A Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at Boston College, his touchdown against the University of Miami became so famous that the pass came to be named a ‘Hail Flutie!’ He performed this famous touchdown pass in November 1984 and went from the USFL to the Chicago Bears.
When he became a part of the CFL, his records became so outstanding that he held the position of being a six-time winner of the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player award. After this, Flutie came back to the NFL and gained popularity for raising the trophy as a starting quarterback of the Buffalo Bills.
Vince Young
Young was one of the strongest players in the NFL and held the first position among all University of Texas quarterbacks. He achieved this status of popularity right when he was a junior and had quite a number of wins to his credit.
The Longhorns had been led by him to the 2005 BCS National Championship and supported the team enough to make them win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2006.
He Tried To Reunite
However, this promising talent’s career dissolved pretty soon owing to several accidents that happened off the field and a bitter relationship with a former head coach, Jeff Fisher. Though he primarily got himself out of the NFL in 2014, he made a fruitless attempt to make a comeback in football. He tried to team up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL, but another injury thwarted this much-tried attempt.
Young has last been seen in an association of the University of Texas where he was a development officer for program alumni relations.
It Was The End
He called quits on his career after being with the San Diego Chargers and then with the New England Patriots for a brief period of time.
Later, Flutie became an analyst for college football, which was aired on ESPN and ABC. He was also a color commentator for Notre Dame Football on NBC Sports.
Byron Leftwich
Leftwich wowed the world with his exceptional numbers that one might only get to see in the records made in video games! He made his mark at Marshall University and then went on to get selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2003 NFL Draft as the 7th overall pick.
Though initially he was a starting quarterback for the Jaguars, his career slowed down due to an unfortunate string of injuries, teamed up with immature decisions. Lastly, he was eventually replaced by David Garrard at the starting position.