Hudson Card

Hudson Card (born July 29, 2001) is an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and the Purdue Boilermakers. He was a highly touted four-star prospect from Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. He played in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game.

Card saw limited action at Texas as a true freshman. During the lead-up to the 2021 season, he was named the starting quarterback, but lost the role to Casey Thompson after just two games. During the 2022 season, he started three games in place of an injured Quinn Ewers. He transferred to Purdue for his redshirt junior season.

Early life Card attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. As a sophomore, he earned the varsity backup quarterback position, but due to his athleticism, the coaching staff started him as a slot wide receiver next to Garrett Wilson. As a receiver, he hauled in 69 receptions for 1,137 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also threw for 597 yards as the reserve quarterback. As a senior, he was selected to the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game.

College career

Texas In 2020, as a true freshman, Card played in two games as a backup to Sam Ehlinger, and ended up taking a redshirt. In 2021, as a redshirt freshman, he competed with Casey Thompson for the starting job. He won the competition and was named the starter for the opening game. In Card's first start, he went 14-for-21 on pass attempts, threw for 224 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions in the 38–18 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. However, Card lost the starting job after a poor performance in a 40–21 blowout loss versus Arkansas. On November 29, 2022, Card announced he was entering the transfer portal and he left before the team played in the 2022 Alamo Bowl.

He was first-team Academic All-Big 12 in both 2021 and 2022.

Purdue Card announced via Twitter he committed to Purdue on December 26, 2022.

Card was the Boilermakers starting quarterback for the season, though he missed the Northwestern game with an injury and battled shoulder and rib injuries all season. Despite that he was placed on the preseason Maxwell Award watch list, he led the team to a 4–8 record and tie for last in the Big 10 West, one year after the team went to the Big 10 Championship game.

Card started the season on the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch lists, but it was tough year for him and the Boilermakers. In the season opener of the 2024 season against Indiana State, Card tied Greyson Lambert's FBS completion percentage with 96% on a minimum of 20 pass attempts. In the victory, Card was 24-of-25 with 273 yards passing and four touchdowns. It would be the team's only win of the season as they went 1–11 and came in last place in the Big 10. Adding injury to insult, Card missed two games – against Illinois and Oregon – due to upper body injuries and the concussion protocol.

Statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD INT Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2020 Texas 2 0 — 1 3 33.3 5 1.7 0 0 47.3 4 11 2.8 0 2021 Texas 8 2 1–1 51 83 61.4 590 7.1 5 1 138.6 26 17 0.7 1 2022 Texas 12 3 2–1 75 108 69.4 928 8.6 6 1 158.1 17 46 2.7 0 2023 Purdue 11 11 4–7 215 365 58.9 2,387 6.5 15 8 123.0 93 203 2.2 5 2024 Purdue 10 10 1–9 144 248 58.1 1,641 6.6 9 7 120.0 46 −27 −0.6 0Career 43 26 8–18 486 807 60.2 5,551 6.9 35 17 128.1 186 250 1.3 6

Professional career

In January 2025, Card declared for the 2025 NFL draft, but was not selected.