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Blackledge</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 14</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">Quarterback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-02-25</span>) </span>February 25, 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">225 lb (102 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_High_School_(Ohio)" title="Hoover High School (Ohio)">Hoover</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Canton,_Ohio" title="North Canton, Ohio">North Canton, Ohio</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a> (1979–1982)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_draft" title="1983 NFL draft">1983</a> / round: 1 / pick: 7</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> (<a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_NFL_season" title="1988 NFL season">1988</a>–<a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link 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O'Brien Award">Davey O'Brien Award</a> (1982)</li> <li>First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">East</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_All-East_football_team" title="1982 All-East football team">1982</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">TD</a>–<a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">INT</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">29–38</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Passing_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Passing yards">Passing yards</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5,286</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Passer_rating" title="Passer rating">Passer rating</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">60.2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BlacTo00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Todd Alan Blackledge</b> (born February 25, 1961) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> in <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions" title="Penn State Nittany Lions">Penn State Nittany Lions</a>, leading them to a national championship. A member of the famed <a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_draft" title="1983 NFL draft">Class of 1983</a>, he played for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> and is largely considered a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(sports)#Other_terminology" title="Draft (sports)">draft bust</a>. Blackledge is a college football television broadcaster, working for <a href="/wiki/List_of_ESPN_College_Football_on_ABC_personalities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ESPN College Football on ABC personalities">ABC Sports</a> from 1994 through 1998, for <a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_CBS_Sports" title="College Football on CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a> from 1999 to 2005, <a href="/wiki/List_of_ESPN_College_Football_personalities" title="List of ESPN College Football personalities">ESPN</a> from 2006 through January 2023, and <a href="/wiki/College_Football_on_NBC_Sports" title="College Football on NBC Sports">NBC</a> since February 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackledge's family moved to <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a>, where his father worked as offensive coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers_football" title="Princeton Tigers football">Princeton Tigers football</a> team and Blackledge attended <a href="/wiki/Princeton_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Princeton High School (New Jersey)">Princeton High School</a> from 1975 to 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the Canton area to finish his high school career at <a href="/wiki/North_Canton_Hoover_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="North Canton Hoover High School">North Canton Hoover High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Canton,_Ohio" title="North Canton, Ohio">North Canton, Ohio</a>, from which he graduated in 1979.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackledge was a three-year <a href="/wiki/Starting_lineup" title="Starting lineup">starter</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" title="Pennsylvania State University">Penn State</a>, under Coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Joe Paterno</a>, where he guided the <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Nittany Lions</a> to a 31–5 record including a <a href="/wiki/1983_Sugar_Bowl" title="1983 Sugar Bowl">national championship in 1982</a>. </p><p>Following the 1982 season, Blackledge won the <a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien_Award" title="Davey O'Brien Award">Davey O'Brien Award</a> for best quarterback in the nation. As a senior, Blackledge threw for 2,218 yards with 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, while also rushing for three touchdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blackledge led the Nittany Lions to the national championship with a 27–23 victory over <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Walker" title="Herschel Walker">Herschel Walker</a>-led Georgia Bulldogs in the <a href="/wiki/1983_Sugar_Bowl" title="1983 Sugar Bowl">1983 Sugar Bowl</a>. Blackledge was the MVP of the game, throwing for 228 yards and a 4th-quarter 47-yard touchdown to <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Garrity" title="Gregg Garrity">Gregg Garrity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackledge was the seventh pick and second quarterback selected in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_draft" title="1983 NFL draft">1983 NFL draft</a>, chosen by the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>. He was picked behind <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a> (#1, Baltimore) but ahead of <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a> (#27, Miami), astounding both Marino (who believed that he was better than Blackledge) and Blackledge himself (who had expected to be picked in the middle of the round).<sup id="cite_ref-30for30_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30for30-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also drafted ahead of <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">Jim Kelly</a> (#14 Buffalo), as well as <a href="/wiki/Tony_Eason" title="Tony Eason">Tony Eason</a> (#15, New England) and <a href="/wiki/Ken_O%27Brien" title="Ken O'Brien">Ken O'Brien</a> (#22, New York Jets).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the last quarterback drafted in the first round by the Chiefs until <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a> three decades later. </p><p>Blackledge was a Chief for five seasons (1983–1987) before ending his career with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> (1988–1989). He served mainly as a back-up to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kenney" title="Bill Kenney">Bill Kenney</a> in Kansas City<sup id="cite_ref-pro-football-reference.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro-football-reference.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting only 24 of 40 possible games<sup id="cite_ref-BR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and completing just 49% of his passes for 4,510 yards, 26 touchdowns and 32 interceptions.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blackledge was the backup to <a href="/wiki/Bubby_Brister" title="Bubby Brister">Bubby Brister</a> in Pittsburgh his final two seasons, going 2–3 in games started due to Brister's injury.<sup id="cite_ref-pro-football-reference.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro-football-reference.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_career">Broadcasting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Broadcasting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackledge went on to host <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">radio sports talk</a> shows in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> (<a href="/wiki/WKNR" title="WKNR">WKNR</a>) and Canton, Ohio (<a href="/wiki/WHBC_(AM)" title="WHBC (AM)">WHBC</a>). He also did analyst work for the <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> Network, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> preseason games, and <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>. </p><p>From 1994 to 1998, he worked as a college football analyst for <a href="/wiki/ABC_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Sports">ABC Sports</a>. In 1999, Blackledge joined <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a> as the lead analyst for the network's college football coverage. On September 10, 2000, he called the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts game with <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a> as he filled in for <a href="/wiki/Phil_Simms" title="Phil Simms">Phil Simms</a> who underwent an emergency appendectomy. In 2006, he began serving on the first team alongside <a href="/wiki/Mike_Patrick" title="Mike Patrick">Mike Patrick</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/ESPN_College_Football_Saturday_Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime">ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>. As part of his duties he is featured on "Todd's Taste of the Town", a segment where he visits a local restaurant and samples its fare. Blackledge has facetiously stated this is the most difficult part of his broadcasting experience. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Blackedge was teamed with <a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a> and sideline reporter <a href="/wiki/Erin_Andrews" title="Erin Andrews">Erin Andrews</a> for the 2009 season, while Patrick was teamed with <a href="/wiki/Craig_James_(running_back)" title="Craig James (running back)">Craig James</a> and sideline reporter <a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a>. </p><p>In the late 2010s, Blackledge was paired with <a href="/wiki/Sean_McDonough" title="Sean McDonough">Sean McDonough</a>, who returned to calling games at the college level after spending two seasons with <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Holly_Rowe" title="Holly Rowe">Holly Rowe</a>, whom he had teamed with over the previous three years. <a href="/wiki/Todd_McShay" title="Todd McShay">Todd McShay</a> joined their crew for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, with <a href="/wiki/Molly_McGrath" title="Molly McGrath">Molly McGrath</a> joining for the latter season, and eventually replacing McShay for the 2022 season. </p><p>For the 2023 season, <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a> signed Blackledge as the color analyst on the new <i>Big Ten Saturday Night</i> package, partnering with <a href="/wiki/Noah_Eagle" title="Noah Eagle">Noah Eagle</a>. The duo was also the #2 broadcast team for NBC's <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NFL</a> broadcasts, calling the Week 16 Bengals-Steelers game and the Browns-Texans Wild Card game on NBC in 2023, and the Week 1 Packers-Eagles game in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo,_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="São Paulo, Brazil">São Paulo, Brazil</a> on <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a> in 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2014, Blackledge was hired as the head varsity basketball coach at Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackledge is the son of <a href="/wiki/Ron_Blackledge" title="Ron Blackledge">Ron</a>, a former NFL assistant coach. </p><p>Blackledge earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> in speech communication from Penn State in 1983, graduating <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Phi Beta Kappa Society">Phi Beta Kappa</a> with a 3.8 <a href="/wiki/Grade_point_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade point average">grade point average</a>. Named a first-team Academic <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-American</a>, he was also awarded the Eric Walker Award, given to the Penn State senior student who has most "enhanced the esteem and recognition of the University." Blackledge was inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1997. He sits on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of governors">Board of Visitors</a> for Penn State's Center for Sports Journalism.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_Silver_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_Silver-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blackledge was selected to receive the prestigious 2008 <a href="/wiki/Silver_Anniversary_Awards_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)">NCAA Silver Anniversary Award</a>, recognizing former student-athletes who excelled both in their collegiate and professional careers.<sup id="cite_ref-NCAA_Silver_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAA_Silver-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 5, 2009, Blackledge received Penn State's prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award.<sup id="cite_ref-distinguished_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distinguished-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Blackledge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/197186810/">"Penn State title stirs memories of prep quarterback"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek_Enquirer" title="Battle Creek Enquirer">Battle Creek Enquirer</a></i>January 4, 1983. 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Green</a> (2001–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damon_Huard" title="Damon Huard">Damon Huard</a> (2006–2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brodie_Croyle" title="Brodie Croyle">Brodie Croyle</a> (2007–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Thigpen" title="Tyler Thigpen">Tyler Thigpen</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cassel" title="Matt Cassel">Matt Cassel</a> (2009–2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Palko" title="Tyler Palko">Tyler Palko</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Orton" title="Kyle Orton">Kyle Orton</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brady_Quinn" title="Brady Quinn">Brady Quinn</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith" title="Alex Smith">Alex Smith</a> (2013–2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chase_Daniel" title="Chase Daniel">Chase Daniel</a> (2013–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Foles" title="Nick Foles">Nick Foles</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a> (2017–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Moore_(American_football)" title="Matt Moore (American football)">Matt Moore</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chad_Henne" title="Chad Henne">Chad Henne</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Gabbert" title="Blaine Gabbert">Blaine Gabbert</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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Heller">Warren Heller</a> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gildea" title="Johnny Gildea">Johnny Gildea</a> (1935–1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Matesic" title="Ed Matesic">Ed Matesic</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Fiske_(American_football)" title="Max Fiske (American football)">Max Fiske</a> (1937–1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Filchock" title="Frank Filchock">Frank Filchock</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Byron_White" title="Byron White">Byron White</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McCullough" title="Hugh McCullough">Hugh McCullough</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Patterson" title="Billy Patterson">Billy Patterson</a> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boyd_Brumbaugh" title="Boyd Brumbaugh">Boyd Brumbaugh</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coley_McDonough" title="Coley McDonough">Coley McDonough</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Bill Dudley</a> (1942, 1945–1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allie_Sherman" title="Allie Sherman">Allie Sherman</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Zimmerman_(American_football)" title="Roy Zimmerman (American football)">Roy Zimmerman</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Grigas" title="John Grigas">John Grigas</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_McCarthy_(American_football)" title="John McCarthy (American football)">John McCarthy</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Warren" title="Buzz Warren">Buzz Warren</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Clement" title="Johnny Clement">Johnny Clement</a> (1947–1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charley_Seabright" title="Charley Seabright">Charley Seabright</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Evans_(halfback)" title="Ray Evans (halfback)">Ray Evans</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gasparella" title="Joe Gasparella">Joe Gasparella</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Geri" title="Joe Geri">Joe Geri</a> (1949–1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Jim Finks</a> (1949–1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Ortmann" title="Chuck Ortmann">Chuck Ortmann</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mackrides" title="Bill Mackrides">Bill Mackrides</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Marchibroda" title="Ted Marchibroda">Ted Marchibroda</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Scarbath" title="Jack Scarbath">Jack Scarbath</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Earl Morrall</a> (1957–1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">Len Dawson</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a> (1958–1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Bukich" title="Rudy Bukich">Rudy Bukich</a> (1960–1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Brown_(quarterback)" title="Ed Brown (quarterback)">Ed Brown</a> (1962–1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelsen" title="Bill Nelsen">Bill Nelsen</a> (1964–1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Wade" title="Tommy Wade">Tommy Wade</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_C._Smith" title="Ron C. Smith">Ron C. Smith</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Izo" title="George Izo">George Izo</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Nix" title="Kent Nix">Kent Nix</a> (1967–1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Shiner" title="Dick Shiner">Dick Shiner</a> (1968–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Hanratty" title="Terry Hanratty">Terry Hanratty</a> (1969–1971, 1973–1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> (1970–1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gilliam" title="Joe Gilliam">Joe Gilliam</a> (1973–1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kruczek" title="Mike Kruczek">Mike Kruczek</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Malone" title="Mark Malone">Mark Malone</a> (1981, 1984–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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