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| | + | *Brock Purdy dubbed "Mr. Irrelevant",<ref>The title is given to the last player picked in the NFL Draft. The player is given the "Lowsman Trophy" (a spoof of the Heisman Trophy) which features a player dropping a football.</ref> as the last selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, stepped in as the third-string quarterback for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (the starter was injured for the season in the first game, and the backup—the former starter—also went down with a season-ending injury later on) and won 7 straight games to place them into the NFC Championship game in Jan. 2023, and then led an "epic comback" to win the NFC Championship game in Jan. 2024 and become one of the youngest QBs to make the [[Super Bowl]].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/sport/nfl-quarterback-brock-purdy-jared-goff/index.html</ref> |
| | *[[Joe Montana]] was passed over in [[Heisman Trophy]] voting despite leading [[Notre Dame]] to a national championship, was drafted only 82nd, and spent his first two [[NFL]] seasons on the bench, yet became one of the greatest [[NFL]] quarterbacks. | | *[[Joe Montana]] was passed over in [[Heisman Trophy]] voting despite leading [[Notre Dame]] to a national championship, was drafted only 82nd, and spent his first two [[NFL]] seasons on the bench, yet became one of the greatest [[NFL]] quarterbacks. |
| | *Terrell Davis, only a sixth-round [[NFL]] draft pick, carried the Denver Broncos to two [[Super Bowl]] championships and was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/08/05/nbcs-sunday-night-football-honored-by-hall-of-fame/104322286/</ref> | | *Terrell Davis, only a sixth-round [[NFL]] draft pick, carried the Denver Broncos to two [[Super Bowl]] championships and was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/08/05/nbcs-sunday-night-football-honored-by-hall-of-fame/104322286/</ref> |
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| | *Kurt Warner, one of the greatest football quarterbacks by multiple yardsticks,<ref>Warner is only of only three quarterbacks who led two ''different'' teams to the Super Bowl, participating in three Super Bowls and winning one.</ref> was not drafted by any team out of college, was originally cut by the Green Bay Packers, was denied a tryout by the Chicago Bears, ended up working as a grocery store stocker, and was ultimately given a chance only due to another player's injury. | | *Kurt Warner, one of the greatest football quarterbacks by multiple yardsticks,<ref>Warner is only of only three quarterbacks who led two ''different'' teams to the Super Bowl, participating in three Super Bowls and winning one.</ref> was not drafted by any team out of college, was originally cut by the Green Bay Packers, was denied a tryout by the Chicago Bears, ended up working as a grocery store stocker, and was ultimately given a chance only due to another player's injury. |
| | *[[Tim Tebow]], a devout Christian dismissed by the media, led the Denver Broncos to the playoffs his first season as a starter, and was inexplicably traded to the New York Jets, who preferred to play "expert" quarterback Mark Sanchez, costing them the season and finishing a pathetic 6–10. Tebow was again rejected by the [[New England Patriots]] in favor of "expert" quarterback Tom Brady. The team performed poorly in the first quarter of the 2013 season, with Brady playing at a mediocre level of play. | | *[[Tim Tebow]], a devout Christian dismissed by the media, led the Denver Broncos to the playoffs his first season as a starter, and was inexplicably traded to the New York Jets, who preferred to play "expert" quarterback Mark Sanchez, costing them the season and finishing a pathetic 6–10. Tebow was again rejected by the [[New England Patriots]] in favor of "expert" quarterback Tom Brady. The team performed poorly in the first quarter of the 2013 season, with Brady playing at a mediocre level of play. |
| − | *Brock Purdy dubbed "Mr. Irrelevant",<ref>The title is given to the last player picked in the NFL Draft. The player is given the "Lowsman Trophy" (a spoof of the Heisman Trophy) which features a player dropping a football.</ref> as the last selection in the 2022 NFL Draft, stepped in as the third-string quarterback for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] (the starter was injured for the season in the first game, and the backup—the former starter—also went down with a season-ending injury later on) and won 7 straight games to place them into the NFC Championship game in Jan. 2023.
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| | =====Basketball===== | | =====Basketball===== |