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div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em; line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Doug Williams</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg/220px-Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg/330px-Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg/440px-Doug_Williams_at_Washington_Charity_Golf_Classic_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="854" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Williams in 2021</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;"><span class="org">Washington Commanders</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data">Senior advisor</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">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">1955-08-09</span>) </span>August 9, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Zachary,_Louisiana" title="Zachary, Louisiana">Zachary, Louisiana</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 4 in (1.93 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">220 lb (100 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">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/Northeast_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Northeast High School (Louisiana)">Chaneyville</a> (Zachary)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State</a> (1974–1977)</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/1978_NFL_draft" title="1978 NFL draft">1978</a> / round: 1 / pick: 17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a player:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a>–<a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Outlaws" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Outlaws">Oklahoma</a>/<a href="/wiki/Arizona_Outlaws" title="Arizona Outlaws">Arizona Outlaws</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_USFL_season" title="1984 USFL season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1985_USFL_season" title="1985 USFL season">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_season" title="1986 NFL season">1986</a>–<a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pointe_Coupee_Central_High_School" title="Pointe Coupee Central High School">Pointe Coupee Central (LA)</a> (1991)<sup id="cite_ref-Jet_(vol._81,_no._13,_p._46)_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jet_(vol._81,_no._13,_p._46)-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Northeast High School (Louisiana)">Northeast HS (LA)</a> (1993)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen_football" title="Navy Midshipmen football">Navy</a> (1994)<br />Running backs coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Claymores" title="Scottish Claymores">Scottish Claymores</a> (1995)<br />Offensive coordinator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehouse_Maroon_Tigers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Morehouse Maroon Tigers football">Morehouse</a> (1997)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State</a> (1998–2003, 2011–2013)<br />Head coach</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As an executive:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> (<a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a>)<br />College scout</li> <li>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (<a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004</a>–<a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_season" title="2008 NFL season">2008</a>)<br />Personnel executive</li> <li>Tampa Bay Buccaneers (<a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009</a>–<a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010</a>)<br />Coordinator of pro scouting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Destroyers" title="Virginia Destroyers">Virginia Destroyers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_UFL_season" title="2010 UFL season">2010</a>–<a href="/wiki/2011_UFL_season" title="2011 UFL season">2011</a>)<br />General manager</li> <li>Washington Redskins (<a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a>–<a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_season" title="2016 NFL season">2016</a>)<br />Personnel executive</li> <li>Washington Redskins (<a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_season" title="2017 NFL season">2017</a>–<a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_season" title="2019 NFL season">2019</a>)<br />Senior vice president of player personnel</li> <li>Washington Football Team (<a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a>)<br />Senior vice president of player development</li> <li>Washington Football Team / <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Commanders</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a>–present)<br />Senior advisor</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><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"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Career highlights and awards <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;"><b>As a player:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl champion">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">XXII</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">XXII</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Writers_of_America_NFL_All-Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team">PFWA All-Rookie Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Writers_of_America_NFL_All-Rookie_Team#1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders#90_Greatest" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Redskins 90 Greatest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders#Ring_of_Fame" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Redskins Ring of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Stadium_Krewe_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Stadium Krewe of Honor">Tampa Stadium Krewe of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_Ring_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor">Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor</a></li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1977 College Football All-America Team">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame">Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_DC_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame">Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> <p><b>As a coach:</b> </p> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Black_college_football_national_championship" title="Black college football national championship">black college national champion</a> (2000, 2001)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> champion (2000–2002, 2011)</li> <li>3× SWAC Coach of the Year (2000–2002)</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-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">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%;">Passing attempts:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2,507</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Passing completions:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">1,240</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Completion percentage:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">49.5</td></tr><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;">100–93</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Passing yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">16,998</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;">69.4</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/W/WillDo01.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><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background-color: #5A1414 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FFB612, inset -2px -2px 0 #FFB612;;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Career:</th><td class="infobox-data">64–42 (.604)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2007">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Douglas Lee Williams</b> (born August 9, 1955) is an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> executive and former <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> and coach. Williams is best known for his performance with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">Super Bowl XXII</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>, making him the first <a href="/wiki/Black_quarterback" class="mw-redirect" title="Black quarterback">black quarterback</a> to both start and win a Super Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-McEvoy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McEvoy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl MVP</a> after breaking two Super Bowl passing records: 340 yards total, and being the first to throw four touchdowns in a single quarter. </p><p>Following his playing career, Williams began coaching, most notably serving as the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State Tigers</a>. Following that, Williams has been a team executive for the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Destroyers" title="Virginia Destroyers">Virginia Destroyers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams played quarterback for the <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State Tigers</a> from 1974 to 1977. In his first two seasons, he played on the same team as future NFL receiver <a href="/wiki/Sammy_White_(American_football)" title="Sammy White (American football)">Sammy White</a>. Williams guided the Tigers to a 36–7 (.837 winning percentage) record as a four-year starter, and led the Tigers to three <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a> Championships. Williams was named Black College Player of the Year twice.<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>In 1977, Williams led the <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> in several categories, including total yards from scrimmage (3,249), passing yards (3,286), touchdown passes (38), and yards per play (8.6).<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> Williams finished fourth in the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> voting, behind <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Earl Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Miller_(running_back)" title="Terry Miller (running back)">Terry Miller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ken_MacAfee" title="Ken MacAfee">Ken MacAfee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams graduated from Grambling with a bachelor's degree in education, and began student teaching while working on his master's degree before the <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_draft" title="1978 NFL draft">1978 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_07062017_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke_07062017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the success that he enjoyed on the field, <a href="/wiki/1977_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a> was the only NFL coach who visited Williams to work him out and scout him. Gibbs spent two days with the 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 220 lb (100 kg) quarterback, reviewing play books, film, and going through passing drills. Impressed by his poise, work ethic, and studious nature, Gibbs rated Williams as the best quarterback in the draft,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> writing in his scouting report that Williams had “a big-time arm with perfect passing mechanics” and was “a natural leader...very academic and extremely prepared...football smart,” and recommended that the Buccaneers select Williams with their first-round draft choice.<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> </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=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tampa Bay Buccaneers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the recommendation of Gibbs, Tampa Bay drafted Williams in the first round (17th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_draft" title="1978 NFL draft">1978 NFL draft</a>. Williams became the first African-American quarterback taken in the first round of an NFL draft.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first preseason pass, a 75-yard incompletion that sailed 10 yards past receiver <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hagins" title="Isaac Hagins">Isaac Hagins</a>, drew a standing ovation from the Tampa Stadium crowd. He was the first quarterback in Buccaneer history capable of throwing long passes downfield.<sup id="cite_ref-Tierney,_Mike_2005_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tierney,_Mike_2005-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1979 game against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, Williams and Bears quarterback <a href="/wiki/Vince_Evans" title="Vince Evans">Vince Evans</a> made history by making it the first NFL game ever to have a black starting quarterback on both teams.<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> Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise, went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as starter and played in the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NFL_playoffs#NFC_Championship:_Los_Angeles_Rams_9,_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_0" title="1979–80 NFL playoffs">1979 NFC Championship game</a>. During his time in Tampa Bay, Williams improved his completion percentage each season.<sup id="cite_ref-pfr_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfr-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams was the only starting African-American quarterback in the NFL at that time, and dealt with racism from the fans, and even his own coaching staff. In his book <i>Rise of the Black QB</i>, author Jason Reid cited an incident in the <a href="/wiki/1978_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">1978 Tampa Bay</a> training camp, in which quarterbacks coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelsen" title="Bill Nelsen">Bill Nelsen</a> began berating Williams in what was described as going beyond coaching and becoming a personal attack. "I think Coach Gibbs knew that it wasn't a matter of being coached hard," recalled Williams. "I mean, I played for Eddie Robinson at Grambling, so he <i>knew</i> I could handle that. But he (Gibbs) immediately sensed that something else was going on."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibbs, who was at the opposite end of the field, sprinted over to Nelsen and confronted him. Gibbs threw his clipboard down, pointed his finger in Nelsen's face and said, "Don't you ever talk to him like that again! Is that clear?" According to Williams, Nelsen never confronted Williams in that manner again.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure with the Buccaneers, Williams was paid $120,000 a year, the lowest salary for a starting quarterback in the league and less than the salary of 12 backups. After the 1982 season, Williams asked for a $600,000 contract. Bucs owner <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Culverhouse" title="Hugh Culverhouse">Hugh Culverhouse</a> refused to budge from his initial offer of $400,000 despite protests from coach <a href="/wiki/John_McKay_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="John McKay (football coach)">John McKay</a>. Feeling that Culverhouse was not paying him what an NFL starter should earn, Williams sat out the 1983 season.<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_07062017_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke_07062017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lieber_02011988_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lieber_02011988-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, the Bucs went 2–14, and did not make the playoffs again until the <a href="/wiki/1997_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">1997 season</a> 14 years later. Tampa Bay lost ten games in every season but one in that stretch, including 12 in a row from 1983 to 1994. Culverhouse's willingness to let Williams walk away over such a relatively small amount of money was seen as insensitive, especially as it came only months after Williams’ wife Janice died of an aneurysm.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lieber_02011988_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lieber_02011988-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oklahoma_/_Arizona_Outlaws"><span id="Oklahoma_.2F_Arizona_Outlaws"></span>Oklahoma / Arizona Outlaws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Oklahoma / Arizona Outlaws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a year away from football, Williams signed with the Oklahoma Outlaws of the upstart <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League" title="United States Football League">United States Football League</a>. The Outlaws briefly called Hall of Fame coach and quarterback guru <a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Sid Gillman</a> out of retirement as director of football operations, and Williams was Gillman's highest-profile signing. Williams signed a $3 million contract with a $1 million signing bonus, making him easily one of the highest-paid players in all of football. Years later, he recalled that he was won over when Outlaws owners William Tatham Sr. and Bill Tatham Jr. "treated me as a human," rather than "a piece of cattle in a stockyard."<sup id="cite_ref-Buck_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buck-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, Williams led the Outlaws of the USFL in passing, completing 261 out of 528 passes for 3,084 yards and 15 touchdowns. However, he threw 21 interceptions, ending up with a passer rating of 60.5 during a 6–12 season. In 1985, the team moved to Arizona and merged with the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wranglers" title="Arizona Wranglers">Arizona Wranglers</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Outlaws" title="Arizona Outlaws">Arizona Outlaws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lieber_02011988_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lieber_02011988-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams showed some improvement, completing 271 out of 509 passes for 3,673 yards with 21 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washington_Redskins">Washington Redskins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Washington Redskins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the USFL was shut down in 1986, Williams returned to the NFL, joining the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a>. He was reunited with his former offensive coordinator, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a>, who was now the team's head coach. Initially, Williams served as the backup for starting quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jay_Schroeder" title="Jay Schroeder">Jay Schroeder</a>, but after Schroeder became injured, Williams stepped in and led the Redskins to an opening-day victory against <a href="/wiki/1987_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1987 Philadelphia Eagles season">the Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the 1987 season. Williams and Schroeder had a somewhat chilly relationship, stemming from Schroeder ordering Williams to get off the field when the Redskins thought Schroeder had been injured in the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NFL_playoffs#NFC_Championship:_New_York_Giants_17,_Washington_Redskins_0" title="1986–87 NFL playoffs">1986 NFC title game</a> and sent Williams in to substitute for him. It would be one of three times in 1987 that Williams substituted for Schroeder and led the team to victory (the other two were November 15 against Detroit and December 26 at Minnesota). Williams only started two games, September 20 at Atlanta and November 23 against the Rams. While both starts were losses, at the end of the season, when the Redskins had qualified for the playoffs, Williams, with his 94.0 passer rating, was chosen as the starter. He led the team to <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">Super Bowl XXII</a> in which they routed the <a href="/wiki/1987_Denver_Broncos_season" title="1987 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a>, becoming the first black quarterback to both play in and win a <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McEvoy_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McEvoy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I get this phone call from Coach Gibbs. He was the only guy who called me Douglas. ‘Douglas, it's Coach Gibbs,” he said. ‘How you doing?” He asked me to come to Washington to be a backup. Now at this point, I don't have a job. I told him, ‘Coach, I can be any type of ‘up’ you want me to be.’ He started laughing. He said, ‘OK. [Washington general manager] <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Bobby Beathard</a> is going to give you a call.’ Bobby called. We agreed [to terms]." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">– Doug Williams <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>According to legend, Williams was asked this question on Media Day: “How long have you been a black quarterback?” He supposedly replied, “I’ve been a quarterback since high school, and I’ve been black all my life.” On February 1, 2013, Williams was interviewed on the <a href="/wiki/Boomer_and_Carton" class="mw-redirect" title="Boomer and Carton">Boomer and Carton</a> show, and he was asked by the host <a href="/wiki/Craig_Carton" title="Craig Carton">Craig Carton</a> if the question ever happened. He replied that it was true. Williams said he thought the reporter was a little nervous and the question may have come out the wrong way and that no ill will was meant towards him.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_%28crop%29.jpg/220px-1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_%28crop%29.jpg/330px-1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/1988_Redskins_Police_-_16_Doug_Williams_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption>Williams attempting a pass for the Washington Redskins in 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>On the day before <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">Super Bowl XXII</a>, Williams had a six-hour <a href="/wiki/Root_canal" title="Root canal">root canal</a> surgery performed to repair a dental bridge abscess.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 31, 1988, he engineered a 42–10 rout over the Broncos, who were led by quarterback <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a>. Williams completed 18 of 29 passes for 340 yards with four touchdown passes.<sup id="cite_ref-kupper_02011988_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kupper_02011988-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All four touchdowns were thrown in the second quarter, which set a Super Bowl record for most touchdowns thrown in a single half, let alone a quarter. It was part of a 35-point second quarter that put the game out of reach.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl MVP</a> for his efforts, making him the first African-American quarterback to both win a Super Bowl and be named its MVP.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He broke the Super Bowl single-game record of 331 passing yards set in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIX" title="Super Bowl XIX">1985</a> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-kupper_02011988_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kupper_02011988-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who broke Williams' record <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">the following year</a> with 357.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams tied the Super Bowl single-game record for passing touchdowns set by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XIII" title="Super Bowl XIII">1979</a>, which Montana surpassed with five in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIV" title="Super Bowl XXIV">Super Bowl XXIV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams' 80-yard scoring pass to <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Sanders" title="Ricky Sanders">Ricky Sanders</a> tied the Super Bowl record for the longest pass, set by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Jim Plunkett</a>'s throw to <a href="/wiki/Kenny_King_(running_back)" title="Kenny King (running back)">Kenny King</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XV" title="Super Bowl XV">1981</a>; it was broken in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXI" title="Super Bowl XXXI">1997</a> by <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>'s 81-yard pass to <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Freeman" title="Antonio Freeman">Antonio Freeman</a> for the longest Super Bowl <a href="/wiki/Play_from_scrimmage" title="Play from scrimmage">play from scrimmage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams suffered from injuries the following season and was outplayed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rypien" title="Mark Rypien">Mark Rypien</a>, who eventually won the starting job. Despite competing for the same starting job, Williams and Rypien were so supportive of each other that T-shirts were sold with the caption “United We Stand", depicting the two quarterbacks as cartoon characters with Williams saying “I'm for Mark” and Rypien saying “I'm for Doug”.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams would play one final season in <a href="/wiki/1989_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1989 Washington Redskins season">1989</a>, as Rypien's backup, during the latter's first <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_07062017_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke_07062017-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finances played a large part in Williams' departure from the Redskins, with Williams slated to make $1 million in 1990 as the team's backup quarterback.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Redskins were able to sign former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Rutledge" title="Jeff Rutledge">Jeff Rutledge</a> for the backup role for substantially less money, making Williams expendable.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams received scant attention from other teams following his waiver by the Redskins – a situation which he flatly attributed to racism.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams retired with a 5–9 record as Redskins starter (8–9, counting playoffs) and a 38–42–1 record as a regular season starter (42–45–1, including 7 playoff starts). He had 100 passing touchdowns, and 15 rushing touchdowns, in 88 NFL games.<sup id="cite_ref-pfr_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfr-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_and_executive_career">Coaching and executive career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coaching and executive career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC-18679.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/USMC-18679.jpg/220px-USMC-18679.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/USMC-18679.jpg/330px-USMC-18679.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/USMC-18679.jpg/440px-USMC-18679.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3968" data-file-height="2640" /></a><figcaption>Williams (left) as head coach of Grambling State posing with Marine general <a href="/wiki/Ronald_L._Bailey" title="Ronald L. Bailey">Ronald L. Bailey</a> (right) in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Following his departure from the NFL, Williams worked on television in 1990 as a college football analyst for <a href="/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Entertainment Television">Black Entertainment Television</a> (BET).<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite enjoying the change of pace, Williams longed to return to football and when a high school head coaching position opened up in 1991 at the new <a href="/wiki/Pointe_Coupee_Central_High_School" title="Pointe Coupee Central High School">Pointe Coupee Central High School</a> in the unincorporated Labarre area of <a href="/wiki/Pointe_Coupee_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana">Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana</a>, Williams applied for the job and was hired for the position.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams led the 35-player team to a 5–5 record in the season, including an upset of the second-ranked school in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1992, Williams was able to move on to coach at his former high school in Zachary, now renamed <a href="/wiki/Northeast_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Northeast High School (Louisiana)">Northeast High</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Playing its home games on a field bearing his name, Williams was able to lead the team to an undefeated regular season, finally falling in the state semi-finals.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1993 Louisiana HS playoffs, his team notably knocked out <a href="/wiki/Isidore_Newman_School" title="Isidore Newman School">Isidore Newman High School</a>, then led by senior quarterback <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-troutman_08052020_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-troutman_08052020-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams moved to the collegiate coaching ranks in 1994, when he was hired as the running backs coach for the football team of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as offensive coordinator for the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Claymores" title="Scottish Claymores">Scottish Claymores</a> of the <a href="/wiki/World_League_of_American_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="World League of American Football">World League of American Football</a> early in 1995 and as a scout for the NFL's <a href="/wiki/1995_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="1995 Jacksonville Jaguars season">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995 NFL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-troutman_08052020_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-troutman_08052020-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams began his collegiate head coaching career at <a href="/wiki/Morehouse_College" title="Morehouse College">Morehouse College</a> in 1997. He was named the head football coach at <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a> in 1998, succeeding the legendary <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson (football coach)">Eddie Robinson</a>. He led the Tigers to three consecutive <a href="/wiki/SWAC_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="SWAC Championship Game">Southwestern Athletic Conference titles</a> from 2000 to 2002, before leaving to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a personnel executive.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_williams_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Doug_williams_2015.jpg/220px-Doug_williams_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Doug_williams_2015.jpg/330px-Doug_williams_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Doug_williams_2015.jpg/440px-Doug_williams_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1775" data-file-height="1904" /></a><figcaption>Williams in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>At the conclusion of <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLII" title="Super Bowl XLII">Super Bowl XLII</a>, on the 20th anniversary of being named <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">Super Bowl XXII</a> MVP, Williams carried the Vince Lombardi trophy on to the field for presentation to the winning New York Giants. Williams was named the director of professional scouting for the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> in February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was relieved of this position on May 11, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Williams was subsequently hired as <a href="/wiki/General_manager" title="General manager">general manager</a> of the <a href="/wiki/UFL_Norfolk" class="mw-redirect" title="UFL Norfolk">Norfolk expansion franchise</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Football League (2009)">United Football League</a>, now known as the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Destroyers" title="Virginia Destroyers">Virginia Destroyers</a>. On February 21, 2011, Williams resigned from the Destroyers to begin his second stint as the head football coach at <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a>. He was fired from this position on September 11, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2014, Williams rejoined the Redskins as a personnel executive. The hiring marked Williams’ return to the Redskins.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Player Personnel in June 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, following a front office restructure after the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Ron_Rivera" title="Ron Rivera">Ron Rivera</a> as head coach, Williams was named the team's senior vice president of player development.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year he became a senior advisor to team president <a href="/wiki/Jason_Wright" title="Jason Wright">Jason Wright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics_and_records">Career statistics and records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Career statistics and records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USFL_career">USFL career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: USFL career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="2">Games </th> <th colspan="8">Passing </th> <th colspan="4">Rushing </th></tr> <tr> <th>GP</th> <th>GS</th> <th>Cmp</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Pct</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Int</th> <th>Rtg</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_USFL_season" title="1984 USFL season">1984</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Outlaws" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Outlaws">Oklahoma Outlaws</a> </th> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>261</td> <td>528</td> <td>49.4</td> <td>3,084</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>15</td> <td>21</td> <td>60.5</td> <td>30</td> <td>75</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1985_USFL_season" title="1985 USFL season">1985</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Outlaws" title="Arizona Outlaws">Arizona Outlaws</a> </th> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>271</td> <td>509</td> <td>53.2</td> <td>3,673</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>21</td> <td>17</td> <td>76.4</td> <td>27</td> <td>82</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Career</th> <th>32</th> <th>32</th> <th>532</th> <th>1,037</th> <th>51.3</th> <th>6,757</th> <th>6.5</th> <th>36</th> <th>38</th> <th>68.3</th> <th>57</th> <th>157</th> <th>2.8</th> <th>4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL_career">NFL career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: NFL career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Legend </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffff00; width:3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl MVP">Super Bowl MVP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Won the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bold</b> </td> <td>Career high </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="3">Games </th> <th colspan="8">Passing </th> <th colspan="4">Rushing </th></tr> <tr> <th>GP</th> <th>GS</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Cmp</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Pct</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Int</th> <th>Rtg</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1978_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">TB</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>73</td> <td>194</td> <td>37.6</td> <td>1,170</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>53.4</td> <td>27</td> <td>23</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_season" title="1979 NFL season">1979</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">TB</a> </th> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><b>10–6</b></td> <td>166</td> <td>397</td> <td>41.8</td> <td>2,448</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>18</td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>52.5</td> <td>35</td> <td>119</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">TB</a> </th> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>5–10–1</td> <td><b>254</b></td> <td><b>521</b></td> <td>48.8</td> <td>3,396</td> <td>6.5</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>69.9</td> <td><b>58</b></td> <td><b>370</b></td> <td><b>6.4</b></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">TB</a> </th> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>9–7</td> <td>238</td> <td>471</td> <td>50.5</td> <td><b>3,563</b></td> <td>7.6</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>76.8</td> <td>48</td> <td>209</td> <td>4.4</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">TB</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>5–4</td> <td>164</td> <td>307</td> <td>53.4</td> <td>2,071</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>9</td> <td>11</td> <td>69.6</td> <td>35</td> <td>158</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_season" title="1986 NFL season">1986</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1986_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1986 Washington Redskins season">WAS</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>39.6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffff00;"><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a></th> <th style="background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1987 Washington Redskins season">WAS</a> </th> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0–2</td> <td>81</td> <td>143</td> <td><b>56.6</b></td> <td>1,156</td> <td><b>8.1</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>94.0</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_NFL_season" title="1988 NFL season">1988</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1988_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1988 Washington Redskins season">WAS</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>213</td> <td>380</td> <td>56.1</td> <td>2,609</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>77.4</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1989_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1989 Washington Redskins season">WAS</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1–1</td> <td>51</td> <td>93</td> <td>54.8</td> <td>585</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>64.1</td> <td>1</td> <td>-4</td> <td>-4.0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Career</th> <th>88</th> <th>81</th> <th>38–42–1</th> <th>1,240</th> <th>2,507</th> <th>49.5</th> <th>16,998</th> <th>6.8</th> <th>100</th> <th>93</th> <th>69.4</th> <th>220</th> <th>884</th> <th>4.0</th> <th>15 </th></tr></tbody></table> <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=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams was born in <a href="/wiki/Zachary,_Louisiana" title="Zachary, Louisiana">Zachary, Louisiana</a>, a town of about 8,000 people located near <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge" class="mw-redirect" title="Baton Rouge">Baton Rouge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Snider_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snider-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams and his third wife, Raunda, have eight children: Laura, Lee, Ashley, Adrian, Doug Jr., Jasmine, Temessia, and Carmaleta. His sons Adrian and Doug Jr. (D.J.) are both accomplished collegiate athletes. Adrian played basketball for <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> until graduating after the 2010–11 season<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while D.J. signed to play for his father at <a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_University" title="Grambling State University">Grambling State University</a>. His daughter Laura has committed to playing basketball at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> for the 2024–2025 season.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doug's nephew <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Huggins" title="Johnny Huggins">Johnny Huggins</a> also played in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Williams and fellow Grambling State alumnus <a href="/wiki/James_%22Shack%22_Harris" title="James "Shack" Harris">James Harris</a> co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Black_College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Black College Football Hall of Fame">Black College Football Hall of Fame</a>. Each year, several notable football players from historically black colleges and universities are entered in its hall of fame at an induction ceremony in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2019, Grambling State honored Williams by naming a street in his honor on the college's campus.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th> <th>TSN<sup>#</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Morehouse_Maroon_Tigers_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Morehouse Maroon Tigers football">Morehouse Maroon Tigers</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1997)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_II_football_season" title="1997 NCAA Division II football season">1997</a> </td> <td>Morehouse </td> <td>3–8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Morehouse:</b> </td> <td>3–8</td> <td></td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State Tigers</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1998–2003)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season">1998</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="1998 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>T–4th</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="1999 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>7–4</td> <td>2–2</td> <td>3rd <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season">2000</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2000 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>10–2</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season">2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2001 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>10–1</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">8 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season">2002</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2002 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>11–2</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I-AA_football_season" title="2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season">2003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2003 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>T–1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Grambling_State_Tigers_football" title="Grambling State Tigers football">Grambling State Tigers</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern Athletic Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2011–2013)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season" title="2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2011 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>8–4</td> <td>6–3</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season" title="2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2012 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>1–10</td> <td>0–9</td> <td>5th <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_season" title="2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Grambling_State_Tigers_football_team" title="2013 Grambling State Tigers football team">Grambling State</a> </td> <td>0–2*</td> <td>0–1*</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Grambling State:</b> </td> <td>61–34</td> <td>36–23</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>64–42</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><small><span style="background-color:#ffcc66; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> National championship   <span 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title="List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders">List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_issues_faced_by_black_quarterbacks" title="Racial issues faced by black quarterbacks">Racial issues faced by black quarterbacks</a></li></ul> <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=Doug_Williams_(quarterback)&action=edit&section=13" 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 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href="/wiki/Bill_Shepherd_(American_football)" title="Bill Shepherd (American football)">Bill Shepherd</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Britt" title="Eddie Britt">Eddie Britt</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Smith_(running_back)" title="Ed Smith (running back)">Ed Smith</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a> (1937–1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hartman" title="Bill Hartman">Bill Hartman</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Filchock" title="Frank Filchock">Frank Filchock</a> (1938–1939, 1941, 1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_German" title="Jim German">Jim German</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Zimmerman_(American_football)" title="Roy Zimmerman (American football)">Roy Zimmerman</a> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Cafego" title="George Cafego">George Cafego</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Youel" title="Jim Youel">Jim Youel</a> (1946–1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Jacobs" title="Jack Jacobs">Jack Jacobs</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mont" title="Tommy Mont">Tommy Mont</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gilmer" title="Harry Gilmer">Harry Gilmer</a> (1949–1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_LeBaron" title="Eddie LeBaron">Eddie LeBaron</a> (1952–1953, 1955–1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Scarbath" title="Jack Scarbath">Jack Scarbath</a> (1953–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Dorow" title="Al Dorow">Al Dorow</a> (1954–1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Guglielmi" title="Ralph Guglielmi">Ralph Guglielmi</a> (1955, 1958–1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Day" title="Eagle Day">Eagle Day</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Snead" title="Norm Snead">Norm Snead</a> (1961–1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a> (1964–1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Shiner" title="Dick Shiner">Dick Shiner</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ninowski" title="Jim Ninowski">Jim Ninowski</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Kilmer" title="Billy Kilmer">Billy Kilmer</a> (1971–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson_(quarterback)" title="Randy Johnson (quarterback)">Randy Johnson</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Joe Theismann</a> (1976–1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kruczek" title="Mike Kruczek">Mike Kruczek</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Schroeder" title="Jay Schroeder">Jay Schroeder</a> (1985–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Rubbert" title="Ed Rubbert">Ed Rubbert</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Doug Williams</a> (1987–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rypien" title="Mark Rypien">Mark Rypien</a> (1988–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Humphries" title="Stan Humphries">Stan Humphries</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Rutledge" title="Jeff Rutledge">Jeff Rutledge</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Rich Gannon</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cary_Conklin" title="Cary Conklin">Cary Conklin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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title="Rex Grossman">Rex Grossman</a> (2010–2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Beck_(gridiron_football)" title="John Beck (gridiron football)">John Beck</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Robert Griffin III</a> (2012–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cousins" title="Kirk Cousins">Kirk Cousins</a> (2012–2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colt_McCoy" title="Colt McCoy">Colt McCoy</a> (2014, 2018–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith" title="Alex Smith">Alex Smith</a> (2018, 2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sanchez" title="Mark Sanchez">Mark Sanchez</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Johnson_(quarterback)" title="Josh Johnson (quarterback)">Josh Johnson</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Case_Keenum" title="Case Keenum">Case Keenum</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Haskins" title="Dwayne Haskins">Dwayne Haskins</a> (2019–2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Allen_(American_football)" title="Kyle Allen (American football)">Kyle Allen</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Fitzpatrick" title="Ryan Fitzpatrick">Ryan Fitzpatrick</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Heinicke" title="Taylor Heinicke">Taylor Heinicke</a> (2021–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Gilbert" title="Garrett Gilbert">Garrett Gilbert</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carson_Wentz" title="Carson Wentz">Carson Wentz</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Howell" title="Sam Howell">Sam Howell</a> (2022–2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jayden_Daniels" title="Jayden Daniels">Jayden Daniels</a> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Willis_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Willis (American football) (page does not exist)">Charles Willis</a> (1900–1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_D._Jones_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfred D. Jones (American football) (page does not exist)">Alfred D. Jones</a> (1902–1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Archer" title="Samuel Archer">Samuel Archer</a> (1905–1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_W._Bullock" title="Matthew W. Bullock">Matthew W. Bullock</a> (1909–1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Archer" title="Samuel Archer">Samuel Archer</a> (1912–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burwell_Towns_Harvey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burwell Towns Harvey (page does not exist)">Burwell Towns Harvey</a> (1916–1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Ted Robinson (American football)">Ted Robinson</a> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burwell_Towns_Harvey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burwell Towns Harvey (page does not exist)">Burwell Towns Harvey</a> (1927–1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Vaughan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ray Vaughan (page does not exist)">Ray Vaughan</a> (1929–1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Forbes_(coach)" title="Frank Forbes (coach)">Frank Forbes</a> (1932–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Mayo_Williams" title="J. Mayo Williams">J. Mayo Williams</a> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Forbes_(coach)" title="Frank Forbes (coach)">Frank Forbes</a> (1935–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vernon_%22Red%22_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vernon "Red" Smith (page does not exist)">Vernon "Red" Smith</a> (1943–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Forbes_(coach)" title="Frank Forbes (coach)">Frank Forbes</a> (1945–1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Echols" title="Joe Echols">Joe Echols</a> (1950–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_E._Haines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James E. Haines (page does not exist)">James E. Haines</a> (1955–1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duke_Foster" title="Duke Foster">Duke Foster</a> (1957–1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Darlington" title="Henry Darlington">Henry Darlington</a> (1967–1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Merchant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Merchant (page does not exist)">Frank Merchant</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_A._Gray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael A. Gray (page does not exist)">Michael A. Gray</a> (1973–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hunt" title="Maurice Hunt">Maurice Hunt</a> (1979–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Scales" title="Dwight Scales">Dwight Scales</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Craig_M._Cason&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Craig M. Cason (page does not exist)">Craig M. Cason</a> (1991–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vincent Williams (page does not exist)">Vincent Williams</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hunt" title="Maurice Hunt">Maurice Hunt</a> (1995–1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Doug Williams</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Hickson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Hickson (page does not exist)">Frank Hickson</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Jones_(American_football)" title="Anthony Jones (American football)">Anthony Jones</a> (1999–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willard_Scissum" title="Willard Scissum">Willard Scissum</a> (2002–2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Beauford" title="Terry Beauford">Terry Beauford</a> (2005–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rich_Freeman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rich Freeman (page does not exist)">Rich Freeman</a> (2007–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rich_Freeman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rich Freeman (page does not exist)">Rich Freeman</a> (2021–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Wilcher" title="Gerard Wilcher">Gerard Wilcher</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terance_Mathis" title="Terance Mathis">Terance Mathis</a> (2024– )</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"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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href="/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson_Jones" title="Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones">Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones</a> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ira_Smith_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ira Smith (American football) (page does not exist)">Ira Smith</a> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Williams_(coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Williams (coach) (page does not exist)">Joe Williams</a> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ozias_Johnson" title="Ozias Johnson">Ozias Johnson</a> (1934–1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emory_Hines" title="Emory Hines">Emory Hines</a> (1938–1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(American_football_coach)" title="Eddie Robinson (American football coach)">Eddie Robinson</a> (1941–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1943–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(American_football_coach)" title="Eddie Robinson (American football coach)">Eddie Robinson</a> (1946–1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Doug Williams</a> (1998–2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Spears" title="Melvin Spears">Melvin Spears</a> (2004–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Broadway" title="Rod Broadway">Rod Broadway</a> (2007–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Doug Williams</a> (2011–2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Ragsdale" title="George Ragsdale">George Ragsdale</a> # (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Winston" title="Dennis Winston">Dennis Winston</a> # (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Broderick_Fobbs" title="Broderick Fobbs">Broderick Fobbs</a> (2014–2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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football)">Heath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Malley_(American_football)" title="Tom O'Malley (American football)">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Don_Heinrich" title="Don Heinrich">Heinrich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Don_Klosterman_(American_football)" title="Don Klosterman (American football)">Klosterman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Zeke_Bratkowski" title="Zeke Bratkowski">Bratkowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Garrett" title="Bobby Garrett">Garrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Larson_(American_football)" title="Paul Larson (American football)">Larson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/George_Welsh_(American_football)" title="George Welsh (American football)">Welsh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Grosscup" title="Lee Grosscup">Grosscup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Duncan" title="Randy Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Norman_(American_football)" title="Dick Norman (American football)">Norman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Snead" title="Norm Snead">Snead</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Miller_(American_football)" title="Ron Miller (American football)">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/George_Mira" title="George Mira">Mira</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Don_Trull" title="Don Trull">Trull</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rhome" title="Jerry Rhome">Rhome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Billy Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Reed_(quarterback)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Reed (quarterback) (page does not exist)">M. Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Sal_Olivas" title="Sal Olivas">Olivas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cook" title="Greg Cook">Cook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Shaw" title="Dennis Shaw">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Huff" title="Gary Huff">Huff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Don_Strock" title="Don Strock">Strock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Freitas_Jr." title="Jesse Freitas Jr.">Freitas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski" title="Steve Bartkowski">Bartkowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Craig_Penrose" title="Craig Penrose">Penrose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Gifford_Nielsen" title="Gifford Nielsen">Nielsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ford_(quarterback)" title="Mike Ford (quarterback)">Ford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Marc_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Marc Wilson (American football)">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMahon" title="Jim McMahon">McMahon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_King_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam King (American football) (page does not exist)">King</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Dillon" title="Todd Dillon">Dillon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Bosco" title="Robbie Bosco">Bosco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Bosco" title="Robbie Bosco">Bosco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Perez_(American_football)" title="Mike Perez (American football)">Perez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Santos" title="Todd Santos">Santos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Mitchell_(quarterback)" title="Scott Mitchell (quarterback)">Mitchell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Ware" title="Andre Ware">Ware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Detmer" title="Ty Detmer">Detmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Detmer" title="Ty Detmer">Detmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Klingler" title="Jimmy Klingler">Klingler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Vargas" title="Chris Vargas">Vargas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/John_Walsh_(American_football)" title="John Walsh (American football)">Walsh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Maxwell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Maxwell (page does not exist)">Maxwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Wallwork" title="Josh Wallwork">Wallwork</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Leaf" title="Ryan Leaf">Leaf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rattay" title="Tim Rattay">Rattay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rattay" title="Tim Rattay">Rattay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weinke" title="Chris Weinke">Weinke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/David_Carr_(American_football)" title="David Carr (American football)">Da. 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class="nowrap">38 <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_(American_football)" title="George Rogers (American football)">George Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">40 <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Walton" title="Alvin Walton">Alvin Walton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">41 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Morrison_(American_football)" title="Tim Morrison (American football)">Tim Morrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">45 <a href="/wiki/Barry_Wilburn" title="Barry Wilburn">Barry Wilburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">46 <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Woodberry" title="Dennis Woodberry">Dennis Woodberry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">50 <a href="/wiki/Ravin_Caldwell" title="Ravin Caldwell">Ravin Caldwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">51 <a href="/wiki/Monte_Coleman" title="Monte Coleman">Monte Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">52 <a href="/wiki/Neal_Olkewicz" title="Neal Olkewicz">Neal Olkewicz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">53 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bostic" title="Jeff Bostic">Jeff Bostic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">54 <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Gouveia" title="Kurt Gouveia">Kurt Gouveia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">55 <a href="/wiki/Mel_Kaufman" title="Mel Kaufman">Mel Kaufman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">57 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Milot" title="Rich Milot">Rich Milot</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">58 <a href="/wiki/David_Jones_(offensive_lineman)" title="David Jones (offensive lineman)">David Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">61 <a href="/wiki/Rick_Kehr" title="Rick Kehr">Rick Kehr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">63 <a href="/wiki/Raleigh_McKenzie" title="Raleigh McKenzie">Raleigh McKenzie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">64 <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hamilton_(American_football)" title="Steve Hamilton (American football)">Steve Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">65 <a href="/wiki/Dave_Butz" title="Dave Butz">Dave Butz</a></span></li> 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C. Thielemann">R. C. Thielemann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">71 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mann_(American_football)" title="Charles Mann (American football)">Charles Mann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">72 <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Manley" title="Dexter Manley">Dexter Manley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">73 <a href="/wiki/Mark_May" title="Mark May">Mark May</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">74 <a href="/wiki/Markus_Koch" title="Markus Koch">Markus Koch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">76 <a href="/wiki/Ed_Simmons" title="Ed Simmons">Ed Simmons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">77 <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Grant" title="Darryl Grant">Darryl Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">78 <a href="/wiki/Dean_Hamel" title="Dean Hamel">Dean Hamel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">80 <a href="/wiki/Eric_Yarber" title="Eric Yarber">Eric Yarber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">81 <a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Art Monk</a></span></li> <li><span 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Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/LaVern_Torgeson" title="LaVern Torgeson">LaVern Torgeson</a></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"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Super_Bowl_champion_starting_quarterbacks" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Super_Bowl_champion_quarterbacks" 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class="nowrap">II: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">III: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">IV: <a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">Dawson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">V: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">VI: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">VII: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">VIII: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">IX: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">X: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XI: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken 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Manning</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLII: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLIII: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger"> Roethlisberger</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLIV: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Brees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLV: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVI: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVII: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flacco" title="Joe Flacco">Flacco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVIII: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Wilson" title="Russell Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLIX: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">50: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">P. Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LI: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LII: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Foles" title="Nick Foles">Foles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LIII: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LIV: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LV: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LVI: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Stafford" title="Matthew Stafford">Stafford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LVII: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">LVIII: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Manning</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLII: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLIII: <a href="/wiki/Santonio_Holmes" title="Santonio Holmes">Holmes</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLIV: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Brees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLV: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVI: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVII: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flacco" title="Joe Flacco">Flacco</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">XLVIII: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Smith_(American_football)" title="Malcolm Smith (American football)">M. 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Allen_(running_back)" title="Terry Allen (running back)">Terry Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/LaVar_Arrington" title="LaVar Arrington">LaVar Arrington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Champ Bailey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bass" title="Mike Bass">Mike Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Battles" title="Cliff Battles">Cliff Battles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Bosseler" title="Don Bosseler">Don Bosseler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bostic" title="Jeff Bostic">Jeff Bostic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bragg" title="Mike Bragg">Mike Bragg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Brito" title="Gene Brito">Gene Brito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">Larry Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brundige" title="Bill Brundige">Bill Brundige</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Butz" title="Dave Butz">Dave Butz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earnest_Byner" title="Earnest Byner">Earnest Byner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Clark_(American_football)" title="Gary Clark (American football)">Gary Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Cooley" title="Chris Cooley">Chris Cooley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monte_Coleman" title="Monte Coleman">Monte Coleman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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Jacoby">Joe Jacoby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_James_(American_football)" title="Dick James (American football)">Dick James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Jansen" title="Jon Jansen">Jon Jansen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Jefferson" title="Roy Jefferson">Roy Jefferson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Justice_(halfback)" title="Charlie Justice (halfback)">Charlie Justice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kerrigan" title="Ryan Kerrigan">Ryan Kerrigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Kilmer" title="Billy Kilmer">Billy Kilmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Paul Krause</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lachey" title="Jim 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