Just about every top school was interested, but the Georgia native choose to play at Tennessee. Tarkenton was a starter in each of his 18 NFL seasons, and was traded from Minnesota to the Giants in 1967, then back to the Vikings in 1972. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. His 1984 season was, along with Marino, the first 100 passer rating season since 1976. Imagine if he had been a USC Trojan. The league average that year: 45.6. He can get out of trouble in the pocket. Most importantly, he's clutch, even when the chips are way down. Without overstating the accomplishment, that might never happen again. It's consistency at its highest level. He led the NFC in passer rating in each of his final three seasons, and made the Pro Bowl in each of those years. Well, they weren't always celebrated, as even the Hall of Fame and HOF-caliber players below often heard as many jeers as cheers. Most importantly, he played brilliantly when he did reach the Super Bowl, helping the 49ers take their fifth Lombardi Trophy. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1985-1986; San Francisco 49ers, 1987-1999. This time, Brady says it's for good. The first four came in the All-America Football Conference, a rival league that contributed three franchises to the NFL: the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts (who later folded, then reformed.) Will Joe Mixon take another carry for the Cincinnati Bengals? He averaged 10.9 yards per throw (still the all-time record), and a record 19.9 yards per completion. The last time I completed a ranking of the best quarterbacks to ever lace 'em up was back in 2014. Some were stars; others werent even recruited to play football. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. 3-overall prospect in the 2008 class. He took over the starting quarterback position during his junior year and became known for his arm and high levels of football IQ. No more, except for Marino, it seems. Brees? The timing he developed with fellow Hall of Famer Raymond Berry is represented in every prolific combo since, be it Joe Montana to Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman to Michael Irvin, or Matt Ryan to Julio Jones. Tom Brady was a three-sport athlete who truly excelled in baseball. Through 22 seasons, Brady was a seven-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Super Bowl MVP, three-time regular-season NFL MVP, 15-time Pro Bowler and the all-time leader in passing touchdowns, passing yards, completions and wins. Tom Bradys first foray at football didnt go quite as planned. Has Ryan Tannehill started his last game for the Tennessee Titans? The second reason? There are those, particularly the aforementioned NFL Research guru Jack Andrade (who I've done many a historical-research deep-dive with), who think Bradshaw was an average NFL quarterback. Brady High School is ranked 128-202nd Doesn't take away from the achievement.) Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these. From 1992 through '95, there was no better playoff quarterback. WebTom Brady to the Raiders in order to join Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler? He drew interest from several Division I schools including Colorado and Mississippi State before accepting a scholarship at Stanford. All he has accomplished since that time is win three more Super Bowls, start three others, win all 16 regular-season starts in a season for the first time in league history and throw up a top-five all-time offensive season from the quarterback position. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation Here are the Cowboys' league rankings for percentage of plays in which they threw the ball, by quarter First quarter: 15th Second quarter: 25th Third quarter: 29th Fourth quarter: Last. He received scholarship offers from several big schools, including Florida, Oklahoma and Georgia, but he committed to the Gators at the beginning of his senior year. A simulation investigation, Every No. #USC can't have too many offensive tackles in the Big Ten. WebTom Brady QB #12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers active Info Stats Summary Career Logs Splits Situational Passing Rushing Receiving Fumbles Defense Punting He also would become one of the first passers to play until he was 40. He led the NFL in touchdown passes (36), adjusted yards per attempt (9.0) and passer rating (111), while ranking first in both touchdown and interception percentage (7.3% and 0.8%, respectively). Many in the football business think he's been underrated, partially because his record 74,437 passing yards have come in workmanlike fashion. Rodgers has only one ring, and hasn't pushed his team to any more Super Bowl appearances. Odds & lines subject to change. Now reunited with tight end Rob Gronkowski, Brady and the Bucs are attempting to supplant the New Orleans Saints for NFC South supremacy. It's fair to say that the legend of Tom Brady is familiar to most everyone by now, whether they are a football fan or not. Who can match Starr's 9-1 postseason record? Brees' career has been about unmitigated, unstoppable production. Then there's Philip Rivers, and I didn't forget about either Kenny -- Stabler or Anderson. Jones was listed as the No. He led the league in both passing yards and touchdown throws three different times during that span. Montana's postseason run from 1988 to 1990 pushed him to the lofty perch of being the greatest quarterback of all time, as he posted a 100-plus passer rating in eight straight playoff games, winning all but one start. Tom Brady won his record-breaking seventh Super Bowl title last season at the age of 43. Used with permission. Those are Mahomes-esque numbers in an era that had never conceived of Mahomes-esque numbers (more on the greatest offensive campaign ever below). In only eight seasons as a starter, Staubach started four Super Bowls (winning two), led the league in passer rating four times, and finished with an 85-29 record. Consider that the Green Bay icon's postseason passer rating was 104.8, with 15 touchdowns and three interceptions. You will see a little of that below, with some reference to Jack's handiwork. A key drop late in Super Bowl XLVI could have been the difference in a Patriots win. Thus, seventh he sits. A part-time starter for one of the NFL's greatest offenses of all time in 1950, Norm Van Brocklin set a passing record of 554 yards in one game the following year. Tom Brady is retired from football (again, for good, we think), but now hes going to make his mark in another sport. Yet, even more noteworthy was how often he rescued the Broncos from what appeared to be certain defeat. Notice how all the slants each took to the house hit them on the run, softly in stride. the only high school The Eagles on the other hand, skew much, much higher, with an average star rating of 3.5. Mack had dreams of earning a basketball scholarship before a patella-tendon injury during his sophomore year in high school changed his plans. Well, you can view Elway's career from several prisms. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Tom Brady retired from the NFL for the second consecutive season. play wide receiver instead of quarterback. Montana was so often a maestro in contests against the NFC's toughest competition -- the 1988 NFC title game in frigid Chicago against thatBears defense springs to mind immediately. 2007 Week 12: NE 31, PHI 28 (191 DYAR) Stats: 34-54, 380 Yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. His second-half work in Super Bowl XIII and XIV put him in Canton. It's National Signing Day -- where the top high school recruits around the nation announce what college they will be attending and playing football for this coming fall. Brady's first and most recent passing yards titles were 12 years apart. Please crosscheck those figures yourself to make sure I'm not crazy. Rather, it's how often Brees has reached numbers that other greats either never do or rarely do. Before Brown became one of the NFL's elite wide receivers, he was an unknown during the college-recruiting process. Only one member of the top 10 never won a title. RELATED: Patrick Mahomes' High School Highlights Look Like a Video Game. Experts advise college-minded students to stay focused through the end of the school year. However, when Unitas produced his record streak, he was throwing the ball fewer than 29 times per game. Much of what you see in the passing game today can be attributed to Unitas. He was able to pull that feat off while replacing a legend in Joe Montana, which is beyond admirable. The Fort Pierce, Fla. native accepted a Division I scholarship to play at the State University of New York at Buffalo. No. He led the younger league in completion percentage seven times, passer rating six times, and touchdown passes four times. First, let's start with the greatest quarterbacks to not make the top 20. Hated to leave out Y.A. Similarly, Bradshaw produced a gaudy 10.7 touchdown percentage. Montana's TD-to-INT ratio in those eight games: 22:2. Los Angeles Rams, 1949-1957; Philadelphia Eagles, 1958-1960. Brady let the game come to him toward the end of Super Bowl XXXVI, taking the checkdowns and short stuff to maneuver kicker Adam Vinatieri into range to finish off the "Greatest Show on Turf." When Starr did take chances downfield, it often paid off. There's a reason why some of the Bears' passing records still belong to Luckman. The Bradys are keeping it all in the family at least when it comes to athletics. Brees is not the imposing presence Cam Newton is. (OK, I don't know if that's 100 percent true, but it holds up, right?) Manning began calling plays at the line constantly in the mid-to-late 2000s, but his approach was different. He was the No. How about the talent evaluators who missed on him coming out of college? In his second mock of the 2023 NFL Draft, Bucky Brooks has the Raiders taking a quarterback to replace the jettisoned Derek Carr. Of the 29 QBs who've attempted at least 40 passes in the Super Bowl, Bradshaw is No. The 2015 All-Pro was the No. After playing his high school football in the Finneytown area of Cincinnati, Kuechly was regarded as just the No. If winning is the lone gauge for determining the finest quarterbacks in league history -- a method we discussed in the Rodgers section but one I don't subscribe to -- then Elway's career received a boost from those back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1997 and 1998. He became the first QB to break the 5,000-passing-yards barrier. Guessing 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL would take that line. At the time, he lived with his brother, Marrio, who had earned a full football scholarship at Coastal Carolina. Roethlisberger has averaged 290.3 passing yards per game since turning 30, the second-highest average in NFL history to only Drew Brees. Or the Rams, who benched him in 2003 after he sustained injuries to go with Marc Bulger? Tarkenton is known for starting and losing three Super Bowls. And he was a damn good one, being selected as a 2006 Under Armour High School All-American. He was the No. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Then there were the Giants. The key with Manning is pointing out how he changed the way the position was played. "I said I'd leave a desk lamp on before. Martin made the AP's All-Pro first team for the first time in his career in 2015, but he was a bit of an unknown coming out of high school. He's won two Super Bowls, and started a third. As a starter over his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, Brady passed for 4,644 yards and 30 touchdowns to 16 interceptions while completing over 61% of his passes. As part of that immense drive, Brady has readdressed his body and conditioning in a manner pertinent to his age and the position he plays. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). The West Coast offense spawned a legion of imitators, with many of its principles still present in today's game. More than any other numbers, a single line exemplifies what Brady's legacy will be: In 17 healthy seasons as a starter, he's made more Super Bowls (9) than he's missed (8). To win four rings, and play at a high level in those title contests, is a whole nother ballgame. All rights reserved. What can you say about Peyton Manning that hasn't already been said? 1-overall wide-receiver prospect. After the Deflategate scandal, Brady was suspended for four games to start the 2016 season, but the Patriots only continued to succeed after that blip. There will never be another player like him, much less quarterback. What Rodgers doesn't own is multiple Super Bowl rings, which brings us to the conundrum. That Unitas streak from the late '50s is every bit as golden as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. His 232 touchdowns to 107 interceptions represented a 2.17:1 ratio. Like Antonio Brown, Norman also went unranked in his 2007 class. His 30 postseason wins blow everyone out of the water. He played three varsity sports: football, But if Mike Vanderjagt doesn't slice that field goal in the 2005 Divisional Round, Indy would have gone on to win that Super Bowl. Stat you need to know: While Roethlisberger's career is marked by two Super Bowl wins, it's his productivity since his last title that sticks out. Starr ranks below Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers here -- and it's cloooooose -- only because he struggled early on and near the end of his 16-year career. That was in a 12-game season when the top 10 was rounded out by a guy who managed 1,004. Last night, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl. He won four of four, and was named MVP three times. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. It's a simple data point: How much bang for the buck does a quarterback give his team when he cocks his arm? International Baccalaureate (IB) data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America. He visited and received offers from Minnesota and Colorado, but he chose to commit to Central Michigan. Sure, early during his career, Wilson could trot out there and say, "We score 17 points today we might win." His career passer rating is in the over-100 stratosphere. However, he was a highly sought-after quarterback Lastly, the eyeball test says so much about this player. He has individually won more Super Bowls than any other team in NFL history. Put another way: If you want Favre over Aaron Rodgers, you will get no argument from me. 2-25? The New England Patriots picked Brady in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft. He led the NFL in completions (490) and attempts (733) for the second consecutive season, but the 6.4 yards per attempt were his lowest in a season since 2002. Most of his TD throws were vertical. It's a huge reason his career record (including the postseason) was a sterling 124-65-4. He achieved this breakthrough early in his career. Not only that, Manning's 2004 campaign was the No. How high he climbs on the list of all-time great quarterbacks might depend on the next couple of seasons. Though 17 out of 22 Patriots starters were rated at least three-stars, the Patriots average star rating sits at 2.7, thanks to five unrated recruits. But I was taken aback to learn from Jack Andrade that he was the first quarterback to ever throw 35 touchdown passes in three consecutive seasons. While his 1986 comeback drive against the Browns in the AFC Championship Game is the most famous, his frenzied drive to bring Denver back against the Oilers -- including converting two fourth-and-longs -- in the 1991 Divisional Round might have been more dramatic. Although I can't be sure, the educated guess is that the Dolphins legend's wow factor was so off the charts that he couldn't be denied. ACT Scores Relative to U.S. News Expectations. Brady was also an impressive baseball player. While it provided the Bills an incredible home-field advantage, it didn't exactly lead to racking up fantasy points. #USC re-enters the conversation for an elite cornerback. Starr started in two Super Bowls, plus four NFL title games before the Ultimate Game was invented. Too bad Seattle didn't air it out more against the Cowboys in the Wild Card Round. Brady signed with Michigan in the class of 1996, four years before 247Sports began its ranking system. Despite some impressive stats and a state championship during his senior season in high school, the 5-foot-11 Wilson not highly regraded coming out of high school in Richmond, Va. Dilip Vishwanat-USA TODAY Sports. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. He was also the No. When I sat down with Jack Andrade to go over the numbers, Jack had the brilliant idea of finding out how many times Graham would have had to spike the ball into the dirt for the next closest player to catch him on the all-time list. Of the 11 5,000-yard seasons in NFL history, he has posted five of them. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. The total minority enrollment is 3%, and Gregg Rosenthal dives deep into the upcoming market to rank NFL.com's Top 101 Free Agents of 2023. Who are the best players available in this year's class? . I think its safe to say he chose the right sport for his professional career. The system also downgraded quarterbacks for negative plays like interceptions. Manning's wobbly throws often resembled some Dan Fouts specials, but like the phenomenal Chargers quarterback, the ball always got there. He was cool in the pressure moments, too. Recruiting fans scanning the Eagles roster will be familiar with those like Nelson Agholor, Tim Jernigan, Brandon Graham, Nigel Bradham, Ronald Darby, and Alshon Jeffery. Young won one Super Bowl as a starter, two MVPs, and led the NFL in passer rating six times. In 1945 he completed 70.3 percent of his passes. Gronkowski was already 6-foot-6 and nearly 250 pounds coming out of high school in Pittsburgh. St. Louis Rams, 1998-2003; New York Giants, 2004; Arizona Cardinals, 2005-2009. The Buccaneers may not be expecting Brady to return, but they also have one of his backups in Kyle Trask on the roster. Which NFL team had the best 2022 rookie class? Favre would go on to set many career records, some of which have fallen, but his true impact on the game was measured by his toughness and his stature as the best player in the sport for multiple seasons. Rodgers received very little Division I interest after he finished high school in Chico, Calif. Rodgers went unranked in the 2002 class. Brady is still close to his high school football program. Where's their culpability? Back to those MVPs for a moment. He is one of the best pure throwers of the football ever, a la Warren Moon or Norm Van Brocklin. All things considered, including his regular season record (100-57-1), the back end of the top 10 feels right for the Packers' franchise quarterback for now. He received scholarship offers from Ohio State and Michigan State, but eventually choose to stay local and commit to Pittsburgh. His passing touchdown percentage that year was also the highest in history, a whopping 13.9 percent. On those merits alone, he should probably go higher than 19th here. Brady came up in the pre-Scout era when high school-player recruiting was much different than it is now. I was trying to develop a non-complex, if not simple, stat that calculates the percentage of positive plays a quarterback produces (first downs and touchdowns), whether it comes from running or throwing. Patrick Mahomes' High School Highlights Look Like a Video Game, Tom Brady & Gisele Bndchen: The Power Couple's Dating History Before Marriage. One of the most common is for critics to say he was a Hall of Fame quarterback, but far from the greatest, due to the fact that Denver's late 90s championship teams won because of a supercharged running game behind Terrell Davis. That was the 1990 NFC Championship Game, when Montana got knocked out in the second half by the Giants' Leonard Marshall. Maybe the most difficult guy on this list to rate. Luckily for New York Jets fans, he left the AFC East. Their argument is, essentially, that he didn't enjoy enough of a prime. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, at By the time he was drafted in 1998, quarterbacks had long ceased calling their own plays. He went to junior college and just kept growing. How each Super Bowl 2018 starter was rated as a high school recruit, Giannis trash talked the NBAs biggest stars on The Daily Show, and it was adorable. The innovator of the group, Johnny Unitas altered the way the quarterback position was played in a similar manner to another Colt some four decades later. 3-overall tight end in the 2007 class. National Percentile on College-level Exams. That puts things into perspective. Many districts contain only one high school. That's no anomaly. When it comes to flawless and efficient performances, you have to talk about Tom Brady's performance against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. 226-overall running back in the 2007 class. Don't give me any of this but the Pittsburgh defense gave him the ball at the one crap. Early in his career, Brady was known for being an accurate passer who was smart with the football and could dial up big plays when the defensive-minded Patriots needed it. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college. Check out some of these throws. And most were recruited out of high school and evaluated by scouts. Stat you need to know: Warner went 1-2 in his three Super Bowl starts, but did you know that he threw a touchdown to tie the game or take the lead in the final three minutes of all three games? Stat you need to know: When Rodgers entered the league in 2005, Steve Young was the NFL's all-time best in terms of TD-INT ratio. By Robert Haugh. My name is Gavin, I am 16 and I am a sophomore in high school. With golden arm and hard-earned and new found athleticism, Brady threw for 3,514 yards and 33 touchdowns the next two seasons. They were the best team in the league. Put the four Super Bowl losses aside. But think about what it takes for a league to say, "OK, you are the most important player in highest level of football for the THIRD year in a row." It's tough for a passer to get into a rhythm, or rack up garbage-time stats, when there is no garbage time. The New England Patriots will forever be indebted to Brady, and vice versa. The Packers' offense was known for the vaunted sweep, but Starr's teammates have often discussed how that sold their quarterback short. After playing his high school football in DeSoto, Texas, Miller was the No. The line: 5,084 passing yards, 48 touchdowns, and a 108.9 passer rating. It's a question that has been posed countless times. Brady owns the most wins at the position by a wide margin. Tittle, whose run from 1961-1963 is up there with the most incredible three-year performances in league history. WebBrady High School is ranked #13,383-17,843 in the National Rankings. (Answer: Nobody.) "Pretty much, yeah," Licht said with a laugh at the NFL Scouting Combine Tuesday. Moving up a grade together can benefit both teachers and students. * Tom Brady was Brady had a 110.2 passer rating, completing 23 of 33 passes for 236 yards and, best of all, none of his passes were intercepted. While Tampa Bay has not committed toward Trask being the starter, Licht admitted he's going to get the opportunity to earn the job. It was no different at Serra High School, where the California kid couldnt even start on a winless freshman team. Stat you need to know: I have always thought that yards per attempt was the most unheralded measure of a player, or at least quarterback, in pro football. Makes for good conversation, too. 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC. But, also similar to Manning, his individual ascendancy as a player made him worthy of being leaned on, as supported by three league MVP awards. I was always most impressed with his ability to hold onto the ball on those seven-step drops, deliver the mail, and take the hit. He's one of the all-time leaders in rushing yards by a quarterback. Stat you need to know: "Elliot loves Dan Marino's 1984 season, and for good reason. 1 overall N3P season. To date, he has been selected to 14 Pro Bowls and has three MVP awards. 45% of students are economically disadvantaged. He opted to give up his scholarship, make the position change to defensive end and walk-on at Wisconsin. *Chris Hogan was actually a lacrosse player in college, for Penn State. He even managed to change fantasy football. Following a dominant high school career, Berry was regarded as the top cornerback in his class and the No. That seems like a lifetime ago. That's your bonus five right there. The Super Bowl is the biggest game in football. Except, that is, for the category that has always resonated the most with this position: winning. He was heavily recruited, as to be expected, but he ended up staying close to home and signing with Crimson Tide. His 1989 campaign, when he won the first of two MVP awards, was insane. Similar to his Hall of Fame forebearer in Green Bay, Favre is often remembered for one aspect of his career: the ironman streak of 297 consecutive starts. The Padres, playing out of probably California s toughest league, the West Catholic Athletic League, went a combined 11-9 and didnt make the playoffs. 7 overall recruit in 2007. Starr always gets placed third among the Packers quarterbacks. Brady played for the football team at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, a city near San Francisco. 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Unitas was named first-team All-Pro five times and made the Pro Bowl in 10 of those 12 seasons. His skill as a catcher and left-handed hitter led the Montreal Expos to draft Brady out of high school in 1995, but with college football offers in his pocket, he was intent on pursuing the gridiron. Just as he had to in college and later in the NFL, he had to scratch and claw his way to the top. For example, in 1943, Baugh boasted the NFL's highest passer rating, intercepted the most passes and led the NFL in punting average. Yet, from 1977 until 1982, he was quite effective, shrugging off injuries and a coach who was not the easiest for QBs to play for in Chuck Noll. How did he fare in high school football in California? Stat you need to know: Staubach's .746 winning percentage ranks second all-time among quarterbacks with 100 starts. Before emerging as one of the elite players at his position in both college football and the NFL, Fitzgerald was a four-star recruit out of Wayne, Penn. That is rather unheard of: He was starving himself to play at 270 (pounds) to play D-end, coach Bob Stoops said. One reason is because he spent his first three seasons playing in the USFL. Bell played his high school ball in Groverport, Ohio. That's OK, because his first seven seasons as a starter rate just as well as that of almost any QB in league history. He didn't merely end with a flourish, either. Sign up for the Trojans Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Before he was the GOAT on the gridiron, Brady was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1995 MLB draft. He morphed the disorganized approach losing teams used to make a comeback late in a game into the routine two-minute drill we know today. Charles Davis spotlights six standouts, including a wide receiver who gave his stock a big boost. More often than not, Rodgers is better than the other 21. It wasnt that far-fetched a scenario. Watching the tape, Brady's physical traits do not stand out much, but his signature quick release is apparent. After World War II, offenses really opened up, with Baugh at the forefront. With the 100th NFL season also on the horizon, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the game's most exalted position, and to contrast the most celebrated players that played it. Moreover, Aikman was a master of the intermediate throws: the deep outs and the skinny posts. Whatever. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/02/how-close-was-tom-brady-to-being-a-usc-trojan/, Pac-12 men's basketball standings: February 27, USC 2024 four-star target Jaden Allen decommits from Texas, Pac-12 and ACC conference realignment chessboard: The roadmap for every school, USC men's basketball moves up the board in latest ESPN bracketology, USC, Alabama, Tennessee enter exclusive company, Pac-12 women's basketball final standings for 2023 regular season, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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