Tony Pike

Anthony Steven "Tony" Pike (born March 10, 1986 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Cincinnati.

Early years
Born to Steve and Cheri Pike, Tony attended to Reading High School where he was named Cincinnati Division II-III Player of the Year as a senior at football. Pike also played basketball, helping the team to win a state title as a junior and the regional finals as a senior.

College career
Tony Pike is considered by many to be one of the greatest Bearcat quarterbacks of all time. Pike enrolled at University of Cincinnati in January 2005. He was redshirted for the 2005 season. In 2007, he made his collegiate debut against Southeast Missouri State, Pike finished the night 6-of-9 for 57 yards and a touchdown. In 2008 college football season Dustin Grutza was the team starter who was named the team's starter at that position following Ben Mauk's failure to gain a 6th year of eligibility from the NCAA. In a 52–26 loss to Oklahoma Sooners, a team that would play for the national championship that season, Grutza broke his ankle and was replaced by Pike. The Bearcats traveled to Akron, Ohio to play the Akron Zips. Against the Zips, Pike broke his arm and was replaced by redshirt freshman Chazz Anderson, who was also injured during the game. Fellow redshirt freshman Zach Collaros then entered the game and led the Bearcats to a 17–15 victory. In the game against UConn Huskies 40–16, Pike returned and had the Bearcats leading at halftime, but he left the game at the half when numbness in his non-throwing arm prevented him from being able to take the snap. In the two weeks that followed the loss to the Huskies, Cincinnati recovered to beat two top-25 opponents: No. 23 South Florida Bulls and No. 20 West Virginia Mountaineers. Against the Syracuse Orange, Cincinnati was assured at least a share of the Big East Championship, but a 30–10 win over Syracuse gave the Bearcats sole possession of the championship, the first Big East title in school history. After clinching the Big East Championship and a bid to a BCS bowl, on December 7, 2008, the Bearcats were selected to participate in the 2009 Orange Bowl. He finished the regular season 183-291 for 2,168 yards and 18 touchdowns. He completed 63 percent of his passes and finished second in the Big East passing efficiency list with 141.07. Pike was named to the 2008 All-Mayday Team by ESPN college football analyst Mark May. He also was named to the Second-Team All-Big East Team.

Carolina Panthers
He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 6th round, (#204 overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He will compete with fellow rookie Jimmy Clausen for playing time behind incumbent Matt Moore.

In week 9 of his rookie season against the New Orleans Saints, Pike made his NFL debut after Jimmy Clausen (who had replaced an injured Matt Moore earlier in the game) was benched. He was 6-12 for 47 yards and was sacked once. The Panthers lost 34-3 and fell to 1-7.