The Las Vegas Raiders may be in the process of a rebuild. After trading away Davante Adams, Las Vegas moved on from the best weapon they have on their offense. It is clear they may be interested in gathering as many draft picks as possible to stock up for the future.
However, one current Raiders player is currently getting some attention online for an unusual reason.
“An Absolute Psychopath” Raiders Starter Garners Unwanted Attention
Over his five-year career, Gardner Minshew has become a fan favorite on multiple teams because of his character.
Minshew confessed to trying to break his own hand this week, giving fans even more reason to love him:
The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback was speaking to Barstool on their podcast when he remembered a moment from his college days.
While he was at East Carolina University, he intentionally tried to break his own hand with a hammer.
The reason? He wanted to gain another year of college eligibility.
Back then, Minshew transferred to ECU from junior college, meaning he would only have three years of eligibility at the D-I level.
However, he had two senior quarterbacks ahead of him on the depth chart, so he thought of a plan to redshirt his first year. However, it could only work if he did not play.
F*CKING LEGEND: #Raiders QB GARDNER MINSHEW TOOK A HAMMER AND PURPOSELY BROKE HIS HAND, so he could get a medical redshirt in college.
He had his Jack Daniels & started hitting his hand.
😭😭😭
AN ABSOLUTE PYSCHO. pic.twitter.com/GxERuHKr4O
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) November 1, 2024
Here is a look at Minshew’s career stats:
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||||||||||||
| 2024-10-27 | LVR | KAN | L 20-27 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 209 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 7.0 | 8.30 | 8.7 | 117.9 | 5 | 14 | 14.29 | 5.57 | 6.71 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| 2024-10-20 | LVR | @ | LAR | L 15-20 | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.8 | 25 | 4.5 | 0.56 | 10.3 | 21.0 | 2 | 11 | 5.56 | 3.97 | 0.22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024-10-06 | LVR | @ | DEN | L 18-34 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 137 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 57 | 8.1 | 3.94 | 11.4 | 74.5 | 2 | 9 | 10.53 | 6.74 | 3.05 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-29 | LVR | CLE | W 20-16 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 5.42 | 9.3 | 73.3 | 2 | 14 | 7.69 | 4.46 | 4.46 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-22 | LVR | CAR | L 22-36 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 214 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 3.6 | 54 | 7.6 | 6.75 | 11.9 | 84.5 | 2 | 8 | 6.67 | 6.87 | 6.03 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-15 | LVR | @ | BAL | W 26-23 | 30 | 38 | 78.9 | 276 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 30 | 7.3 | 6.61 | 9.2 | 94.7 | 5 | 43 | 11.63 | 5.42 | 4.84 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | 1 |
| 2024-09-08 | LVR | @ | LAC | L 10-22 | 25 | 33 | 75.8 | 257 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 33 | 7.8 | 7.03 | 10.3 | 95.1 | 4 | 32 | 10.81 | 6.08 | 5.41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 | 1 |
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