quarterback
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“He makes great plays,” Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock said after the game.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Honestly, don’t think it was our best day,” San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Braves junior quarterback Koa Malau’ulu is in his third season as a starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Todd Monken began his first season as head coach of the Cleveland Browns faced with the tall task of picking the team’s starting quarterback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
He was quarterback on the Muscatine high school football team, a starting guard in basketball, the president of his class and its valedictorian.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Those viral videos of NFL quarterbacks with their partners aren’t accidental—they’re part of a targeted league strategy to connect with female fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
His brother, Darren, is head football coach at Bakersfield Christian High, and Derek helped coach the quarterbacks there last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s another season of quality quarterbacks with the class of 2029 particularly strong after terrific freshman seasons by such players as Thaddeus Breaux of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now, though, the 31-year-old Mayfield is in the final season of a contract that pays him $33 million a year, which makes him one of the NFL’s rare middle-class quarterbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He played tackle on offense and linebacker on defense, and opposing quarterbacks ran from him like scared rabbits.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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