Carson Wentz Set to Make NFL History With Vikings Following J.J. McCarthy Injury

Carson Wentz has had an eventful NFL career. After emerging from his successful college football career at North Dakota State University, Wentz was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles (behind Jared Goff).

Since that moment, Wentz has seen the highest of highs as well as the lowest of lows. In his second season in the NFL, Wentz was having a phenomenal sophomore campaign before tearing his ACL, ending his year. Wentz would still finish No. 3 in MVP voting that year but would have to watch as backup quarterback, Nick Foles led the Eagles to a Super Bowl victory.

While Wentz would return from the gruesome injury, reclaiming his job as the starting QB of the Eagles, he would never fully return to MVP-form. And in 2020, the Eagles drafted Jalen Hurts, effectively ending Wentz' reign in Philadelphia. Hurts would officially take over the QB job in Week 14 of that season, starting the final four games of the year.

Carson Wentz Prepares to Make NFL History With the Vikings

This set Wentz' journey around the NFL in motion, and he has since been rostered by five different teams in as many years. Entering the 2025 NFL season with the Minnesota Vikings, Wentz was expected to serve as J.J. McCarthy's backup QB. However, with McCarthy reportedly suffering a high-ankle sprain in Monday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons, Wentz is being thrust back into action.

Assuming Wentz makes the start at QB for the Vikings this coming Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, he will become the first QB in NFL history to start a game for six different teams in six consecutive seasons.