Byron Leftwich
Leftwich at an Atlanta Hawks game in May 2008
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| Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterbacks coach | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 14, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Washington (DC) Woodson | ||||||||||||
| College: | Marshall | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Completions / Attempts: | 930 / 1,605 |
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| Completion %: | 57.9% |
| Passing yards: | 10,532 |
| TD–INT: | 58–42 |
| QB Rating: | 78.9 |
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Byron Antron Leftwich (born January 14, 1980) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars seventh overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Marshall University.
Leftwich also played for the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII as they beat the Arizona Cardinals. He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Cardinals.
Leftwich attended Howard D. Woodson High School in Washington, DC and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. He garnered an honorable mention on the Washington Post's All-Met football team in 1997 as a senior. He was also first team All-DCIAA East in basketball his senior year.
Leftwich starred at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He was the MVP of the 2000 Motor City Bowl. Leftwich gained recognition after quarterbacking a 64–61 overtime victory over East Carolina in the 2001 GMAC Bowl, in which he competed against future teammate David Garrard. He is also remembered for being carried by linemen Steve Sciullo and Steve Perretta, after breaking his shin, specifically the left tibia, and returning to the game, taking Marshall down the field on multiple series as he rallied his team to a 17-point comeback against Akron in November 2002, although Marshall still lost 34–20.
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