Derek Carr is an American football player, who plays for the ‘Oakland Raiders’ of the ‘National Football League (NFL).’ Presently he is one of the highest paid quarterbacks in the NFL history.
Born and raised in California, US, he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, David Carr, also an NFL quarterback.
Carr played high school football in Texas and Bakersfield, California, and then joined the ‘Fresno State University.’
While at the ‘Fresno State,’ he was twice named as the ‘Mountain West Conference Player of the Year’ and also featured in ‘All-America Selection’ two times.
He established a number of school records and also set several national records. He was selected by the ‘Oakland Raiders’ in the second round at the ‘2014 NFL Draft.’
He is one among 19 quarterbacks in the FBS history to throw over 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns. His touchdown-to-interception ratio (113-to-24) is second highest in the FBS history.
Who is Derek Carr?
Derek Carr was born on March 28, 1991, in Bakersfield, California, to Rodger and Sheryl Carr. He is the youngest among three siblings. His oldest brother David Carr was chosen first overall in 2002 by the ‘Houston Texans.’ Thus the family relocated to Sugar Land, Texas, and later returned to Bakersfield for Derek Carr’s senior year.
Carr studied at the ‘Clements High School’ in Sugar Land, Texas, and started playing football on the freshman team of the school. In his second year he played as a backup quarterback, but asked to play as a quarterback when another quarterback player suffered preseason injury.
During his junior year, he led his team, ‘Clements High School Rangers,’ to an undefeated season 13-0 before losing the quarterfinals of ‘2007 Class 5A Division 2 State Playoffs in Region 3.’ He received scholarship offers from colleges during his junior year.
(In May 2008, he verbally committed to the ‘Fresno State University)
For his senior year, Carr attended the ‘Bakersfield Christian High School.’ He led the ‘Eagle’s’ team to a 12-1 record, and the team won the ‘California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Division V Championship.’
‘ESPN RISE’ named him the ‘National Football Player of the Week’ on October 29, 2008, and he was also named the ‘2008 All-Area Football Player of the Year’ by ‘The Bakersfield Californian.’
At the end of his senior year, ‘National Private Schools Athletic Association’ selected Carr as the ‘National Player of the Year 2009.’ Carr is married to Heather Neel .
Who is Derek Carr’s wife Heather Neel?
The beautiful Heather was born on January 3, 1990, in Northern California. Heather Neel age is 30 years old as of 2020. Most people have been asking, “What nationality is Heather Neel?” She is American.
Her parents are Bryan Neel and Vicki Neel. Heather studied at Fresno Christian High School and later joined Fresno State University.
Heather worked as a waitress while in high school and college. She worked at BJ’s Brewhouse. She used her pay to help complete college. Interestingly, she met her husband during one of her shifts.
Heather Neel is active on social media. For instance, she has garnered a huge following on her Instagram account, where she shares beautiful pictures of her family worth a million words.
When did Derek Carr and Heather Neel get married?
Carr and Neel have been married since 2012.
Carr and Neel’s love story dates back to their college years at Fresno State.
While they both attended the same college, the two did not meet until he came into her job at BJ’s Brewhouse during his sophomore year.
While working one of her shifts, Carr came in as a customer and struck a conversation with her.
Following their first encounter, the two then started dating and tied the knot shortly after.
Heather Neel and Derek Carr Children
Throughout the course of their marriage, the couple have welcomed four children together.
Their children include: daughter Brooklyn Mae and sons, Deakon Derek, Deker Luke, and Dallas Mason.
Their first son, Dallas, was born with a neonatal complication of entangled intestines and underwent three surgeries during infancy.
In an interview with ABC, the couple recalled the scary encounter they had with their son Dallas, who required three emergency surgery’s just days after his birth.
“I’ve been around nieces and nephews and I’ve seen them throw up. But he started throwing up this dark green,” Carr recalled to the media outlet. “I mean he was laying in his little bassinet and it was shooting out to the floor.”
Twelve hours later, their newborn son was at Children’s Hopsital Central California receiving emergency surgery to fix wrapped and tangled intestines.
Two days after that, he went back under the knife for a second time and then for a third time two weeks later.
Despite some scary moments during the first few weeks of Dallas’ life, he has since gone on to live a happy and healthy life.
Hopefully, this article was able to provide you with all the necessary information about Derek Carr wife and children.
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