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List of Virginia Tech Hokies starting quarterbacks

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Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft.

This is a list of American football quarterbacks who have started for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team and the years they participated on the Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

Six Virginia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936. Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft. Besides the NFL, Virginia Tech quarterbacks have also played professionally in the Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, XFL, Indoor Football League, Southern Indoor Football League, and Lone Star Football League.

Three former Virginia Tech quarterbacks went on to be head coaches in Division I-A or professional football. Bruce Arians is the current head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

Key

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(#) Games started

*Note: Under NCAA Rules, Virginia Tech does not count statistics from bowl games in the team or individual statistical totals for games prior to the 2002 season.

Starting quarterbacks

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These quarterbacks have started college football games for the Virginia Tech Hokies. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Hokies.

Season(s) Quarterback(s)
2023 Grant Wells (2) / Kyron Drones (12)
2022 Grant Wells (11)
2021 Braxton Burmeister (12) / Connor Blumrick (1)
2020 Braxton Burmeister (5) / Hendon Hooker (6)
2019 Ryan Willis (4) / Hendon Hooker (8) / Quincy Patterson (1)
2018 Josh Jackson (3) / Ryan Willis (10)
2017 Josh Jackson (13)
2016 Jerod Evans (14)
2015 Michael Brewer (7) / Brenden Motley (6)
2014 Michael Brewer (13)
2013 Logan Thomas (13)
2012 Logan Thomas (13)
2011 Logan Thomas (14)
2010 Tyrod Taylor (14)
2009 Tyrod Taylor (13)
2008 Sean Glennon (4) / Tyrod Taylor (10)
2007 Sean Glennon (9) / Tyrod Taylor (5)
2006 Sean Glennon (13)
2005 Marcus Vick (13)
2004 Bryan Randall (13)
2003 Bryan Randall (13)
2002 Grant Noel (2) / Bryan Randall (12)
2001 Grant Noel (11)
2000 Michael Vick (9) / Dave Meyer (2)
1999 Michael Vick (10) / Dave Meyer (1)
1998 Al Clark (7) / Dave Meyer (1) / Nick Sorensen (3)
1997 Al Clark (10) / Nick Sorensen (1)
1996 Jim Druckenmiller (11)
1995 Jim Druckenmiller (11)
1994 Maurice DeShazo (11)
1993 Maurice DeShazo (11)
1992 Maurice DeShazo (10) / Treg Koel (1)
1991 Will Furrer (9) / Rodd Wooten (2)
1990 Will Furrer (10) / Rodd Wooten (1)
1989 Will Furrer (4) / Cam Young (5) / Rodd Wooten (1)
1988 Will Furrer (10) / Cam Young (1)
1987 Erik Chapman (11)
1986 Erik Chapman (11)
1985 Mark Cox (4) / Todd Greenwood (7)
1984 Mark Cox / Todd Greenwood
1983 Mark Cox (11)
1982 Todd Greenwood (8) / Mark Cox (3)
1981 Steve Casey (10) / Jeff Bolton (1)
1980 Steve Casey (12)
1979 Steve Casey (11)
1978 Steve Casey / David Lamie
1977 David Lamie (11)
1976 Mitcheal Barnes (11)
1975 Phil Rogers (11)
1974 Bruce Arians (11)
1973 Rick Popp / Eddie Joyce
1972 Don Strock (11)
1971 Don Strock (11)
1970 Gil Schwabe
1969 Bob German / Al Kincaid
1968 Al Kincaid (11)
1967 Al Kincaid (10)
1966 Tommy Stafford (11)
1965 Bobby Owens (10)
1964 Bob Schweickert (10)
1963 Bob Schweickert (10)
1962 Pete Cartwright (4) / Bob Schweickert (6)
1961 Warren Price (9)
1960 Warren Price
1959 Frank Eastman
1958 Billy Holsclaw (10)
1957 Jimmy Lugar / Billy Cranwell
1956 Jimmy Lugar (10)
1955 Billy Cranwell
1954 Billy Cranwell
1953 Johnny Dean / Jackie Williams
1952 Johnny Dean (11)
1951 Johnny Dean (8) / Jackie Williams (2)
1950 Bruce Fisher
1949 Bruce Fisher
1948 Bruce Fisher
1947 Ted Johnson
1946 Ted Johnson
1945 Stan Majcher
1942 Roger McClure
1941 Dick Kern (9) / Bill James (1)
1940 Dick Kern / Gene Wheeler[1]
1939 Dick Kern / Ward Boswell[2]
1938 Philip Galliano DeMuro[3] / James Stuart Fixx[4][5]
1937 Melvin Henry[6]
1936 Melvin Henry / Wilson Brown[7]
1935 Melvin Henry[8] / Buck Carpenter[9] / George Sodaro[10]
1934 George Smith (7) / Duncan Holsclaw (3)
1933 Charles Morgan (9) / Duncan Holsclaw (1)
1932 Charles Morgan (9)
1931 Heinie Groth (5) / Samuel Hardwick (1) / Harry Howard (1) / Waightes Ottley (1) / Bill Porterfield (1)
1930 Bird Hooper (8) / Samuel Hardwick (1)
1929 Bird Hooper[11][12]
1928 Scotty MacArthur[11] / Bird Hooper[13][14]
1927 Scotty MacArthur[11] / Herbert McEver[15]
1926 Scotty MacArthur[11][16] / Herbert McEver[17]
1925 George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson[18]
1924 Arthur Roberts Jr.[19]
1923 Arthur Roberts Jr.[20] / Harry Sutton[21][22]
1922 John G. ”Rip” Wallace[23][24]
1921 John G. ”Rip” Wallace[11]
1920 William Lybrook[25][26]
1919 George Douglas Lancaster[27] / Hank Crisp[27]
1918 Hank Crisp (3) / Wesley Bonney (2) / William Hurst (1) / Siegel (1)
1917 Edwin Roden (6) / William Lybrook (2)[28][29] / Eugene Bock (1)
1916 Edwin Roden (5)[30][31] / George Lancaster (3) / Edward Funkhouser (1)[32][33]
1915 Arthur Terry (4)[34][35] / Vincent Dixon (2) / Edward Funkhouser (2)
1914 Millard Filmore Peake[36] / Arthur Terry[37]
1913 Millard Filmore Peake[38] / Vincent Dixon[38]
1912 James Booth Rogers (5) / W. R. Legge (3) / Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson (1)
1911 Harry Briggs Vaughan[39][40] / Charles A. Bernier[40][41][42]
1910 John Lepburn Hughes[43]
1909 John Lepburn Hughes (7)
1908 Frederick William Connolly[44][45][46]
1907 Edgar Seymour Sheppard[47]
1906 William Triplett Montague[48] / Eugene Munson Wilson[49]
1905 James Arthur Nutter[50][51][52] / Edwin Rollins Harris[52]
1904 Edwin Rollins Harris[53]
1903 Charles Edgar Bear[54]
1902 Charles Edgar Bear (3) / Joe Ware (2) / Creighton Campbell (1)
1901 Kit DeCamps
1900 Kit DeCamps[55][56]
1899 Kit DeCamps
1898 William Frazier Bell[57]
1897 William Frazier Bell[58][59]
1896 Tarpley Douglas Martin[57][60][61][62]
1895 Tarpley Douglas Martin[57][63]
1894 Joseph Massie[57][64]
1893 John William Robinson (1) / Sid Fraser (1)
1892 Clinton Wakefield Courtland[57][65]

Most games as starting quarterback

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These quarterbacks have started for the Hokies in regular season games (from start of 1987 season until the end of 2017 season).

Name
GP Games played
GS Games started
W Number of wins as starting quarterback
L Number of losses as starting quarterback
T Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct Winning Percentage as starting quarterback
Name Period GP GS W L T %
Taylor, Tyrod 2007-2010 50 42 34 8 0 .809
Randall, Bryan 2001-2004 48 38 27 11 0 .710
Thomas, Logan 2010-2013 45 40 26 14 0 .650
DeShazo, Maurice 1991-1994 38 34 19 14 1 .558
Glennon, Sean 2004-2008 37 26 18 8 0 .692
Druckenmiller, Jim 1993-1996 35 24 20 4 0 .833
Furrer, Will 1988-1991 34 33 15 17 1 .454
Clark, Al 1995-1998 24 19 12 7 0 .631
Vick, Michael 1999-2000 22 21 20 1 0 .952
Vick, Marcus 2003,2005 22 13 11 2 0 .846
Brewer, Michael 2014-2015 21 20 11 9 0 .550
Motley, Brenden 2014-2016 21 6 3 3 0 .500
Noel, Grant 1999-2002 20 14 10 4 0 .714
Wooten, Rodd 1989-1991 19 4 2 2 0 .500
Young, Cam 1988-1989 17 7 3 4 0 .428
Jackson, Josh 2017-2018 16 16 11 5 0 .687
Meyer, Dave 1997-2000 16 4 3 1 0 .750
Evans, Jerod 2016 14 14 10 4 0 .714
Willis, Ryan 2018-2019 12 10 4 6 0 .400
Chapman, Erik 1987 11 11 2 9 0 .181
Sorensen, Nick 1997-1998 11 4 3 1 0 .750
Koel, Treg 1992 5 1 0 1 0 .000

Career passing records

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(from Starting QB's at start of 1987 season until end of 2017 season)

Name Comp Att % Yds TD Int
Thomas, Logan 693 1,248 55.5% 9,003 53 39
Taylor, Tyrod 495 865 57.2% 7,017 44 20
Randall, Bryan 490 833 58.8% 6,508 48 31
Furrer, Will 495 920 53.7% 5,906 43 46
DeShazo, Maurice 397 744 53.3% 5,720 47 31
Glennon, Sean 386 656 58.8% 4,867 28 21
Brewer, Michael 388 657 59.0% 4,395 31 22
Druckenmiller, Jim 313 580 53.9% 4,383 34 18
Jackson, Josh 272 454 59.9% 3,566 25 10
Evans, Jerod 268 422 63.5% 3,546 29 8
Vick, Michael 177 314 56.3% 3,074 20 11
Vick, Marcus 207 346 59.8% 2,868 19 15
Willis, Ryan 213 364 58.5% 2,714 24 9
Clark, Al 193 361 53.4% 2,623 19 9
Noel, Grant 158 284 55.6% 1,971 18 11
Chapman, Erik 119 231 51.5% 1,340 10 14
Motley, Brenden 102 187 54.5% 1,253 12 7
Wooten, Rodd 74 137 54.0% 903 3 9
Meyer, Dave 60 113 53.0% 890 3 6
Young, Cam 82 174 47.1% 716 1 7
Sorensen, Nick 42 80 52.5% 446 4 9
Koel, Treg 24 60 40.0% 346 2 5

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