Below is a complete list of every left handed quarterback who has ever seen time in the NFL. When I say left handed I mean quarterbacks who threw left handed, so if they're left handed outside of football but throw right handed then they will not make this list.
The current list of 40 can be found below. Players are sorted by year they joined the league
(* means they're NFL active as of 3/29/13):
1942-1952 - Frankie Albert
1943-1947 - Allie Sherman
1947 - Ernie Case
1956 - Fred Wyant
1963-1965 - Terry Baker
1968-1984 - Ken Stabler
1969-1978 - Bobby Douglass
1971-1975 - Jim Del Gaizo
1973-1974 - Dennis Morrison
1975-1984 - David Humm
1976-1987 - Jim Zorn
1980-1986 - Paul McDonald
1984-1997 - Boomer Esiason
1985-1999 - Steve Young
1989-1997 - Erik Wilhelm
1989-1992 - Jeff Carlson
1990-2001 - Scott Mitchell
1991-1992 - Todd Marinovich
1992-1997 - Will Furrer
1993-2011 - Mark Brunell
1994-1998 - Doug Nussmeier
1994-1998 - Steve Matthews
1997-1999 - Tony Graziani
1999-2003 - Brock Huard
1999-2002 - Cade McNown
2000-2001 - Matt Lytle
2001-2001 - Josh Heupel (Only played in training camp due to injury)
2001-Present - Michael Vick *
2003-2010 - Chris Simms
2003-2005 - Dave Ragone
2003-2004 - Greg Zolman
2004-2007 - Jared Lorenzen
2005-2005 - Stefan Lefors (Never played in a single game)
2005-2007 - David Greene (Never played in a single game)
2006-Present - Matt Leinart *
2009-2010 - Pat White (Joined MLB 9/10/10, retired from MLB 3/9/11) *
2009-2011 - Tyler Palko
2010-Present - Tim Tebow *
2010-Present - Sean Canfield *
2012-Present - Kellen Moore *
Honorary Members:
Armanti Edwards * (Has throw 2 passes with 0 receptions despite converting to WR when he entered the league in 2010. He remains down here until a bigger shift occurs).
Jake Plummer (Click his name - you will laugh)
On the Horizon (Could be on an active NFL roster as a Lefty QB someday):
Ryan Colburn, Fresno State QB, Undrafted, briefly in camp with the Saints, now playing in USFL
Lefty QB's from Movies:
Shane Falco (The Replacements)
Jack "Cap" Rooney (Any Given Sunday)
NOT LEFT HANDED (Despite Popular Belief):
Byron Leftwich (As awesome as that would be given his name)
Dennis Dixon (Very much right handed)
Note: Much of the original research done for this post came from Strong Arm Tactics, a book by John Maxyymuk. You can check out his post on lefty quarterbacks (which includes statistics as well) here.
Byron Leftwich?
ReplyDeleteNice...but not a lefty!
ReplyDeleteDennis Dixon
ReplyDeleteDennis Dixon also is not a lefty. Sorry dude, do a google image search!
ReplyDeleteShane Falco of the Washington Sentinels and Jack 'Cap' Rooney of the Miami Sharks get honorable mention.
ReplyDeleteGood call anonymous!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me Spastik??? Don't you know that I'm a lefty... and I used to play permanent quarterback when I was 10 years old. This is inexcusable! I should be on this list!
ReplyDeleteAnyways... now that I'm finished with my rant... can I tell you that this list is awesome. I might start putting together a "lefty QB" pc. Do you collect these guys?
Hahaha glad you like it Fuji! No I don't collect them, but I have considered it before. Good luck collecting if you do though!
ReplyDeleteArmanti Edwards.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Luck is left handed
ReplyDeleteHe writes and throws right handed though.
DeleteJake Plummer's throw is a classic. I found out later he was an avid handball player, so that's probably where that came from.
ReplyDeleteAny lefty's in this years draft?
ReplyDeleteNope, I actually gave it a look today (good timing) and researched every single QB who has been mentioned as a draft or undrafted free agent candidate...all lefties. With Mark Brunell practically retired, that leaves lefties with a tenuous NFL grasp - six total, but Tyler Palko hasn't seen an active roster since 2011, Sean Canfield was off teams all last season, Matt Leinart is currently a free agent, and rumors say Tebow soon could be one. That leaves Mike Vick and Kellen Moore as the two "best" lefties in the league.
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