First Round Quarterbacks – Reminder Note
by oiler on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 01:25am
First round quarterbacks since 1995 and their current state of activity:
| Russell, J | OAK | Starting |
| Quinn, B | CLE | Competing |
| Young, V | TEN | Starting |
| Leinart, M | ARZ | Competing |
| Cutler, J | DEN | Starting |
| Smith, A | SF | Competing |
| Rodgers, A | GB | Starting |
| Campbell, J | WAS | Starting |
| Manning, E | NYG | Starting |
| Rivers, P | SD | Starting |
| Roethlisberger, B | PIT | Starting |
| Losman, JP | BUF | Competing |
| Palmer, C | CIN | Starting |
| Leftwich, B | — | Free Agent |
| Boller, K | BAL | Competing |
| Grossman, R | CHI | Competing |
| Carr, D | HOU | Backup |
| Harrington, J | ATL | Backup |
| Ramsey, P | WAS | Backup |
| Vick, M | — | Prison |
| Pennington, C | MIA | Competing |
| Couch, T | — | Free Agent |
| McNabb, D | PHI | Starting |
| Smith, Ak | — | Released from CFL |
| Culpepper, D | — | Free Agent |
| McNown, C | — | Retired |
| Manning, P | IND | Starting |
| Leaf, R | — | Coaching |
| Druckenmiller, J | — | Retired |
| McNair, S | — | Retired |
| Collins, K | TEN | Backup |
*Excluded from the list are 2008 first rounders Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco – although Ryan certainly looks like he’ll be a very, very good NFL quarterback.
Between 2002 – 2007, there were 19 QBs selected in the first round. Of those 19, nine have starting jobs today. One is a free agent (Leftwich), six are competing for a starting job, and the final three are sure backups this season.
Of the 31 names on this list, three have won a Super Bowl. Five Seven* have made it to the Super Bowl – but one of those is Grossman.
* Thanks to jerloma for pointing out 7 is the correct number. I was leaving out Collins and McNair. It just feels more right to leave them out.