List of non-Div I-A QBs Who "Made It" in the NFL

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:39 pm

The Lulay discussion regarding "to be drafted, or not to be drafted" got me intrigued. Feel free to add to the lists below. I guess these lists would go back 20, or so, years.

I-AA QBs that I consider to have "made it" in the NFL:

Steve McNair - Alcorn State
Rich Gannon - Delaware
Kurt Warner - Northern Iowa
Jay Fiedler* - Dartmouth
Josh McCown - Sam Houston
Chad Pennington* - Marshall

Div II QBs that I consider to have "made it" in the NFL:

Neil Lomax - Portland State
Ken O'Brien - UC Davis
Jon Kitna - Central Washington

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:43 pm

I thought Kitna was DIvision II as well but wasn't it his records that Emmert broke this year.

canyoncat · Post by **canyoncat** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:47 pm

Daunte Culpepper (sp) Central Florida

I'm not sure about Pennington. Didn't he only play 1 year as a I-AA QB for Marshall the year they lost to the griz in 95? Didn't he redshirt the next year the year they beat the griz and then move up to 1-A?

Can't think of anyothers.

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:54 pm

I astericed Pennington for that reason.

UCF is in Conference USA now. Were they I-AA when Culpepper was there?

Post by **rtb** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:58 pm

I think Jamie Martin has to make the list. I know he is a backup, but he has made it in the NFL.

grizbeer · Post by **grizbeer** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:00 pm

Central Washington was NAIA DII when Kitna played there, they have since moved to NCAA DII.

Dave Krieg played for NAIA Milton College.
Jim Zorn played for DII Cal Poly Pomona

grizband · Post by **grizband** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:08 pm

John Friez from Idaho could also be added to that list. He won the Payton award in 1989, and played for 11 seasons in the NFL.

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:11 pm

Can't believe I forgot Friez!

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:22 pm

Have there been any "drop-down" guys that have made it in the NFL at QB yet?

catamaran · Post by **catamaran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:44 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:Have there been any "drop-down" guys that have made it in the NFL at QB yet?

Swogger

AZCAT21 · Post by **AZCAT21** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:54 pm

the starting qb in St. louis at the end of the year was from Harvard...don't know what his name is though

grizband · Post by **grizband** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:57 pm

AZCAT21 wrote:the starting qb in St. louis at the end of the year was from Harvard...don't know what his name is though

Ryan Fitzpatrick. He came out last year, and was one of (if not the) highest rated I-AA QBs in the draft last year.

PDXKat · Post by **PDXKat** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:18 pm

grizband wrote:
AZCAT21 wrote:the starting qb in St. louis at the end of the year was from Harvard...don't know what his name is though
Ryan Fitzpatrick. He came out last year, and was one of (if not the) highest rated I-AA QBs in the draft last year.

He was the only 1AA QB drafted last year.

grizgirl · Post by **grizgirl** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:20 pm

Bleedinbluengold wrote:I astericed Pennington for that reason.

UCF is in Conference USA now. Were they I-AA when Culpepper was there?

UCF was I-A with Culpepper. They almost beat Nebraska in 97 or 98 with Culpepper.

profisme · Post by **profisme** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:09 pm

Actually, didn't Jamie Martin start the last game for St. Louis this year? I was pretty sure that he threw for 357 yards that game with a TD and 2 picks.

whitetrashgriz · Post by **whitetrashgriz** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:39 pm

canyoncat wrote:Daunte Culpepper (sp) Central Florida

I'm not sure about Pennington. Didn't he only play 1 year as a I-AA QB for Marshall the year they lost to the griz in 95? Didn't he redshirt the next year the year they beat the griz and then move up to 1-A?

Can't think of anyothers.

ucf has been d-1a for quite a while. for sure when daunte was there.

grizband · Post by **grizband** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:27 pm

whitetrashgriz wrote:
canyoncat wrote:Daunte Culpepper (sp) Central Florida

I'm not sure about Pennington. Didn't he only play 1 year as a I-AA QB for Marshall the year they lost to the griz in 95? Didn't he redshirt the next year the year they beat the griz and then move up to 1-A?

Can't think of anyothers.
ucf has been d-1a for quite a while. for sure when daunte was there.

UCF went to I-A in 1996. Culpepper's rookie season was 1999.

spider · Post by **spider** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:36 pm

When Culpepper played his first game at UCF they were I-AA.

PapaG · Post by **PapaG** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:43 pm

Phil Simms - Eastern Kentucky
Doug Williams - Grambling

BigSkyCat · Post by **BigSkyCat** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:26 am

I don't know if these guys would qualify as having "made it" but they have been in the NFL for several years

Craig Nall: Green Bay Packers - Northwestern State
Tony Romo: Dallas Cowboys - Eastern Illinois