Mason Rudolph (American football)

Mason Rudolph
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Rudolph at 2017 Big 12 Media Days
No. 2 – Pittsburgh Steelers
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1995-07-17) July 17, 1995
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: Northwestern
(Rock Hill, South Carolina)
College: Oklahoma State
NFL Draft: 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 76
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Brett Mason Rudolph III (born July 17, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State, and was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Early years

Rudolph was named after his father and grandfather; he is not related to late PGA Tour golfer of the same name.[1]

He attended Westminster Catawba Christian School before transferring to Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina. During his career he passed for 10,986 yards and 132 passing touchdowns. Rudolph was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the ninth-best pro-style quarterback in his class.[2] He committed to Oklahoma State University to play college football.[3][4]

College career

Rudolph entered his true freshman season in 2014 as a third string behind J. W. Walsh and Daxx Garman.[5][6] After Walsh was injured, Garman became the starter with Rudolph as his backup. After Garman was injured, Rudolph started his first career game against Baylor.[7] During the game, he completed 13 of 25 passes for 281 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.[8] Rudolph would remain the starter for the final two games, including the 2015 Cactus Bowl victory against Washington.[9][10][11] In three games total, he completed 49 of 86 passes for 853 yards, six touchdowns, and four interceptions.[12]

He was named the starter for the 2015 season in January of that year.[13]

Rudolph is the winner of the 2017 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given annually to the country's outstanding senior college quarterback.[14]

College statistics

PassingRushing
YearTeamGPCmpAttPctYdsYpaTDsIntRateAttYdsTDsAvg
2014Oklahoma State3498657.08539.964154.014-330-2.4
2015Oklahoma State1326442462.33,7708.9219149.167-351-0.5
2016Oklahoma State1328444863.44,0919.1284158.9836160.7
2017Oklahoma State1229745765.04,55310.0359170.05632100.6
College Totals418941,41563.113,2679.49026159.322025170.1

Professional career

Rudolph attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed the majority of combine drills, but opted to skip the bench press, broad jump, short shuttle, and three-cone drill. On March 15, 2018, he participated at Oklahoma State's pro day and completed the three-cone drill, short shuttle, broad jump, and ran passing drills. He met with scouts and team representatives from the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Chargers privately after completing his pro day.[15] He attended private workout and visits with the New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Chargers.[16] At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Rudolph was projected to be a second round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the sixth best quarterback prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com, Scouts Inc., and Sports Illustrated.[17][18][19]

External video
Mason Rudolph's NFL Combine Workout
Mason Rudolph's 40-yard dash
Rudolph "I'm going to prepare like a starter"
Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 4 5⁄8 in
(1.95 m)		 235 lb
(107 kg)		 32 3⁄8 in
(0.82 m)		 9 1⁄8 in
(0.23 m)		 4.90 s 1.71 s 2.88 s 4.56 s 28 1⁄2 in
(0.72 m)		 8 ft 11 in
(2.72 m)
All values from NFL Draft[20][21]

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Rudolph in the third round (76th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[22] The Steelers traded their third-round (79th overall) and seventh-round (220th overall) picks to the Seattle Seahawks in order to move up three spots and select Rudolph with the 76th overall pick.[23] Rudolph was the sixth quarterback selected in 2018.[24]

External video
Steelers draft Mason Rudolph 76th overall
Rudolph celebrates being picked by Steelers

On May 23, 2018, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Rudolph to a four-year, $3.92 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $932,264.[25]

Throughout training camp, Rudolph competed to be the backup quarterback against Landry Jones and Joshua Dobbs.[26]

References

  1. ↑ Tramel, Berry (June 6, 2013). "Oklahoma State football: The second Mason Rudolph". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  2. ↑ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma State football: Cowboys get commitment from South Carolina quarterback Mason Rudolph". 5 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Northwestern quarterback Mason Rudolph commits to Oklahoma State University". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma State football: Mason Rudolph has family backing through rise with Cowboys". 30 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Oklahoma State football: Mason Rudolph rolls with the changes during rise to Cowboys' starting quarterback role". 16 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Media report: Freshman quarterback Mason Rudolph 'likely' to start against Baylor". 22 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Oklahoma State's Offense Finds a Spark Behind Freshman QB Mason Rudolph".
  9. ↑ "Freshman QB ready to lead Oklahoma State to Cactus Bowl victory in 3rd start".
  10. ↑ "Mason Rudolph leads Oklahoma State past Washington".
  11. ↑ "Oklahoma State QB Mason Rudolph shines vs. UW defense".
  12. ↑ Writer, BILL HAISTEN World Sports. "Obvious difference-maker: Rudolph's emergence at QB for OSU".
  13. ↑ "Gundy: Rudolph is Okla. State's starting QB".
  14. ↑ "Oklahoma State University Mason Rudolph Wins The 2017 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award - Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award". Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  15. ↑ "Mason Rudolph meets with Chargers, Giants, Steelers". NFL.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  16. ↑ Gantt, Darin (April 6, 2018). "Mason Rudolph has busy pre-draft schedule". profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Mason Rudolph, DS #6 QB, Oklahoma State". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  18. ↑ "NFL Mason Rudolph-ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  19. ↑ "The 2018 NFL Draft Big Board, Vol. 2". si.com. March 7, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  20. ↑ "NFL Draft Prospect Profile - Mason Rudolph". nfl.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Oklahoma State QB Mason Rudolph : 2018 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  22. ↑ "2018 NFL Draft Results: Pittsburgh Steelers trade up to select QB Mason Rudolph with third round pick". Behind The Steel Curtain. April 27, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Steelers Trade Up to No. 76 Overall to Draft Former Oklahoma State QB Mason Rudolph". SI.com. April 28, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Steelers ranked Mason Rudolph among Draft's top QBs". NFL.com. April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Spotrac.com: Mason Rudolph contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  26. ↑ Quinn, Sam (August 16, 2018). "Steelers fans critical of Mason Rudolph, Josh Dobbs". 247sports.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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