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List of college QBs who became RBs in the NFL

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Re: List of college QBs who became RBs in the NFL

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:07 pm
by Reaser
rhickok1109 wrote:You mean he pitched right-handed, but threw the football left-handed?
Yup.

Re: List of college QBs who became RBs in the NFL

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:59 pm
by chris
The Bears signed Jordan Lynch as an undrafted free agent from Northern Illinois. He didn't make the team, but did play in 3 of the 4 preseason games last year exclusively at RB. He holds the FBS record for most rushing yards in a season by a QB.

He's currently on the Edmonton Eskimos, and they are listing him as a QB.

Re: List of college QBs who became RBs in the NFL

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:31 pm
by BD Sullivan
conace21 wrote: Gifford tried out as a QB in the 1959 preseason. In one game, Alex Webster dropped a sure TD pass from Gifford. At halftime, Jim Lee Howell asked him to line up at halfback.
He not only had to beat out Charlie Conerly, but George Shaw, Lee Grosscup and Don Heinrich as well.
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