportunity to avoid hitting a quarterback at or below the knees when the quarterback is in a defenseless position looking to throw with both feet on the ground. Ironically the play would still have been legal as [[Kimo von Oelhoffen|von Oelhoffen]] was blocked into Palmer, and, therefore, could not avoid hitting Palmer's knee.<ref name= nfl>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9345607</ref>

Von Oelhoffen was subsequently released by the Steelers following the 2005 season. <ref>[http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/4444 Kimo von Oelhoffen | NFL Football at CBSSports.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

====Rehabilitation and comments====
[[Image:MRR 0159.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Palmer drops back to pass against the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].]]
Carson Palmer underwent reconstructive surgery on his injured knee in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]] on [[January 10]], [[2006 in sports|2006]]. Dr. Lonnie Paulos, a surgeon who is independent of the Cincinnati Bengals, performed the operation. Initially, the Bengals organization stated that Palmer had torn the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments with no other damage. However, Dr. Paulos later told the [[Associated Press]] that the damage was more extensive and included a dislocation of the kneecap. Dr. Paulos called the injury "devastating and potentially career-ending", which drew a derisive comment from Palmer that implied Paulos simply liked to see his name in print. The Bengals later accepted Dr. Paulos' account <ref name= espn>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2486170 ESPN - Palmer at minicamp, aiming for season opener return - NFL<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, however, Carson Palmer promised he'd be at quarterback in the Bengals' regular season opener at [[Kansas City Chiefs|Kansas City]] on [[September 10]], [[2006]].

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis stated: "This is a serious injury, but we are told the procedure went very well. We know Carson, and we know he will apply himself fully to his rehabilitation. This result encourages our feeling that Carson will be ready to open the 2006 season as our starting quarterback" <ref name= bengals>[http://www.bengals.com/news/news.asp?story_id=5017 News - Palmer surgery: 'Very well' - Cincinnati Bengals<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. 

During his rehabilitation, Carson Palmer has made several other pointed comments, particularly in an issue of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' <ref name= si>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0605/gallery.palmer/content.1.html SI.com - Photo Gallery - The Rehab of Carson Palmer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, in which he was on the cover shown using a relatively new form of therapy called the [[HydroWorx]] <ref name= worx>[http://www.hydroworx.com/pools-for-pros/sport-profiles-detail.aspx?cpid=117 Sport & Fitness Profiles - HydroWorx<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.  In the article, Palmer stated that: “I hate the Steelers more than I hate [[UCLA]].” However, he cautioned that the animosity is not directed at the individual players; it was borne from the historic Bengals&ndash;Steelers rivalry. Steelers safety [[Troy Polamalu]] is, in fact, Palmer's friend and former USC roommate.

After the Bengals' 48&ndash;17 pre-season victory over the visiting [[Green Bay Packers]] on [[August 28]], [[2006]], which saw Carson Palmer complete 9 of 14 passes for 140 yards and three touchdowns in just less than two quarters of play in his much-expected debut (which included an 11-yard run for a first down that culminated in a slide on his surgically-repaired left knee,) Carson Palmer reiterated his position that he would be starting in the Bengals' season opener at Kansas City.

His performance drew rave reviews from many experts, many of whom expected far less of him less than a year after such a serious injury. [[ESPN]] announcer [[Joe Theismann]], himself a former quarterback with the [[Washington Redskins]], praised Carson Palmer for his mental toughness in taking hits and not being gun-shy about staying in the pocket where chances of injury are often high.

===2006&ndash;2007 season===
[[Image:Carson Palmer under center.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Palmer taking a snap in 2006]]
Palmer ended up starting in all 16 of the Bengals regular season games, only missing one snap due to injury - which was later determined as Palmer only getting the wind knocked out of him - all year. He actually didn't become totally comfortable with his repaired knee until week 9 against the [[San Diego Chargers|Chargers]] when he threw for a career high of 440 yards. Despite his previous injury, he passed the 4,000 yard mark for the first time in his career, finishing the season with a franchise record 4,035 passing yards and 28 touchdowns, only 13 interceptions and 93.9 rating. He also made the [[Pro Bowl]] for the second year in a row, becoming the first Bengals quarterback to do this since [[Boomer Esiason]] in [[1988]] and [[1989]]. Palmer was named Most Outstanding Player at the Pro Bowl, leading the AFC down the field in the final two minutes for the win. He completed 8 of 17 passes for 190 yards and 2 touchdowns, one to his Bengals teammate [[Chad Ocho Cinco]]. However, his team has quite a few misfortunes like missed point afters and field goals in a few games, slipping from an 11&ndash;5 record to 8&ndash;8 and failing to make the playoffs due to a game 16 loss by hated rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers. Palmer placed 3rd in voting for NFL Comeback Player of the Year, behind [[Drew Brees]] and [[Chad Pennington]].

After winning the Pro Bowl MVP, Palmer declared "This is a huge honor and extremely exciting and I feel very blessed just to be here, let alone for the outcome to be this. But my goal's to be in a Super Bowl. And to win a Super Bowl. That's where my mind's at, and after this week I'm going to start focusing on that again." During the [[2007]] off-season, Palmer had scheduled workouts with not only [[Chad Ocho Cinco]] (which he usually did), but receivers [[T.J. Houshmandzadeh]] and [[Tab Perry]]. He also said he is fully comfortable with his knee.<ref name= aol>[http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/29/fantasy-geeks-carson-palmers-ready-to-rip-it-up Fantasy Geeks: Carson Palmer's Ready To Rip It Up! - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===2007&ndash;2008 season===
In the season opener on [[Monday Night Football]] against the [[Baltimore Ravens]], Palmer went 20 for 32 with 194 yards and two touchdowns. Palmer and the Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 27&ndash;20. He followed up this performance with 33 completions for 401 passing yards and a franchise record 6 touchdown passes the next week in a game against [[Cleveland Browns]]. But even so, his team lost the game 51&ndash;45. Cleveland quarterback [[Derek Anderson (American football)|Derek Anderson]] also threw for five touchdown passes in the game. It was only the third time in NFL history that two quarterbacks had thrown at least five touchdown passes in the same game.<ref> Sports Illustrated, September 24, 2007, p. 24</ref> In the loss to the [[Seattle Seahawks]], 21-24, Palmer went 27 for 43 for 342 yards for a touchdown, but also threw two interceptions.

By week 8, Palmer and the Bengals were struggling. His team had only a 2&ndash;5 record and he had thrown 9 interceptions, the most by any quarterback in the AFC. However, he remained statistically productive, ranking fourth in the NFL in passing yards and fifth in touchdowns with a passer rating of over 90.

The Bengals' misfortunes continued throughout the season and a week 15 loss to the [[San Francisco 49ers]] ensured that the team would finish the season with a losing record for the first time since he had been their starting quarterback.  In the same game, Palmer threw his 100th career touchdown pass, becoming the 5th fastest player ever to reach this milestone (59 games). Palmer finished the season with 376 completions for 4,131 yards and 26 touchdowns, with 20 interceptions. His 20 interceptions were a career high, but his 376 completions and 4,131 passing yards set new Bengals franchise records.

===2008&ndash;2009 season===
In the season opener against the [[Baltimore Ravens]], Palmer was held to 99 yards and no touchdowns, completing only 10 out of 25 passes with an interception. For the first time in his career Palmer wore a clear protective visor because of a broken nose. [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/boxscore?gid=20080907033]

==Career stats==
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|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="8" | Passing
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="3" | Rushing
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Season
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | Comp
! ALIGN="center" | Att
! ALIGN="center" | Pct
! ALIGN="center" | Yds
! ALIGN="center" | TD
! ALIGN="center" | INT
! ALIGN="center" | Rating
! ALIGN="center" | Att
! ALIGN="center" | Yds
! ALIGN="center" | TD
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0.0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0.0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2004
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 263
| ALIGN="center" | 432
| ALIGN="center" | 60.9
| ALIGN="center" | 2897
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 77.8
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 47
| ALIGN="center" | 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2005
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 345
| ALIGN="center" | 509
| ALIGN="center" | 67.8
| ALIGN="center" | 3836
| ALIGN="center" | 32
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 101.1
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 41
| ALIGN="center" | 1
|- ALIGN="center"  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2005-06 Playoffs
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 100.0
| ALIGN="center" | 66
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 118.7
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2006
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 324
| ALIGN="center" | 520
| ALIGN="center" | 62.3
| ALIGN="center" | 4035
| ALIGN="center" | 28
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 93.9
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" 
| ALIGN="center" | 2007
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 373
| ALIGN="center" | 575
| ALIGN="center" | 64.9
| ALIGN="center" | 4131
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 86.7
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" 
| ALIGN="center" | Totals
| ALIGN="center" | [[Cincinnati Bengals]]
| ALIGN="center" | 61
| ALIGN="center" | 1305
| ALIGN="center" | 2036
| ALIGN="center" | 64.1
| ALIGN="center" | 14899
| ALIGN="center" | 104
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 90.1
| ALIGN="center" | 102
| ALIGN="center" | 135
| ALIGN="center" | 2
|}

==Bengals franchise records==
*Most completions in a season (373)
*Most touchdown passes in a season (32)
*Most passing yards in a season (4,131)
*Most touchdown passes in a single game (6)
*Highest Passer rating, career
*Highest Passer rating, season (101.1)

==Personal life==
Palmer married Shaelyn Fernandes, a former USC soccer player whom he met during freshman orientation, on [[July 5]], [[2003]]. In the off-season, they reside in [[Laguna Beach]], [[California]].

He is the brother of fellow Bengal [[Jordan Palmer (American football)|Jordan Palmer]]. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, no brothers have played quarterback for the same team during the Super Bowl era. (Koy Detmer was on injured reserve for Philadelphia while his brother, [[Ty Detmer]], played for the Eagles in 1997.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/wires/05/04/2020.ap.fbn.bengals.palmers.0641/index.html |title=Jordan Palmer takes turn Running Bengals |accessdate=2008-05-06 |format= |work=Sports Illustrated.com }}</ref>

In 2008, Nike released 3 Air Max 90s, one of which was designed in the Nike ID studios by Palmer. The shoe's colorway bears a strong resemblance to the famous Air Max 90 Infrareds.

Brother [[Jordan Palmer]] plays [[quarterback]] for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]

==Special television appearances==

*Palmer has made an appearance of a cartoon version of himself in the animated TV Show [[The Replacements (Disney Channel series)|The Replacements]].

*He has also been featured in advertisements for [[Fischer Homes (company)|Fischer Homes]], [[John Morrell]], and other Cincinnati based businesses.

*He appeared on the May 29th NFL Total Access.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://carsonpalmer.typepad.com/ Carson Palmer's Official Blog]
* {{espn nfl|id=6337|name=Carson Palmer}}
* [http://www.bengals.com/team/player.asp?player_id=21 Carson Palmer's page at ''Bengals.com'']
* [http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=34311 Carson Palmer's page at ''NFL Players.com'']
* {{pro-football-reference|id=PalmCa00|name=Carson Palmer}}
* [http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PALMECAR01 More Current Stats]

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