Who Is Drew Lock? 5 Things To Know About Seahawks QB Starting For Sam Darnold

Lock it in! The Seattle Seahawks are putting 29-year-old quarterback Drew Lock under center for their Week 2 road matchup against the NFC West-rival Arizona Cardinals (Sunday afternoon at 4:25 p.m.

ET on FOX), as starter Sam Darnold nurses a glute injury that he sustained in their Week 1 win over the New England Patriots.

Here are five things to know about Lock: Drew Lock balled out for the Missouri Tigers.

Serving as the Tigers' starting quarterback from 2016-18 — and being part of the program from 2015-18 — Lock averaged 3,620.3 passing yards, 31.7 passing touchdowns, 10.3 interceptions and a 148.7 passer rating per season over that span, while completing 58.4% of his passes.

Most notably, Lock led the SEC with 3,964 passing yards, 44 passing touchdowns and a 165.7 passer rating in 2017.

Granted, he also led the conference with 13 interceptions.

Missouri appeared in a bowl game with Lock in both 2017 and 2018.

Lock is second in Missouri history with 12,193 passing yards and 99 passing touchdowns.

In between Peyton Manning's final season (2015) and Russell Wilson's first season with the franchise (2022) — we'll revisit this shortly — 11 different players started at quarterback for the Denver Broncos.

Lock was one of those 11 players.

Denver selected Lock with the No.

42 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, with him starting a combined 21 games from 2019-21.

Lock was the team's primary quarterback in 2020, throwing for 2,933 yards, 16 touchdowns and 15 interceptions across 13 starts, while posting a 75.4 passer rating and completing 57.3% of his passes.

He also rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns.