Where Brock Purdy ranks among youngest QBs to start in a Super Bowl (2024)

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Where Brock Purdy ranks among youngest QBs to start in a Super Bowl? ›

Who is the youngest QB to start a Super Bowl? Brock Purdy is third-youngest.

Who is the youngest NFL quarterback to win a Super Bowl? Should Purdy lead the 49ers to a victory over Kansas City, he would be the second-youngest starting QB to win the Lombardi Trophy and just the third to do so at age 24. Roethlisberger is the only QB to win a Super Bowl at age 23.

Purdy is the lowest drafted quarterback to start in a Super Bowl, but two quarterbacks have started the big game who went undrafted. Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme were both passed over in the draft and helped lead their team to the final game of the season.

Nonetheless, no college has produced more quarterbacks who have been starters in the Super Bowl than Cal. You read that correctly.

If Purdy leads the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl LVIII victory, he can come out with a bonus of $164,000, the same amount that all players would receive for winning the championship.

1. Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins (23 years, four months and five days) 2. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers (23 years, 11 months and three days)

Aside from being the only undrafted quarterback to win the Super Bowl, Warner owns another unique distinction among championship starters.

He never played again, and died in 1986. Marty Moore, a special teams player, became the first Mr. Irrelevant to play in a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI and first Mr. Irrelevant to win a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.

A rookie quarterback has never won — or started — a Super Bowl.

What is Brock Purdy's salary? ›

Brock Purdy contract details

Purdy signed a four-year, $3.7 million contract with the 49ers after being selected with the last overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. His annual base salary of $934,252 ranks 54th among all NFL quarterbacks, per Over The Cap.

started 46-straight games to end career … owns virtually all career school passing records: passing yards (12,170), total offense (13,347), touchdown passes (81), touchdowns responsible (100), completions (993), passing efficiency (151.1) and completion pct.

Since 2000, Purdy possesses the fourth-highest single-season passer rating through 15 weeks of any quarterback (790 individual quarterback seasons). The top three above Purdy all won the NFL MVP award in those seasons: 123.9 — Peyton Manning, 2004.

Alabama has had Super Bowl success at quarterback with the first three MVPs being Crimson Tide products, along with Super Bowl 11 winner Ken Stabler. Bart Starr threw two TD passes for Green Bay against Kansas City in Super Bowl 1 and added another the following year against the Raiders.

Tom Brady started ten Super Bowls, double that of John Elway, who is second. Brady won seven. John Elway started five Super Bowls, winning two. Jim Kelly started four Super Bowls without winning any, a record.

Jamal Lewis is the youngest in a win in a Super Bowl. He was 21 years and 155 days old in Super Bowl XXXV versus the Giants on January 28, 2001.

A rookie quarterback has never won — or started — a Super Bowl.

At 5'11", he also became the shortest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, shorter than Len Dawson, Joe Theismann, and Drew Brees (all 6'0"). Wilson earned a bonus of $169,141.73 for the 2013 season through the NFL's Performance-Based Pay program. He was ranked 20th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.

It's been an amazing journey for me so far.” Tom Brady, who retired at age 45, was the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, so that's likely the blueprint Wilson is aiming to follow.