Darren Werner

Darren Werner (June 22, 1991) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots. He played college football at Iowa under Head Coach jmjacobs. Werner was selected with the 54th overall pick in the 2014 NFLHC Draft.
==Early Years==
Darren Werner was born in the small town of Glidden, Iowa and grew up a diehard Hawkeyes fan. He attended Glidden Ralston Community Superintendent, and was the star QB for the 8-man team. He was two time Class 8 Man Player of the Year, and helped lead the Wildcats to back to back Class 8 Man Championships. Despite not playing in traditional 11 man football, Werner made a name for himself at various football camps. He received offers from many FCS schools such as Illinois St., Northern Iowa, and Youngstown St., but immediately committed once he received an offer from Iowa.
==College Career==
While at Iowa, Werner was a 3 year starter.
===College statistics===
===Statistics===
Year 	Team 	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing		Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing
Year 	Team 	GP 	GS 	Rating 	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yards 	TD 	Int 		Att 	Yds 	Avg 	TD
2013 	Iowa 	11 	11 	128.8 	247 	412 	60.1 	2658 	18 	2 		0 	0 	0 	0
Totals	Totals	11 	11 	128.8 	247 	412 	60.1 	2658 	18 	2 		0 	0 	0 	0
==Professional Career==
===New England Patriots===
Werner was drafted with the 54th overall pick in the 4th round of the 2014 NFLHC Draft by the New England Patriots. He was moved to backup behind rookie Rob LeCount for the 2015 season. Following the 2015 season the Patriots did not renew his contract. He was chosen as AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in week 1 of 2014. He made the AFC ProBowl Squad in 2014.
===Houston Texans===
Finding himself as arguably the most talented QB in the free agency pool after the 2016 season, Werner attracted considerable attention across the league. It was the Houston Texans offer that Werner accepted, a 2 year frontloaded deal worth $16 millioin. He played backup to rookie Harold Simmons until being traded with WR Ken Brown to Seattle for QB Richard Ramos and FS Reynaldo Harris. He saw action at the end of one game, week 3 against Seattle, whom he would be playing for in a few short weeks. 
===Seattle Seahawks===
Werner started every remaining game in 2016 for the Seahawks after arriving in Seattle.
===Denver Broncos===
After the 2016 season, Denver Broncos owner/GM TheSam traded for Werner and OT William Hart for Denver's 2017 4th round and 2018 5th round picks. Werner started every game of the 2017 and 2018 season. After the 2017 season, new Broncos GM DescretoBurrito offered Werner a contract extension with the same terms as his previous one. He was chosen as AFC offensive player of the week for his performance in both weeks 16 and 17 of 2017. After 51 games in Denver, after the 2019 season, Werner entered free agency after the Broncos management opted not to offer him a new contract.
===Houston Texans===
In the 2020 offseason, Werner signed a 1 year contract with the Houston Texans. He served as a backup for Alex LeShoure for the season, and did not play a snap. Following the conclusion of the 2020 season, he was signed to a 2 year, 10 million dollar extension by the Texans.
===New England Patriots===
In the 2021 offseason, Werner was traded to his original team, the New England Patriots, for a 6th round pick.
====Professional Statistics====
Year 	Team 	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing		Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing
Year 	Team 	GP 	GS 	Rating 	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yards 	TD 	Int 		Att 	Yds 	Avg 	TD
2014 	New England	11 	11 	90.4 	160 	272 	58.8 	1946 	14 	5 		0 	0 	0 	0
2015 	New England	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0
2016 	Houston 	1 	0 	42.4 	1 	3 	33.3 	6 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0
2016 	Seattle 	7 	7 	102.0 	119 	181 	65.8 	1609 	9 	4 		0 	0 	0 	0
2017 	Denver 	16 	16 	108.0 	300 	455 	65.9 	3889 	31 	8 		0 	0 	0 	0
2018 	Denver 	19 	19 	97.6 	356 	585 	60.9 	4597 	35 	11 		2 	4 	2 	1
2019 	Denver 	16 	16 	81.63 	366 	647 	56.6 	4053 	26 	11 		0 	0 	0 	0
2020 	Houston 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 		0 	0 	0 	0
Totals	Totals 	70 	69 	94.3 	1302 	2143 	60.8 	16094 	115 	39 		2 	4 	2 	1