4 BYRON
LEFTWICH
PRO
(49-46): Signed with the
Pittsburgh Steelers on August 10, 2008…released by the Atlanta Falcons on
February 15, 2008…signed by Atlanta on September 18, 2007…released by the
Jacksonville Jaguars on September 1, 2007…has a 24-22 record as a starter…has
completed 821-of-1,402 passes (55.2 pct.) for 9,321 yards with 52 touchdowns and
38 interceptions…has rushed 126 times for 371 yards (2.9 avg.) with eight
touchdowns…ranks second in Jaguars history for touchdowns (51), passing yards
(9,042), completions (789), attempts (1,344), completion percentage (59.0) and
passer rating (80.5)…was the ninth quarterback to start a game in Jacksonville
history and is second in victories behind Mark Brunell (63)…set career-best
numbers in 2005 with 15 touchdowns against only five interceptions for an 89.3
passer rating…has thrown for 300 yards in four career games including a
career-high 357 yards at San Diego on October 10, 2004…has thrown for 100-plus
yards in 15 different quarters including a career-high 213 yards in the fourth
quarter at San Diego on Oct. 10, 2004…has produced 14 100-plus rating games and
13 games with multiple touchdown passes…finished his rookie season with 2,819
passing yards, the fourth-highest total for a rookie quarterback in NFL history
behind Peyton Manning (3,739), Chris Weinke (2,931) and Rick Mirer
(2,833)…originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round
(7th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.
2007 (3-2):
Played in three games
with two starts for the Falcons after being signed on September 18…spent
training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars prior to being released during final
roster cuts on September 1…played in three games for the Falcons with two
starts…completed 32-of-59 passes for 279 yards with one touchdown and three
interceptions for a passer rating of 51.4…was inactive for 10 games and served
as the backup in one other game…9/18:
Signed by Falcons…9/23 vs. Carolina:
Was inactive…9/30
vs. Houston:
Was inactive…10/7 at Tennessee:
Completed 2-of-8 passes for 28 yards with one interception and a passer rating
of 2.1…rushed three times for one yard…10/15 vs. New York Giants: Was
inactive…10/21 at New Orleans: Made
his first start as a member of the Falcons…completed 15-of-23 passes for 145
yards with one touchdown and a passer rating of 97.2… rushed three times for six
yards prior to leaving the game with an ankle injury…11/4 vs. San Francisco: Was inactive…11/11 at Carolina: Was inactive…11/18 vs. Tampa Bay: Started his second
game of the season…completed 15-of-27 passes for 106 yards with two
interceptions and a passer rating of 32.7…11/22 vs. Indianapolis: Was inactive…12/2 at St. Louis: Was inactive…12/10 vs. New Orleans: Served as the
backup…12/16 at Tampa Bay: Was
inactive…12/23 at Arizona: Was
inactive…12/30 vs. Seattle: Was
inactive.
2006 (6-6):
Started
the first six games of the season and completed 108-of-183 passes for 1,159
yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions…rushed 25 times for 41 yards
(1.6 avg.) with two touchdowns…was inactive for five games with an ankle injury
before being placed on the Reserve/Injured List on December 1…9/10 vs. Dallas: Completed 23-of-34
passes (67.6 pct.) for 237 yards with one touchdown and one interception…rushed
five times for seven yards (1.4 avg.) with one touchdown…9/18 vs. Pittsburgh: Completed 26-of-39
passes for 260 yards with one interception…9/24 at Indianapolis: Completed
16-of-28 passes for 107 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…rushed
six times for 14 yards (2.3 avg.) with one touchdown…10/1 at Washington: Completed 20-of-34
passes for 290 yards with a season-high three touchdowns and two
interceptions…rushed five times for 14 yards (2.8 avg.)…10/8 vs. New York Jets: Completed
9-of-20 passes for 140 yards with two touchdowns…his touchdown pass to George
Wrighster was his 50th career touchdown pass…10/22 at Houston: Completed 14-of-28
passes for 125 yards before leaving with an ankle injury…10/29 at Philadelphia: Was inactive…11/5 vs. Tennessee: Was inactive…11/12 vs. Houston: Was inactive…11/20 vs. New York Giants: Was
inactive…11/26 at Buffalo: Was
inactive…12/1: Placed on the
Reserve/Injured List.
2005
(11-11): Selected
as an offensive captain by his teammates and started the first 11 games before
fracturing his left ankle at Arizona on November 27…returned to start the AFC
Wild Card Game at New England after missing the last five regular-season
games…finished the season completing 175-of-302 passes (57.9 pct.) for 2,123
yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions…ranked seventh in the AFC and
ninth in the NFL with an 89.3 passer rating…named to USA Today’s All-Joe Team, which goes to
players who overachieved…9/11 vs.
Seattle: Completed 17-of-31 passes for 252 yards with two touchdowns and a
passer rating of 103.2…also rushed four times for nine yards (2.3 avg.)…9/18 at Indianapolis: Completed
16-of-29 passes for 198 yards…rushed three times for 11 yards (3.7 avg.)…9/25 at New York Jets: Completed
16-of-23 passes (69.5 pct.) for 177 yards with two touchdowns and one
interception…rushed two times for 12 yards (6.0 avg.)…threw the game-winning
touchdown pass of 36 yards to Jimmy Smith in overtime…10/2 vs. Denver: Completed 20-of-34
passes (58.8 pct.) for 240 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…10/9 vs. Cincinnati: Led the Jaguars to
a primetime win by completing 10-of-24 passes for 161 yards with two touchdowns
and a passer rating of 92.5…10/16 at
Pittsburgh: Completed 19-of-35 passes for 177 yards with one touchdown and
one interception…10/30 at St. Louis:
Completed 18-of-31 passes (58.1 pct.) for 213 yards with two touchdowns and one
interception…rushed one time for nine yards…surpassed 7,000 career passing
yards…11/6 vs. Houston: Completed
19-of-25 passes (76.0 pct.) for 218 yards with one touchdown and a passer rating
of 115.1...rushed four times for 10 yards (2.5 avg.) with one touchdown…11/13 vs. Baltimore: Completed 16-of-30
passes for 211 yards with one touchdown…11/20 at Tennessee: Completed 22-of-38
passes for a season-high 258 yards (57.8 pct.) with three touchdowns and a
passer rating of 104.9…was his first career three-touchdown performance…also
rushed six times for nine yards (1.5 avg.) with one touchdown…11/27 at Arizona: Completed his first
two passes for 18 yards before leaving the game with a fractured ankle…12/3 at Cleveland: Was inactive…12/10 vs. Indianapolis: Was inactive…12/17 vs. San Francisco: Was
inactive…12/24 at Houston: Was
inactive…12/31 vs. Tennessee: Was
inactive…AFC Wild Card Game 1/7 vs. New
England: Returned to lineup after missing the final five games of the
regular-season with a fractured ankle…completed 18-of-31 passes for 179 yards
with one interception in a losing effort.
2004 (14-14): Started
14 games for the Jaguars…completed 267-of-441 passes (60.5 pct.) for a
career-high 2,941 yards with 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions…ranked
10th in the AFC with an 82.2 passer rating…9/12 at Buffalo: Completed 18-of-36
passes for 147 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…threw the
game-winning touchdown pass to Ernest Wilford with no time remaining on the
clock…also rushed twice for 11 yards (5.5 avg.)…9/19 vs. Denver: Completed 8-of-16
passes for 120 yards with one touchdown…rushed twice for eight yards (4.0
avg.)…9/26 at Tennessee: Completed
14-of-20 passes (70.0 pct.) for 124 yards with one touchdown…led the
game-winning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter for the second time in three
weeks…10/3 vs. Indianapolis:
Completed 29-of-41 passes (70.7 pct.) for 318 yards and one touchdown for a
passer rating of 101.5...10/10 at San
Diego: Completed 36-of-54 passes (66.7 pct.) for 357 yards with one
touchdown and two interceptions…set single-game highs in attempts, completions
and passing yards…10/17 vs. Kansas
City: Led his third game-winning fourth quarter drive of the season when he
hit Cortez Hankton for the winning score…completed 24-of-36 passes (66.7 pct.)
for 298 yards with two touchdowns and a passer rating of 110.6…10/24 at Indianapolis: Made his
20th career start…notched his third 300-yard game in his last four
starts…completed 23-of-30 passes for 300 yards with two touchdowns and one
interception…led the team to its fourth come-from-behind victory in the fourth
quarter…started the game by completing 10 straight passes and finished the game
with a passer rating of 116.0…had thrown a touchdown pass in 12 straight games,
which was the longest active streak in the AFC…broke team record with 15
consecutive completions including his last five vs. Kansas City on Oct. 17 and
the first 10 of this game, topping the previous record of 13 set by Mark
Brunell…10/31 at Houston: Completed
25-of-40 passes for 227 yards with two interceptions…left the game for two plays
in the second quarter with an injured left knee, but returned to finish the
game…11/14 vs. Detroit: Was inactive
with a left knee injury, snapping a string of 21 consecutive starts…11/21 vs. Tennessee: Was inactive…11/28 at Minnesota: Returned to the
lineup after missing two games and completed 19-of-34 passes for 235 yards with
one touchdown…12/5 vs. Pittsburgh:
Completed 16-of-27 passes (59.3 pct.) for 268 yards with one touchdown…surpassed
5,000 passing yards (5,213) for his career…12/12 vs. Chicago: Completed 25-of-45
passes for 242 yards with two touchdowns and one interception…rushed four times
for eight yards (2.0 avg.)…12/19 at
Green Bay: Made his 25th career start…completed 9-of-20 passes
for 121 yards with two touchdowns and a passer rating of 98.1…ran three times
for nine yards (3.0 avg.)…was the sixth multiple touchdown game of his career
and the second time producing back-to-back multiple touchdowns in his career…12/26 vs. Houston: Completed 6-of-14
passes for 35 yards with one interception…suffered a concussion in the first
quarter but returned to the game before being relieved in the fourth quarter by
David Garrard…1/2 at Oakland:
Completed 15-of-28 passes 149 yards with one interception…rushed 10 times for 41
yards (4.1 avg.).
2003 (15-13): Took over the starting
job in Week 4 at Houston after Mark Brunell injured his left elbow the week
prior…finished the season with 2,819 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and 16
interceptions…tied for 11th in the AFC with a 73.0 passer rating,
which is fourth highest of the 37 quarterbacks who have been drafted in the
first round since 1983…13 starts tied for the ninth most by a rookie in Jaguars
history…9/7 at Carolina: Did not
play…9/14 vs. Buffalo: Saw his first
NFL action on the team’s final drive…completed seven-of-eight passes for 92
yards, including his first NFL touchdown pass to George Wrighster…had a passer
rating of 154.2…9/21 at
Indianapolis: Played on the final drive of the game…completed four-of-five
passes for 32 yards with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Hatchette…9/28 at Houston: Completed 17-of-36
passes for 231 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions in his first
career NFL start…rushed twice for 11 yards (5.5 avg.)…10/5 vs. San Diego: Notched his first
career NFL win as a starting quarterback…completed 19-of-28 passes for 336 yards
with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 132.4…passer rating was the
fourth-highest single-game rating in Jaguars history and passing yards were the
11th-highest total and most of any Jaguars QB other than Brunell…10/12 vs. Miami: Completed 24-of-42
passes for 256 yards with three interceptions…rushed five times for 24 yards
(4.8 avg.) with his first career NFL rushing touchdown…10/26 vs. Tennessee: Completed 15-of-27
passes for 158 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…11/2 at Baltimore: Completed 22-of-34
passes for 208 yards with one touchdown and one interception for a passer rating
of 79.0…11/9 vs. Indianapolis:
Completed 12-of-22 passes for 179 yards with one touchdown for a passer rating
of 96.6…led the Jaguars to a last-minute victory…rushed three times for six
yards (2.0 avg.) with one touchdown…had produced a touchdown in eight straight
games (running or passing) at the start of his career, tied for the
second-longest streak for players who began their careers since 1970…11/16 at Tennessee: Completed 15-of-31
passes for 151 yards with two interceptions…11/23 at New York Jets: Completed
17-of-33 passes for 172 yards with one interception…11/30 vs. Tampa Bay: Led the Jaguars to
victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers on ESPN “Sunday Night
Football”…completed 20-of-34 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns for a
passer rating of 98.2…threw a 48-yard touchdown to Jimmy Smith in the fourth
quarter…12/7 vs. Houston: Completed
18-of-29 passes for 194 yards with one touchdown…12/14 at New England: Completed
21-of-40 passes for 288 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…rushed
three times for 10 yards (3.3 avg.)…12/21 vs. New Orleans: Completed
9-of-17 passes for 131 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…rushed
twice for 23 yards (11.5 avg.)…12/28 at
Atlanta: Completed 19-of-32 passes for 167 yards with one touchdown and a
passer rating of 83.7…rushed three times for 33 yards (11.0
avg.).
COLLEGE:
One
of the most prolific passers in college football history, setting Mid-American
Conference career records for passing yards and total offense…three-year starter
who completed 939-of-1,442 passes (65.1 pct.) for 11,903 yards with 89
touchdowns and 28 interceptions…amassed 12,090 yards of total offense on 1,632
plays…inducted into the Marshall University Hall of Fame in 2007…graduated with
a degree in business. 2002: Finished
sixth in voting for Heisman Trophy…was first-team All-MAC…became the first
repeat winner of the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year in a
decade…completed 331-of-491 passes for 4,268 yards with 30 touchdowns and 10
interceptions. 2001: Completed
315-of-470 passes for 4,132 yards with 38 touchdowns and seven
interceptions…named MAC Offensive Player of the Year…won the Vern Smith
leadership award…was a semifinalist for the 2001 Offensive Player of the Year
award as voted by Football News…twice
earned MAC Player of the Weeks honors for the weeks of October 1 and 22. 2000: Completed 279-of-457 passes for
3,358 yards with 21 touchdowns and nine interceptions…was named MAC Player of
the Week for the week of October 3. 1999: Spent the season as the backup to
Chad Pennington.
PERSONAL:
Attended H.D. Woodson
High in Washington, D.C. where he lettered in football, basketball and
baseball…named All-Metro, George Michael’s Golden 11 and Offensive Player of the
Year as a senior…participated in the JCPenny Take a Player to School program and
actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates…Full name: Byron
Antron Leftwich.
