Erik Wegert
 Wegert making an appearance on Sesame Street. | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth: September 9, 1993 (age 27) | |||||||||||
| Place of birth: Plymouth, Wisconsin | |||||||||||
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| High school: Plymouth High School, Plymouth, WI | |||||||||||
| College: Wisconsin Badgers | |||||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | |||||||||||
| Debuted in 2016 for the New York Jets | |||||||||||
Career history
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| Roster status: Active | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards
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Erik Wegert (born September 9, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets. He played college football at Wisconsin. The Jets traded up to the #1 overall pick of the 2016 NFLHC Draft in order to select him. He was the 3rd #1 overall pick in NFLHC history, joining Christian Skaggs and Tyrone Jones.
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College Career
Wegert attended the University of Wisconsin. He was a 2-year starter for the Badgers, backing up Darrell Murphy (though he did start 5 games in 2013) before earning the full-time starting job in 2014. In 2015, he finished 4th in Heisman voting.
College statistics
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | INT | QBR | Att | Yds | YPC | TD | FUM | ||
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 116 | 196 | 62.0% | 1185 | 10 | 5 | 133.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | 324 | 481 | 67.3% | 3641 | 29 | 7 | 147.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | 222 | 324 | 68.2% | 3149 | 28 | 4 | 175.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NCAA Career Totals | 32 | 32 | 662 | 1001 | 66.1% | 7975 | 67 | 16 | 151.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Professional Career
Pre-Draft
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 4 in | 218 lb | 4.91 s | 4.47 s | 28.5 in | 9 ft 4 in | 31 | ||
Wegert was generally considered one of the top QBs available, though most considered Aaron Devereaux to be the top QB available. There were a few pundits that ranked Wegert as the top QB available.
Draft
The Jets traded up to #1 overall prior to the draft, and most thought that they would select a QB. The Jets selected Wegert with this pick.
2016 Season
Wegert was named Jets starting QB going into the year with the trade of Aaron Kotar.
He led the Jets to one of their most successful seasons in franchise history as the Jets finished 8-4. Wegert finished highly in most Rookie of the Year voting.
2017 Season
Wegert built a bit on his rookie year, finishing solidly but not spectacularly as he struggled a bit with #1 WR Jim Umenyiora going out for the year early in the season. He led the Jets to a second straight playoff appearance where they once again lost in the Wild Card round. He struggled a bit with hand injuries during the year, missing Week 17 with the injury.
2018 Season
Wegert looked to build a rapport with new receivers Paul Howell and (mid-season acquisition) Ken Brown. In a Week 10 Monday Night game against the Oakland Raiders, Wegert was injured by Raiders defensive tackle Fred Romanowski. He missed the next 5 games, but the Jets were still able to hang on and earn a first round bye in his absence. He won every regular season game he started, going 11-0.
2019 Season
Wegert was injured in game #2 and missed 2 games early in the season as the Jets struggled to a 1-4 start. This was the first 3000 yard season of Wegert's career. However, after being 4-5 going into Week 11 the Jets won 10 straight games going into Super Bowl VI, though the Jets lost the game 27-30.
Statistics
Regular Season
Year Team Games Starts Passing Rating Comp Att Pct Yds YPA TD Int QBR 2016 NYJ 12 12 159 246 64.63% 2,046 8.32 14 7 99.75 81 2017 NYJ 15 15 224 361 62.05% 2,853 7.90 21 10 94.57 88 2018 NYJ 11 11 224 383 58.49% 2,748 7.17 24 9 91.81 89 2019 NYJ 14 14 298 454 65.64% 3,801 8.37 28 7 105.81 91 2020 NYJ 16 16 353 537 65.74% 4,316 8.04 35 12 102.81 93 2021 NYJ 15 15 342 525 65.14% 4,269 8.13 33 9 104.08 96 2022 NYJ 16 16 360 587 61.33% 4,222 7.19 31 11 91.54 96 2023 NYJ 5 5 98 167 58.68% 1,037 6.21 5 5 74.37 96 2024 NYJ 16 16 402 673 59.70% 4,337 6.44 25 10 84.90 94 2025 NYJ 17 17 389 592 65.71% 4,544 7.68 34 10 100.97 93 Career 137 137 2,849 4,525 62.96% 34,173 7.55 250 90 96.15
Personal Life
Wegert is the cousin of Vikings WR Wayne Wegert.
