Justin Worley

Justin Worley

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Worley (#17) trying to evade a tackle by Clowney during a high school game on August 28, 2010.
Free agent
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-11-20) November 20, 1992
Place of birth: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school: Rock Hill (SC) Northwestern
College: Tennessee
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Free Agent
Career highlights and awards
  • Gatorade National Player of the Year (2010)
  • Taxslayer Bowl Champions (2015)

Justin Scott Worley (born November 20, 1992) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. Worley played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers. His parents are Peyton Worley and Angela Worley. He has one younger brother, Mathew Worley.

Early years

A native of North Carolina,[1] Worley attended Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he was teammates with Cordarrelle Patterson. As a sophomore, Worley led Northwestern to state championship game against town-rival South Pointe High.

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Worley was listed as the No. 24 pro-style quarterback in his class.[2] He was selected as the national high school Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010.[3]

College career

Worley played backup to Tyler Bray most of his first two seasons (2011–2012) at Tennessee and only started nine times before 2013. In 2013 he was named the starter after training camp. During the 2013 season he was able to find some success but his personal achievements did not lead to overall team success. He was benched after Tennessee's loss to Oregon for Nate Peterman. Peterman started the next game against the Florida Gators, but played poorly in the first half. Worley was put into the game in the second half and would continue to start in all other games until he was injured against Alabama. His most notable performances in 2013 were against Georgia, where Tennessee almost upset Georgia in an overtime game, and against South Carolina where he led Tennessee to its first win over a ranked team in several years with a game changing pass to Marquez North which set up a field goal to win the game. He had season ending thumb surgery.[4]

In 2014, Worley was named the starting QB for the Tennessee Vols for his Senior season. He started in seven games beginning with Utah State and ending when he was injured against Ole Miss. As a result he had season-ending shoulder surgery.[5] His season totals were 1579 passing yards, 12 TDs, 8 INTs, 62.3% completion percentage, and was notably sacked 29 times.[6]

Professional career

On November 24, 2015, Worley was signed as an undrafted free agent to the Bears' practice squad.

Stats

SEASON CMP ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD INT SACK RAT RAW QBR ADJ QBR
2014 157 252 1579 62.3 6.3 56 12 8 29 124.3 41.6 57.7
2013 109 196 1239 55.6 6.32 51 10 8 6 117.4 50.2 61.9
2012 15 23 134 65.2 5.83 19 0 2 0 96.8 35.5 51.2
2011 48 87 604 55.2 6.94 50 1 3 3 110.4 21.8 25.3

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