Josh Rosen is one of the biggest busts in NFL history. The former first round pick played for seven teams in five years and quickly fell down the depth chart into irrelevance.
Now, after failing to find an eighth opportunity, he is beginning a new career with impressive status.
Rosen, 27, enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to attend the Wharton School of Business. It is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the country with an acceptance rate of approximately nine percent.
The average student accepted into MBA program at Wharton graduated from a four-year university with a bachelor’s degree and GPA of 3.6. He or she typically graduates in the top 10% of their class with a GMAT score of 728. In addition, he or she typically has an average of five years of work experience.
In the case of Rosen, it is exactly five years of work experience!
However, his employment history is entirely different from the rest of his class. The former UCLA quarterback was drafted No. 10 overall by the Cardinals after completing 60.9% of his passes for 9,341 yards and 59 touchdowns over 30 games in three years with the Bruins.
Unfortunately, Rosen quickly became one of the biggest busts in league history— even though he never played behind a competent offensive line, in a stable offensive system, or for a competent coach. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound signal-caller threw three more interceptions than touchdowns as a rookie on a 55.2% completion rate. Arizona went 3-10 with its first round pick as the starter.
He was shipped off to Miami when Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the team’s new head coach and drafted Kyler Murray with the first overall pick. That didn’t go well either.
Rosen went 0-3 as the starter for the Dolphins, completed only 53.2% of his passes and threw five interceptions with just one touchdown. It never got any better.
- 2020
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers — practice squad
- San Francisco 49ers — practice squad
- 2021
- Atlanta Falcons — backup
- 2-for-11, 19 yards, two interceptions
- Atlanta Falcons — backup
- 2022
- Cleveland Browns — practice squad
- Minnesota Vikings — practice squad
And just like that… POOF! He was gone.
Josh Rosen did not receive an opportunity in 2023. His football career is over.
Fortunately, Rosen finished up his undergraduate degree at UCLA at some point during his playing career and graduated with honors, which allowed him to begin a new chapter of life at Penn. Not to discredit his acceptance, but his maternal great-great-great grandfather founded the Wharton School which probably helped! It is still very impressive.