Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Sean Mannion was born on April 25th, 1992, in San Jose, California. He is a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL.

Mannion attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton, California. Not only did Mannion play football, but he also played on the baseball varsity team as a pitcher in his junior and senior year and he also played on the junior varsity basketball team but never made the varsity team. As a senior, he played in 12 games and threw for 3,521 yards and 27 touchdowns, in his first year as the starter for the Varsity high school football team. He came out of high school as a three-star recruit according to ESPN. On February 3, 2010, he signed with Oregon State, turning down offers from San Diego State, San Jose State, UCLA, and Washington State.

Remaining the starter his senior season in 2014, Mannion became the Beavers all-time leader in career passing yards and passing touchdowns during the season, passing Derek Anderson's records. Later in the year, he became the Pac-12's all-time leader in passing yards, breaking Matt Barkley's record. He finished the season with 3,164 yards and 15 touchdowns.

For his career, Mannion started 43 games, completing 1,187 of 1,838 passes for 13,600 yards, 83 touchdowns and 54 interceptions.

Mannion was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the third round, 89th overall, of the 2015 NFL Draft. He started his career as the third-string quarterback behind Case Keenum and Nick Foles in his rookie year in 2015. On April 7, 2019, Mannion signed with the Minnesota Vikings.