Louisiana is famous for its Cajun food, jazz music, Mardi Gras — and quarterbacks.
A total of 721 quarterbacks have debuted and played at least one game in the NFL during the Super Bowl era (since 1966), and the Bayou State outperformed expectations the most in a study by ESPN and Pro Football Reference.
California is more than just Tom Brady, and the great state of Texas hasn’t been so great when it comes to producing NFL QBs, according to our formula, which counts a player’s home state as the one in which he finished his high school career.
You’ll find there’s a QB1 state — the one with the highest percentage of starts per game played — and one that has produced the most backups. Can you name the seven states that have not produced an NFL quarterback? (You can find them here.)
Which ZIP code has produced the most NFL quarterbacks? Which state has the highest average draft position for quarterbacks? And where does the 2021 NFL draft class of quarterbacks come from?
It’s all here: