Scott Tolzien

Scott Tolzien is a quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. He was the starting quarterback for the 2010 Wisconsin Badgers who were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference with Ohio State and Michigan State. Tolzien has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers. In 2009, Tolzien was a surprise winner of the spring quarterbacks competition at Wisconsin and threw an 80 yard touchdown pass to WR Isaac Anderson on his first attempt against Northern Illinois. He would go on to set the Wisconsin All-Time record for completions in a single season, with 211, and passed for 2,705 yards. Under Tolzien’s leadership, Wisconsin would finish the season at 9-3. Tolzien shined in games against Michigan, Minnesota, and Michigan State, being named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Michigan State. Tolzien’s efforts were often overshadowed by 1,500 yard rusher John Clay, but he turned in a very solid 2009 season. The Badger’s star quarterback finished the 2009 season with a good performance in a 20-14 win over Miami in the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl, completing 19 passes on 26 attempts as the Badgers knocked off the higher-ranked Hurricanes.

In 2010, Tolzien smashed the Wisconsin record for completion percentage in a season completing 74.3% of his passes in 12 regular season games. Tolzien ranked 4th nationally in passer rating, and led the nation in completion percentage. After a disappointing effort against Michigan State in which the Badger receiving corps. dropped several passes, Tolzien would improve week after week as the Badgers won their next 7 games to finish the year 11-1. Against a top 5 Ohio State Buckeyes defense, Tolzien completed 13 of 16 passes and his efforts led the Badgers to an eventual upset of then top-ranked Ohio State. The next week against Iowa, Tolzien again had a solid game, completing 20 passes on 26 attempts for 205 yards and a touchdown. Most impressively, Tolzien led the Badgers down the field for the game-winning touchdown with Wisconsin’s running game stifled by Iowa’s defense. In his final home start, against the Northwestern Wildcats, Tolzien was nearly flawless, completing 15 passes on 19 attempts for 230 yards with four touchdown passes. Tolzien made his final collegiate start for the Badgers in the 2011 Rose Bowl against one of the top defenses in the nation against TCU. Tolzien finished the game with 12 completions out of 21 attempts for 159 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions and a rating of 120.7 for the game. The Horned Frogs defeated the Badgers by a final score of 21-19. Tolzien completed his college career by playing in the 2011 East–West Shrine Game on January 22, 2011. Tolzien was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad on September 1, 2013. After Aaron Rodgers suffered a clavicle injury, the Packers brought him up from the practice squad to the active roster. On November 10, 2013, Tolzien entered a game after an early injury to Rodgers’s backup Seneca Wallace. In his regular season debut, Tolzien completed 24 passes in 39 attempts for 280 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions in a 27-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, earning him the start in the Packers’ next game against the New York Giants. Against the Giants, Tolzien threw for over 300 yards in a 27-13 loss. After the game, head coach Mike McCarthy remarked that he had never seen anyone hit every shot he took down field. Tolzien was five for five on plays of 25 yards or longer. The next week against the Vikings, Tolzien performed an elusive spin move during a touchdown run before being relieved by quarterback Matt Flynn who led the Packers to a tie against their rival.