quarterback

He had a 14-year career as a quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It’s a difficult calculation for teams, especially because the last couple of years have shown that the costliest financial mistake in all of football is handing out one of those megadeals to the wrong quarterback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

In his three seasons with the Buccaneers, Mayfield has led them to two playoff appearances and a 27-24 record while ranking between 12th and 18th in total quarterback rating in each of those years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

As a junior last season, the 6-foot-1 Sylmar High quarterback in his rookie passed for 2,343 yards and 31 touchdowns and ran for 661 yards and nine touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Then, as the quarterback was about to kiss her, she morphed into a dead iguana.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

“With schools who don’t typically have mobile quarterbacks, I always encounter, ‘I have to see the person,’” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Mayfield just has to look around the rest of the NFL to understand how other teams are valuing their franchise quarterbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And those legendary quarterbacks were still chasing their sport’s greatest prizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

And, generally, people whose lives were going great—NFL quarterbacks, rock stars, famous actors and actresses, genius scientists—generally, they didn’t give up their kids for adoption.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix