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Position
  
Quarterback

Name
  
Connor Cook

Class
  
Senior

Height
  
1.93 m


Major
  
Media and Information

Siblings
  
Jackie Cook

Place of birth
  
Hinckley, Ohio

Parents
  
Chris Cook, Donna Cook

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College
  
Michigan State University (2011–present)

Date of birth
  
(1993-01-29) January 29, 1993 (age 22)

Role
  
American football quarterback

Current team
  
Michigan State Spartans football (#18 / Quarterback)

Education
  
Michigan State University, Walsh Jesuit High School

Similar People
  
Mark Dantonio, Shilique Calhoun, Christian Hackenberg, Jared Goff, Jeremy Langford

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Connor Cook (born January 29, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was their starting quarterback from 2013 to 2015. He holds the record for most career wins at Michigan State. Cook was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. After initially serving as the third-string backup to Derek Carr and Matt McGloin, Cook played in his first NFL game in the Raiders' last regular season game of the 2016 NFL season after Carr and McGloin suffered injuries. Following this, he was named the starter for the Raiders' playoff game against the Houston Texans and became the first quarterback in NFL history to make his first career start in a playoff game.

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Early years

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Cook attended Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was ranked as the nation's 13th best quarterback recruit by Rivals.com.

College career

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Upon enrolling at Michigan State, Cook was redshirted as a freshman in 2011. He spent the 2012 season as a backup to Andrew Maxwell. After Maxwell was benched, Cook helped lead the team to a win in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, completing four of 11 passes for 47 yards and a touchdown. Overall, he appeared in three games, completing nine of 17 passes for 94 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He entered the 2013 season as the backup to Maxwell again. After Maxwell struggled, Cook took over as the starter after the first game and remained the starter the rest of the year. He led Michigan State to a 34-24 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game and was named MVP after throwing for 304 yards with three touchdowns. He then led the Spartans to a 24–20 victory over the Stanford Cardinal in the 2014 Rose Bowl. He was named the offensive MVP after throwing for 332 yards and two touchdowns. Cook finished the season with 2,755 passing yards and 22 touchdowns.

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As a junior in 2014, Cook passed 3,214 yards with 24 touchdowns. He led the Spartans to 2015 Cotton Bowl, where they defeated the higher-ranked Baylor Bears, 42–41. As a senior in 2015 Cook led the Spartans to a 16–13 win over Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game and was named MVP for the second time in three years. The victory earned them a spot in the College Football Playoff (2015 Cotton Bowl), where they lost to the Alabama Crimson Tide, 38–0. Cook finished the season with 3,131 passing yards and 24 touchdowns, completing 56% of his passes. He won the 2015 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as the nation's outstanding senior or fourth year quarterback. For his career, he completed 673 of 1,170 passes for a school record 9,194 yards with 71 touchdowns and 22 interceptions.

Professional career

Cook was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round with the 100th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the seventh quarterback chosen in that draft.

On May 9, 2016, the Raiders signed Cook to a four-year, $2.95 million contract with a signing bonus of $619,890.

He began his rookie season for the Raiders as the third quarterback on the depth chart behind starter Derek Carr and second-string Matt McGloin. On December 24, 2016, Cook was raised to backup quarterback after a season-ending fibula injury to Carr. On January 1, 2017, Cook made his NFL debut, entering the game late in the second quarter after starter Matt McGloin suffered an injury. Cook completed 14 of 21 passes for 150 yards and one touchdown, which was to Amari Cooper and the first of Cook's career, with one interception as the Raiders lost to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–6. On January 4, Cook was named the starter for the AFC Wildcard Game against the Houston Texans. McGloin was limited in practice due to his injury but was still active as Cook's backup for the playoff game. Cook became the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to make his first career start in a playoff game.

On January 7, 2017 in the AFC Wildcard Game against the Texans, Cook completed 18 of 45 pass attempts for 141 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions in a 27–14 loss. In the loss, he threw his first career postseason touchdown to Andre Holmes in the fourth quarter.

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