Sean Canfield
{{Short description|American football player (born 1986)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Sean Canfield
| image = Sean Canfield in 2011.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Canfield practices at Tulane University with the Saints in 2011.
| number = 4
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|12}}
| birth_place = La Jolla, California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 223
| high_school = Carlsbad {{avoid wrap|(Carlsbad, California)}}
| college = Oregon State
| draftyear = 2010
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 239
| pastteams =
- New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2011}})
| highlights =
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2009)
| pfr = CanfSe00
}}
Sean Canfield (born November 12, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13331/sean-canfield|title=Sean Canfield Stats}}
Early life
Canfield attended Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, California. As a senior, he completed 119 of 214 passes for 1,691 yards and 13 touchdowns.
College career
After being redshirted as a freshman at Oregon State University in 2005, Canfield played in eight games as a backup quarterback in 2006, completing 28 of 45 passes for 355 yards two touchdowns and three interceptions. As a sophomore in 2007 Canfield started the first nine games for the Beavers before suffering an injury against the USC Trojans. He finished the season completing 165 of 286 passes for 1,661 yards, nine touchdowns and 15 interceptions. As a junior in 2008 he missed most of the teams practice in August and the first few weeks of the season while rehabilitating from his left shoulder injury that he suffered the previous season. He ended up starting only two games. He finished the season completing 56 of 84 attempts for 703 yards with six touchdowns and two interceptions.
Canfield finished his senior season in 2009 with completing 303 of 446 pass attempts for 3,271 yards, 21 touchdowns, and seven interceptions as the Beavers ended the season with an 8–5 record.[https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13331/sean-canfield ESPN.com stats]
=Statistics=
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! rowspan=2 | Year !! rowspan=2 | Team !! colspan=8 | Passing !! colspan=4 | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| {{tooltip|Cmp|Passes completed}} | {{tooltip|Att|Passes attempted}} | {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Passing yards}} | {{tooltip|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} | {{tooltip|TD|Passing touchdowns}} | {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} | {{tooltip|Rtg|Passer rating}} | {{tooltip|Att|Rushing attempts}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Rushing yards}} | {{tooltip|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} | {{tooltip|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Oregon State | 28 | 45 | 62.2 | 335 | 7.4 | 2 | 2 | 130.5 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 2007 | Oregon State | 165 | 286 | 57.7 | 1,661 | 5.8 | 9 | 15 | 106.4 | 36 | 115 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2008 | Oregon State | 56 | 84 | 66.7 | 703 | 8.4 | 6 | 2 | 155.8 | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2009 | Oregon State | 303 | 446 | 67.9 | 3,271 | 7.3 | 21 | 7 | 141.9 | 48 | 160 | 3.3 | 2 |
| class="sortbottom" style="background:#eee;"
| colspan=2 | Career | 552 | 861 | 64.1 | 5,970 | 6.9 | 38 | 26 | 130.9 | 93 | 313 | 3.4 | 3 |
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 3 3/4
| weight = 223
| dash = 4.99
| ten split = 1.75
| twenty split = 2.90
| shuttle = 4.39
| cone drill = 7.26
| vertical = 29.5
| broad ft = 8
| broad in = 4
| arm span = 32 3/4
| hand span = 9 1/4
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/sean-canfield/32004341-4e32-9293-a43c-d2537588847b |title=Sean Canfield Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=July 14, 2024}}
}}
He was rated the 16th best quarterback in the 2010 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.com.{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=56916&DraftYear=2010 |title=Sean Canfield College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=September 10, 2016}} He was selected by the New Orleans Saints with the 239th overall pick.{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Prior to being waived on August 31, he was competing for the backup quarterback position behind starter Drew Brees. During the 2010 season, Canfield spent time jumping back and forth from the active roster to the practice squad without seeing any game action. He was re-signed to the active roster from the practice squad following the season, but was waived during final roster cuts again on September 3, 2011. He spent time on the team's practice squad and active roster again during the season. He was re-signed to the active roster following the season on January 14, 2012. On August 31, 2012, the Saints cut Canfield.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5747/sean-canfield|title=Sean Canfield - Unsigned Free Agent - news and analysis, statistics, game logs, depth charts, contracts, injuries}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121007070412/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/sean-canfield/6f8fbe58-549d-4063-a0d5-da48010debfe/ New Orleans Saints bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503043044/http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/canfield_sean00.html Oregon State Beavers bio]
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