Andrew Austen Luck is a former American football quarterback who played all seven years of his professional career with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award as college football's player of the year and was twice recognized as an All-American.
Andrew Luck is famous for a football quarterback. He played college football for the Standford Cardinal. He was twice recognized as an All-American.
Andrew Luck was born on September 12, 1989, in Washington, D.C. He holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Virgo. He was born to a father named Oliver Luck and a mother named Kathy Luck. His father is current commissioner of the XFL (2020), former executive vice president for regulatory affairs at the NCAA, former quarterback at West Virginia University and a former NFL quarterback for the Houston Oilers. He is the oldest of four children, including sisters Mary Ellen and Emily and brother Addison. Mary is a Stanford graduate who played volleyball there. Andrew spent his early childhood in London and Frankfurt, Germany, where he attended Frankfurt International School. In London, he attended The American School in London. In Houston, He attended Stratford High School, where he threw for 7,139 yards and 53 touchdowns in his highs school career and rushed for another 2,085 yards.
In 2009, he earned the starting quarterback job over the returning starter. He injured a finger on his throwing hand in the Cardinal's final regular season game against Notre Dame. He had surgery prior to the Sun Bowl and did not play in the game. In 2010, he emerged as one of the top players in the nation. He was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and was unanimously selected to the All-Pac-10 First Team. He won the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week award for his performances against Arizona and California. He was eligible to declare for the 2011 NFL Draft, but announced on January 6, 2011, that he would remain at Stanford to complete his degree. In 2011, he led Stanford to a record of 11-2, a berth in a BCS bowl, the 2012 Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State, and a #7 ranking in the final AP Poll. He won the Maxwell Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. He was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy for the second consecutive year, becoming the fourth player to finish second in the Heisman voting twice. He was named a First Team All America. He was the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, becoming only the fifth player to win that award twice.
He signed a four-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts worth $22 million on July 19, 2012. He threw his first career interception to Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings and his first career touchdown pass to Donnie Avery. He led the Colts to 11 wins, a record for rookie quarterbacks drafted first overall, where the previous record was 8. He broke the record for most passing yards in a season by a rookie, throwing 205 to bring his season total to 4,183. In 2013, he was reunited with offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton, who was his offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Stanford. He led the Colts to a 34-28 win over the then-undefeated Seattle Seahawks in his first game against fellow sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson. He also recorded his ninth career fourth-quarter comeback in the win, handing Seattle their first regular-season loss since November 25, 2012. He completed 29 passes for 433 yards and 4 touchdowns, in addition to recovering a fumble for a key touchdown, to record the second-biggest comeback in NFL playoff history, and the largest comeback to end in regulation. This game was ranked #1 on NFL com's Top Games of 2014. He was named to his second Pro Bowl on January 19, 2014, replacing Russell Wilson due to Wilson's participation in Super Bowl XLVIII. He broke Peyton Manning's franchise record for passing yards in a single season. He became the 8th quarterback in NFL history to throw for 40 or more touchdowns in a single season. He was the league's leader in passing touchdowns for the first time in his career. In 2015, the Colts announced they had picked up the fifth-year option on Luck's contract, which will pay him a guaranteed $16.55 million in 2016. In Weeks 4 and 5, he missed the first two games of his career with an injured shoulder. The Colts failed to make the playoffs for the first time with Luck, ending the season 8-8. He was ranked 92nd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 players of 2016. In 2016, The colts announced Luck had signed a six-year extension worth $140 million, with $87 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid player in the league. He was also ranked 51st by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017. He underwent surgery to repair an issue with his rightsholder that had been lingering since 2015. In 2017, he was held out of training camp and the preseason, and it was announced he was to miss regular-season games. On November 11, it was revealed that he was traveling to Europe to seek additional treatment for his previously injured shoulder. Ballard stated that Luck would not need additional surgery. In 2018, he started week 1 on September 9, 2018, against the Cincinnati Bengals, his first game in 616 days. He was named to the fourth Pro Bowl of his career, as well as being given the National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award by the Pro Football Writers Association. On August 24, 2019, he announced his retirement in a press conference, citing his recurrent cycle of injuries and rehabilitation as the primary reason.
Andrew Luck has a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93m) tall and a body weight of 109 kg. He has an athletic body build. He has black hair and dark brown eyes.
Andrew Luck is a married man. He married his longtime girlfriend Nicole Pechanec on March 31, 2019. He announced on June 14, 2019, that they are expecting their first child.
Andrew Luck deals with the Indianapolis Colts was a 4-year contract worth $22.1 million. After signing a 6-year contract extension worth $140 million with the Colts, He did not only became the highest-paid NFL player but was also ranked among the Top 100 players in the league in 2017. Andrew Luck has estimated net worth of $97.11 million and his annual salary of $23.3 million ranked him 12th in the NFL. In 2012, Nike, Inc. signed Luck to its roster of athletes. In 2013, Luck became a partner and investor in BodyArmor SuperDrink.