10 Interesting Facts About Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck

Andrew Luck is the QB for the Indianapolis Colts. Here are 10 interesting facts about him.

Andrew Luck who was born in Washington D.C. on September 12, 1989. He has played QB for the Indianapolis Colts and been in the NFL since 2012. He is a 2-time Pro Bowl player.

10 interesting facts about the football player, Andrew Luck

Facts #1:

Andrew Luck is the son of former NFL QB and Houston Oiler, Oliver Luck. Growing up around football as Oliver was the general manager of two World League of American Football teams before becoming league President thus giving Andrew a very well-rounded early childhood growing up in London and Germany.

Facts #2:

Andrew Luck loves soccer as his passion for the sport grew growing up in Europe. His favorite team is the Houston Dynamo because his dad was the general manager and founding president.

Facts #3:

Andrew Luck and family moved back to Texas when his dad, Oliver was named CEO of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. In Houston. This enabled Andrew to play competitive football where he started QB at Stratford High school where he amassed over 7,000 yards passing, 50+ TDs and 2,000 yards rushing.

Facts #4:

Andrew Luck was also an academic champion being named as co-valedictorian of his high school class and being accepted into Stanford University after being recruited by Coach Jim Harbaugh.

Facts #5:

Andrew Luck redshirted his first year in 2008 at Stanford and earned the starting QB job as a freshman in 2009 becoming the first to do that since 1996 when Chad Hutchinson did it.

Facts #6:

Andrew Luck had a coming out party in the 2010 season where his stock as a potential Heisman trophy candidate and a premiere NFL QB took shape. He threw for 3,338 yards, 32 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions and a mind boggling 70.7% completion rate. He was a finalist for many awards which in the following year he won.

Facts #7:

Andrew Luck is credited for getting the Indianapolis Colts to hire Stanford Coach, Pep Hamilton to be the Offensive Coordinator when Bruce Arians left to take over the Arizona Cardinals.

Facts #8:

Andrew Luck holds most of the Career records at Stanford University as a QB and it can be argued that he is their best QB in their history. A bold statement as it's alumni include Jim Plunkett and John Elway. The career records he holds are: Most touchdown passes, total offense, highest passing efficiency rating, highest completion percentage, most yards per pass attempt, most rushing yards by a quarterback, most wins by a starting quarterback, highest winning percentage by a starting quarterback, career.

Facts #9:

Andrew Luck Andrew Luck won many awards for the 2011 season: Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He also was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, First Team All Pac-12, First Team Pac-12 All Academic Team, and the First Team All America. He was runner up for a second consecutive year in the Heisman trophy vote.

Facts #10:

Andrew Luck was projected to go #1 in he 2011 NFL draft but chose to say at Stanford and continue his college career and pursue his degree in architectural design and entered the NFL draft in 2012 and was drafted #1 by the Indianapolis Colts ahead of Heisman Trophy winner, Robert Griffith III.

Sources: CNN, Sporting News, Biography, ESPN, jockbio, ducksters, Forbes