Nick Mullens

Nick Mullens
No. 4 – San Francisco 49ers
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1995-03-21) March 21, 1995
Hoover, Alabama
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school: Spain Park (Hoover, Alabama)
College: Southern Miss
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Second Team All-C-USA (2015)
  • C-USA Offensive Player of the Year (2015)
  • Honorable Mention All-C-USA (2016)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Nicholas Clayton "Nick" Mullens (born March 21, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team.[1][2][3]

College career

Mullens passed for 1,776 yards as a freshman in 2013 and 2,470 yards as sophomore in 2014. In the 2015 regular season, he had completed 291-of-453 passes for 3,964 yards and 35 touchdowns and ranked sixth among NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks in passing yardage.

Mullens finished his collegiate career at Southern Miss as the career passing leader in every statistical category.[4]

On October 1, 2016, against the Rice Owls, he threw for a collegiate career-high 591 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception in the 44–28 victory.[5]

Statistics

NCAA career statistics
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Season Games Record Passing Rushing
GGSCompAttYardsAvgLngPctTDIntRateAttYardsAvgLngTD
2013 961–51362761,7766.48149.31314108.740-103-2.6132
2014 10103–72183652,4706.84459.7129122.549390.8310
2015 14149–53315214,4768.66963.53812155.243-92-2.1173
2016 11117–42433843,2728.59363.32411149.851-54-1.194
Career 444120–219281,54611,9947.89360.08746137.8183-210-1.1319

Reference[6]

Professional career

After going undrafted during the 2017 NFL Draft, Mullens signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers on May 4, 2017.[7] He was waived by the team on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[8][9] He signed a reserve/future contract with the 49ers on January 2, 2018 after spending his entire rookie season on the practice squad.[10]

On September 1, 2018, Mullens was waived by the 49ers and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[11][12] Mullens was promoted to the active roster on September 26 after starter Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a season-ending torn ACL.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Nick Mullens Bio". University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Without Nick Mullens, Southern Miss football could still be in a dark place". The Sun Herald. November 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Soaring Eagle: Nick Mullens". Hattiesburg American. November 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Passing". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Rice at Southern Mississippi Box Score, October 1, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  6. ↑ "Nick Mullens stats". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ "49ers Sign 6 Draft Picks, 18 Undrafted Free Agents". 49ers.com. May 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "49ers Cut Roster Down to 53 Players". 49ers.com. September 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ "49es Claim DL Xavier Cooper off Waivers, Sign 8 Players to Practice Squad". 49ers.com. September 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ "49ers Sign Nine Players to Reserves/Future Contracts". 49ers.com. January 2, 2018.
  11. ↑ "49ers Cut 21 Players, Get Roster Down to 53". 49ers.com. September 1, 2018.
  12. ↑ "49ers Sign 9 Players to the Practice Squad". 49ers.com. September 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ "49ers Place Jimmy Garoppolo on IR, Call up Nick Mullens and Announce Other Roster Moves". 49ers.com. September 26, 2018.
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