David Carr is a football analyst on the NFL Network.

David Duke Carr is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League.He was drafted first overall by the Houston Texans.He played college football.Carr played for Carolina, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers.He was a backup for the Giants when they won the Super Bowl.He joined the NFL Network as an analyst.[3]

David Carr was a student at Valley Oak Elementary School.He broke a number of California D-I middle school records when he was the quarterback of the Thunderbirds.Carr attended Stockdale High School after moving to Bakersfield.

After redshirting in 1999, Carr was the starting quarterback for the 2000 and 2001 seasons.He was the quarterback and the team went 5-5 and 11-3.Colorado, Oregon State, and Wisconsin were all beaten by the team in his senior season.It was not uncommon for a non-automatic qualification conference team to be the subject of speculation about whether or not they would be invited to the Bowl Championship Series.They climbed to as high as 8 in the polls, and Carr was on the cover.Carr threw 65 touchdown passes compared to 22 interceptions during his collegiate career.He won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a finalist for the 2001 Heisman Trophy.[6]

On September 1, 2007, Carr's jersey was retired by the school.The last player allowed to wear the number was a former football player.

The Houston Texans, a new expansion team, selected Carr with the first overall pick.His career began on a positive note.The Texans played their first regular season game on September 8, 2002, defeating the Dallas Cowboys, 19–10, at Houston's Reliant Stadium.Houston became the second expansion team to win a game.An NFL record for most times a quarterback had been sacked in a season was set by Carr, who was sacked 76 times.He recovered 12 of his own in a single season, both records still stand as of 2021.He had 2,592 passing yards and 9 touchdown in his first year.He scored 3 rushing touchdown.The Texans finished with a 4-12 record.Carr played in 12 games in the 2003 season and had 2,103 passing yards, 9 touchdown, and 13 interceptions.He was sacked only 15 times.In 2003 the Texans finished with a 5-11 record.

Carr was sacked a league-leading 49 times in 2004.He passed for 3,531 yards and had 16 touchdown and 14 interceptions.In 2004, the Texans finished with a 7-9 record.10

The Texans were 1-9 in their first 10 games of the 2005 season and finished with a 2–14 record.Plagued by injuries and an ineffective offensive line that limited both the running and passing games, Carr still threw for 2,488 yards while being sacked a league-leading 68 times.Carr's contract was extended for three years despite the drop-off.

The Texans finished the year with a 6–10 record.Carr had a career-high completion percentage and tied the single-game NFL record of 22 consecutive pass completions against the Buffalo Bills.Rick Smith decided to go in a different direction at quarterback.Carr was released by the Texans after they acquired Matt Schaub from the Atlanta Falcons.He was sacked a total of 249 times in Houston.

Carr signed a two-year, $6.2 million contract with Carolina on April 6, 2007.Carr was named the starter after Jake Delhomme was injured.He played in six games and had three touchdown and five intercepts, with a completion percentage of 53.7 and a passer rating of 58.3.During the fifth game of the season, Carr was injured on a sack by Will Smith and was replaced by Matt Moore.On February 27, 2008, he was released.[16]

On March 12, 2008, Carr signed a one-year contract with the New York Giants.The Giants released a backup quarterback.Carr supported Eli Manning for two seasons.On February 9, 2009, Carr was re-signed to a one-year, $2 million contract.In his first two years with the Giants, Carr threw three touchdown passes.[20]

Carr was a back-up to Alex Smith when he was with the San Francisco 49ers.Carr was put into the 49ers Week 7 game against his former team after Smith suffered a shoulder injury.Carr struggled completing only 5 of 13 passes for 67 yards and throwing a crucial pick up late in the 4th quarter.The 49ers released him on July 28, 2011.[ 24]

The backup quarterback to Eli Manning was signed by the New York Giants.Carr received his only Super Bowl ring in the 2011 season after the Giants beat the New England Patriots.He didn't play a single snap during the regular season.Carr re-signed with the Giants on March 14, 2012 for an additional year.He was not retained by the Giants.[28]

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