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Pete Carroll and John Schneider were overjoyed during the April NFL draft when the Seattle Seahawks were able to grab Russell Wilson in the third round. Even they couldnt anticipate that Wilson would be the Seahawks Week 1 starter. Carroll announced Sunday night that the undersized, but highly successful rookie quarterback from Wisconsin will be the starter when the Seahawks open the regular season on Sept. 9 at Arizona. Wilson beat out Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson -- in the process of being traded to Buffalo -- for the starting gig. "Its been a very exciting competition that has gone on and Russell has taken full advantage of his opportunities and has done everything that we have asked for on the field and more than what you guys could know off the field in meeting rooms and with our players and how hes represented. Hes earned this job," Carroll said on a conference call Sunday night. "It was a legitimate competition as we said from the beginning and with the opportunity hes taken advantage of he deserves to start." Wilson has been a dynamic star during the preseason. For the first two weeks, his performance came against backups during the second halves of victories over Tennessee and Denver. But what Wilson displayed during those two halves were enough for Carroll to give him the start Friday night against Kansas City. Wilsons response: 13-of-19 passing for 185 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 134.8. And if he didnt show enough with his arm, Wilson added another 58 yards rushing. His total preseasons numbers thus far are eye-popping: 35 of 52 (67.3 per cent) for 464 yards, five touchdowns and a league-leading 119.4 QB rating. Wilsons only preseason mistake was throwing a careless end zone interception against Tennessee. Otherwise, Wilsons been almost perfect. "This isnt just based on the quarters weve seen him play. This is based on the practice and the challenges that hes undertaken here on the practice field," Carroll said. "Weve combined everything and with the circumstances that have been presented he won this opening challenge here." Wilsons most recent performance had Seattle fans buzzing, with Twitter overrun with "Russellmania" comments Friday night as he picked apart the Chiefs. As the game progressed, most began accepting the idea that Wilson would be the starter. Carroll said Wilson took the news in stride. "He expects to be good and he expects to be successful and he expects to make plays," Carroll said. Wilson has been able to pick up the Seahawks offence quicker because of his experience playing in a West Coast offensive system in college. He spent his first three seasons at North Carolina State before transferring for his final year to Wisconsin. In Madison, Wilson led the Badgers to the Rose Bowl and was named the first-team, all-Big Ten quarterback. "He is so prepared. He doesnt seem like a first-year player," Carroll said. "He seems like hes been around. He gets it, he understands and he is a tremendous leader in that way. He doesnt do anything but the right thing in all of his work and his preparation and his competitiveness has been demonstrated again." Wilson being named the starter leaves Flynn on the sidelines and according to Carroll understandably disappointed. Flynn was Seattles big free-agent splash in the off-season and the most highly sought after quarterback not named Manning after spending the last few seasons as Aaron Rodgers backup in Green Bay. But Flynn failed to show the same flashes as Wilson during his two preseason opportunities and sat out the game in Kansas City with a sore elbow. Flynns injury isnt considered to be severe, but sitting out against the Chiefs didnt help his case for the job. 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