Hudson Card

Hudson Card (born July 29, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was a highly touted four-star prospect from Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. He played in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game.

Hudson Card

Card with Purdue in 2023
Purdue Boilermakers – No. 1
Position	Quarterback
Class	Redshirt Senior
Major	Selling and Sales Management
Personal information
Born:	(2001-07-29) July 29, 2001 (age 23) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College	Texas (2020–2022) Purdue (2023–present)
High school	Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)
Stats at ESPN

Card saw limited action at Texas as a true freshman. During the lead-up to the 2021 season, he was named the starting quarterback, but lost the role to Casey Thompson after just two games. During the 2022 season, he started three games in place of an injured Quinn Ewers. He transferred to Purdue for his redshirt junior season.

Early years

Card attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. As a sophomore, he earned the varsity backup quarterback position, but due to his athleticism, the coaching staff started him at wide receiver.^[1] As a receiver, he hauled in 69 receptions for 1,137 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also threw for 597 yards as the reserve quarterback.^[1] Despite not playing as a quarterback for most of the season, he earned several scholarship offers, committing to the Texas Longhorns on May 25, 2018.^[2] As a senior, he was selected to the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game.^[3]

College career

Texas

In 2020, as a true freshman, Card played in two games as a backup to Sam Ehlinger, and ended up taking a redshirt. In 2021, as a redshirt freshman, he competed with Casey Thompson for the starting job.^[4][5] He won the competition and was named the starter for the opening game. In Card's first start, he went 14-for-21 on pass attempts, threw for 224 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions in the 38–18 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. However, Card lost the starting job after a poor performance in a 40–21 blowout loss versus Arkansas.^[6][7] On November 29, 2022, Card announced he was entering the transfer portal.^[8]

Purdue

Card announced via Twitter he committed to Purdue on December 26, 2022.^[9]

In the season opener of the 2024 season against Indiana State, Card tied Greyson Lambert's FBS completion percentage with 96% on a minimum of 20 pass attempts. In the victory, Card was 24-of-25 with 273 yards passing and four touchdowns.^[10]

Statistics

Season	Games			Passing								Rushing
	GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	INT	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
Texas Longhorns
2020	2	0	—	1	3	33.3	5	1.7	0	0	47.3	4	11	2.8	0
2021	8	2	1–1	51	83	61.4	590	7.1	5	1	138.6	26	17	0.7	1
2022	12	3	2–1	75	108	69.4	928	8.6	6	1	158.1	17	46	2.7	0
Purdue Boilermakers
2023	11	11	4–7	215	365	58.9	2,387	6.5	15	8	123.0	93	203	2.2	5
2024	10	10	1–9	144	248	58.1	1,641	6.6	9	7	120.0	46	−27	−0.6	0
Career[11]	43	26	8–18	486	807	60.2	5,551	6.9	35	17	128.1	186	250	1.3	6

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables

Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Three-cone drill	Vertical jump	Broad jump
6 ft 2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	30+1⁄4 in (0.77 m)	8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m)	4.79 s	1.64 s	2.68 s	4.37 s	6.96 s	32.0 in (0.81 m)	9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
All values from Pro Day[12][13]