Carson Palmer - Former NFL Quarterback
Sports Spectrum Podcast
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Episode 569
Carson Palmer played 15 seasons in the NFL as the QB for the Bengals, Raiders and Cardinals. He was selected number one overall in the 2003 NFL Draft by Cincinnati where he would play eight seasons. In 2011, he was traded to the Raiders and played two seasons in Oakland before being traded in 2013 to the Arizona Cardinals.
In college, Palmer was a standout quarterback at USC and won the 2002 Heisman Trophy and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. His jersey is retired by the Trojans.
Following the 2017 season, Palmer announced his retirement from the NFL. At the time of his retirement, he was 12th all-time in both passing yards (46,247) and passing touchdowns (294). In September of 2019, Palmer was inducted into the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Carson Palmer about life as a virtual learning Dad to 4 kids, what he misses most about playing in the NFL, the impact Jon Kitna had on Carson's faith, preparing his body to play each week, and why he is involved with Compassion International's Fill the Stadium initiative.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.4 | Hey, guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.5 | Today on the show, we have Carson Palmer joining us, a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback, |
| 0:29.1 | played in the NFL for 13 years, 14 seasons with the Bengals, Raiders, and Cardinals. The first |
| 0:35.5 | overall selection in the 2003 NFL draft by Cincinnati. |
| 0:40.5 | He had 46,247 career passing yards, 294 career passing touchdowns, quite the accomplished |
| 0:48.2 | career for Carson Palmer. |
| 0:50.9 | So we're going to talk to him in just a little bit, but want to tell you a couple ways you can |
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