{"id":319752,"date":"2025-08-26T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/319752\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:26:12","slug":"former-gamecocks-quarterback-named-saints-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/319752\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gamecocks quarterback named Saints starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW ORLEANS (WBTV) &#8211; Former Gamecocks star Spencer Rattler was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Saints\/status\/1960413375881773383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Saints\/status\/1960413375881773383\">named the starting quarterback<\/a> for the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 24-year-old beat out rookie second-round pick Tyler Shough for the starting job. He\u2019ll be under center for New Orleans on Sunday, Sept. 7, against the Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie season<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rattler was drafted with the 150th pick in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RattSp00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RattSp00.htm\">During his rookie season<\/a>, Rattler played in seven games (started six) and threw for 1,317 yards, four touchdowns, and five interceptions. He completed 57% of his passes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler (2) passes during an NFL preseason football...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756236371_394_DODJPZRK4RHBDGDR26OPFHOBYM.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler (2) passes during an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)(Gerald Herbert | AP)College career<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In college, Rattler spent three years at Oklahoma (one as a redshirt freshman) before transferring to South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/spencer-rattler-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/spencer-rattler-1.html\">During his time at Carolina<\/a>, he played two seasons, throwing for 6,212 yards, 37 touchdowns, and 20 interceptions. He completed 67.5% of his passes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) runs for a first down during the first half of...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PNG4GQBOXNDWZBVEE5GTNSBV4E.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" \/>South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) runs for a first down during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo\/Artie Walker Jr.)(Artie Walker Jr. | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WBTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW ORLEANS (WBTV) &#8211; Former Gamecocks star Spencer Rattler was named the starting quarterback for the New Orleans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[19,7,8352,896,55,2572,2571,6,397,4085],"class_list":{"0":"post-319752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-draft","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-gamecocks","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints","17":"tag-spencer-rattler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115096714876778746","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}