This is in honor of Carson Wentz.

As you know, yesterday was the big Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Carson Wentz was a backup Quarterback to Patrick Mahomes for the Kansas City Chiefs. Just a few years ago when the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots, he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. He led the team to the Super Bowl but was injured. The score for that game was 41 to 33.

Everyone was excited to see the Eagles win that Super Bowl because of Carson Wentz, a North Dakota’s boy from NDSU. They were also excited to wiped the smug off Tom Brady’s face at the time. It was Carson Wentz first Super Bowl ring. A proud moment for North Dakota, putting them on the map.

Carson Wentz was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and moved to North Dakota with his family at the age of 3. He played quarterback and defensive back for Century High School in Bismarck. As a freshman in high school, he was 5 feet 8 inches in height and grew to 6 feet 5 inches as a senior, when he graduated in 2011 as valedictorian of his class.

He attended North Dakota State University(NDSU). During his first season, he redshirt for the Bison as they won their first football championship subdivision title under ninth year head coach Craig Bohl.

As a redshirt freshman in 2012, Wentz was backup quarterback to Brock Jensen and played in his first collegiate game on September 22. He completed all eight of his passes for 93 yards and threw his first touchdown in relief of Jensen in a 66-7 blowout victory over the Prairie View A&M Panthers.

In 2013, Wentz was again the second string quarterback. Then in his junior year he became the starting quarterback in 2014 in his first start in the opener against the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conferences.

People in North Dakota were excited to have one of their own be chosen as first draft pick in the NFL.

Carson Wentz married Madison Oberg 2018. He’s 32 years old, born December 30, 1992. He has 3 daughters and is a Christian. He founded the AO1 Foundation in 2017. In 2018, he helped builds a sports complex in Haiti. He is an avid hunter and frequently returns to North Dakota to hunt.

Carson Wentz played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2016-2020, the Indiana Colts in 2021, the Washington Commanders in 2022, the Los Angeles Rams 2023, and now Kansas City Chiefs 2024 to present.

When he played for NDSU he was a good quarterback; but it seems when he went pro he wasn’t prepared for it. He had lots of injury when he went pro. It goes to show that when you play with the Big boys, you better be ready to play.

I wouldn’t say that he was the best quarterback in the NFL but he is North Dakota’s homeboy, and the people here are proud of him for going pro. Not many can do that. It takes someone special.

My prayer is that he never forget the grounds he grew up on. He never forget how he was raised, his upbringing. It seems that when fame goes to some people head,they seems to get a big head and forget where they came from. They forget their roots and become too big for their britches.

As I written before, Taylor Swift is prime example of that. She has now no class. She is an example of what happened when fame goes to your head.

May Carson Wentz stay grounded in his faith and never forget where he came from. Just like, even though my blog is small, when it does finally become successful, may I never forget where I came from. May I not get a big head in the process and become conceited. As the song by Mac David, “It’s Hard to be Humble.” May we remain humble; otherwise people will lose all respect for you.

It would had been nice for Carson Wentz to win another Super Bowl ring but that didn’t happen. The Philadelphia Eagles won with 40 Kansas City Chiefs at 22.

Patrick Mahomes said, “Never change who you are, and be the best you can be.” He told the quarterback for the Eagles to enjoy the ride. Now that’s classy. He didn’t get upset over losing the Super Bowl. He didn’t show poor sportsmanship, like Tom Brady did when the New England Patriots lost to the Eagles.

May that be not a just lesson to Carson Wentz but to us all.