Print. Derrick Edwards. Here are all the important facts you need to know about the Louisville starting quarterback. Transferred to juco before eventually landing at Tennessee. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. College football team representing University of Louisville. . After two unsuccessful running plays, Unitas dropped back into his own end zone, sidestepped two defenders and threw a pass to Babe Ray, who scored a 92-yard TD. "Hes got a great arm and hes a bright young man. Although the moniker is no longer used to describe the football team, several other university organizations over the years have used the "Red Rage" nickname. Knowing it was over. In 1957, his 1,207yards not only earned him All-America acclaim but led all of college football. The Kentucky Trackers of the AFA played at Cardinal Stadium 19791980. Unitas has a statue because of his contribution to football overall. 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Rated as the No. Were they legit top 5 No but they were people I loved to watch who played for the the "Red Rage". finished 14th in the country in total offense . "Brian does a great job teaching our players and has a track record of success at maximizing their potential," Brohm added in a release. His prospect rating of 0.9783 makes him the second highest-rated recruiting in program history and the top-rated quarterback. 3-way tie In their inaugural season at Cardinal Stadium the Cardinals finished the season 91 with their first bowl appearance winning in the Sun Bowl against Drake 3420. The 2022 season saw Cunningham go 5-5, throwing for 1,568 yards, eight touchdowns, and five interceptions. The Miami, Fla., Northwestern product entered his freshman season as a reserve but would gain the starting spot by game four and finish as the Big East Freshman of the Year. Louisville provided the perfect breeding ground for a young dual-threat quarterback. Unitas thought about leaving and transferring to Indiana. Stephan (My personal favorite until Teddy came around.). In 2006, Louisville named the Cardinals' football fieldhouse the Howard L. Schnellenberger Football Complex with Schnellenberger in attendance before U of L's game against Florida Atlantic University. The 1990 season highlighted what was, at the time, the most successful decade in U of L football history. As seen in the picture of Fred Koster vertical stripes was the look for many national teams at the time. This is a list of Louisville Cardinals football players in the NFL Draft. ** He holds the top two spots for most rushing yards in a single season. Despite the tremendous personal successes, the team lost in the Citrus Bowl to the slightly-favored LSU Tigers.[23]. After Weber's tenure, athletic officials considered dropping from Division I-A (now FBS) to I-AA (now FCS) in football, due to the program's on-the-field struggles and low attendance and fan support, but decided to stay at the I-A level. give me the statue here finished fifth in the ACC in rushing . The teams are coached by James Speed, Todd Sharp, Misty Hodges. Bridgewater departed for the NFL following his junior season, getting selected in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings. His experience at Notre Dame gave him ideas on developing a spread wing offense so his undersized players could be better utilized. Louisville Drafted Players/Alumni Players: 153 pro players Drafted: 135 players Top AV: Johnny Unitas (113) Colleges Index Louisville NFL/AFL Players All Drafted Players Players' Pro Stats An ad blocker has likely prevented this video content from loading. Got cute and left a legend off. He also hauled in 21 catches for 182 yards and a score. All three of those head coaches had losing records at Louisville. Remember his huge chin guard? [19] On January 4, 2014, it was announced that head coach Charlie Strong was leaving Louisville to accept the head football coach position at Texas. 2836. The quarterbacks will participate in drills on Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. PST, along with wide receivers and tight ends. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. With a 92 rating from the network, Jackson ranks among the highest-rated prospects by 247Sports to sign with the Cardinals. by Dov Kleiman February 28, 2023 2:16 pm. The Louisville native played for the Cardinals from 2004-07 and is second all-time with 1,185 attempts and 10,775 yards, among other top five rankings. ), 3. View Type: Toggle List View Toggle Card View Toggle Table View. UofL finished with a 91 record. Yet another MVP-caliber quarterback now calls the AFC home. Gibson had the best overall record of the three coaches between Corso and Schnellenberger at 25292. 1) Teddy Unitas basically invented the position of Quarterback as we know it today. Malik Cunningham is a name that is being thrown around a lot to be Jackson's backup. 3 Florida. It's people like you who ruin this fun forum. Unfortunately, Lyles went down in the first quarter with an injury. The Cardinals finished the season 210, their worst season in over two decades. 8 jersey of their former star quarterback. 5 dual-threat quarterback in the 2016 class by the 247Sports Composite, current Cardinal Jawon Pass continues to write his legacy. ** School record for career rushing yards with 4,132. [20], In January 2014, seven years after leaving for the Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Petrino left Western Kentucky to return to Louisville as head coach after Strong's departure. His sophomore season delivered the Heisman Trophy. Man hard to argue with any of these. Johnny U is hard to top. My list, I tried to base it off UofL accomplishments. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. His teams earned 90 percent of the school's all-time TV appearances, made its first-ever appearance in a major bowl and helped increase attendance by nearly 40 percent, an average over the past six years of more than 1,000 above stadium capacity. [10] While he never won a national title at Louisville, he did revive a program that had been on life support when he arrived. He collected by All-Region and All-State honors. Walter Peacock (19721975), Louisville's all-time leading rusher would become the first star of this era, at 3,204yards Peacock would account for much of the Cards offense. They played all games at Commonwealth Stadium until the new Cardinal Stadium was completed in 1997. Redman Five quarterbacks fall within NFL.com draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah's top 50 prospects, headlined by Alabama's Bryce Young (3). Teddy Bridgewater Bryce Jay Underwood pulled in an offer from Rutgers football this week, putting the Scarlet Knights in a steep competition for one of the best quarterback prospects in the nation. On December 4, 2018, Louisville hired Scott Satterfield as the program's 22nd different head coach. Cooper was the first African American head football coach in Louisville football history, and also the youngest. A product of Boynton Beach, Fla., Jackson started 34 games at Louisville, appearing in 38, before departing a year early for the NFL Draft. He was 32years old when he was named head coach. He garnered multiple Freshman All-American accolades after throwing for over 2,200 yards as a rookie. In February, he resigned with the Panthers for another season. You're absolutely right. Louisville only made one bowl appearance during the tenures of T. W. Alley, Vince Gibson and Bob Weber, the 1977 Independence Bowl, which they lost to Louisiana Tech. 4) Chris Redman Cunningham, who completed 62% of his passes last year, adding more elite throws to his repertoire is what Louisville quarterbacks coach Pete Thomas believes can help take the team from good to great. Stefan had that Im gonna win this game one way or another factor about him. Selections [ edit] [1] Notable undrafted players [ edit] Note: No drafts held before 1920 References [ edit] ^ DraftHistory.com The Dublin, Oh., product didn't spend much time in the Derby City. Im down with this. LOL at #3. Satterfield was previously the head coach of his alma mater Appalachian State for the last 6 seasons.[26]. Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham announced Friday that he is entering the 2023 NFL draft. 12 among dual-threat quarterbacks and gave him an 0.8788 overall rating. The Cards would then move to Old Cardinal Stadium in 1957 and it would serve as their home until they moved to Cardinal Stadium, formerly Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in 1998. [16] Louisville went 121 in 2006, winning the Big East championship and the Orange Bowl, the school's first appearance in a Bowl Championship Series bowl game. [citations needed], Following Frank Camp's retirement, Navy defensive backs coach Lee Corso was hired to take over as Louisville's head football coach. Cunningham was selected No. Louisville athletics took a step back when Dr. Raymond Kent was announced as the new president of Louisville. Selected with the final pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Jackson became the Ravens starter prior to the 2019 season. The Marching Cards also has various performance groups in the spring semester including a dance band, a brass band and a spirit band. Lamar Jackson Champaign, Il: Sports, 1997. ** He tops the UofL record books with 119 touchdowns responsible for. With more games being called on the radio the advent of numbers on the helmet and sleeves were made to help identify the players on the field. 1. a. Teddy 4. Players/Alumni. 2. A product of Louisville Trinity, Brian Brohm was the nation's No. (CBSSports.com Freshman All-American; Yahoo! As a sophomore, Bridgewater guided the Cardinals to an 11-2 record, the Big East Conference title and a Top 15 finish. Hard to argue one way or another against any of these former Cardinal greats. those were great teams during his era and if we'd been in a better conference would have received more clout. She scored a game-high 27 points and went 10-14 from the free throw line. The most recent meetings between the Cardinals and Bearcats were two overtime games in 2012 and 2013, both won by Louisville. One of the greatest QB's of all time. And weve got Three candidates on this team. Louisville did see a lot of talent leave and they went into a slump from 1950 to 1954. Unitas holds just a few records at Louisville, most of them eclipsed by quarterbacks John Madeya, Ed Rubbert, Browning Nagle, Jeff Brohm, Marty Lowe, Chris Redman, Dave Ragone and Stefan LeFors. Bridgewater tossed for a career-best 3,970 yards and 31 touchdowns, with just four interceptions, during a junior season that finished with a 36-9 win over Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Under Corso, the Cardinals went 28113. The University of Louisville began playing football in 1912 where the Cardinals went 3-1. [29], Cardinal Stadium is the name of a former college and minor league baseball and college football stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. Field general and rockstar that leads a team to success or failure. With Unitas leading the way, Louisville won its next four games, including a 3528 victory over Houston; Louisville was a 19-point underdog against the Cougars. "A Rude Introduction to Big Time Football." Top AV: Johnny Unitas (113) Colleges Index. Louisville, which finished last year with a 6-7 record, opens the 2022 season on the road at Syracuse with an 8 p.m. kickoff Sept. 3. Camp's first African-American player was Lawrence "Bumpy" Simmons, a local product from Central High School. Hes got the tools," UofL quarterbacks coach Frank Ponce said. All three players would go on to become starters and Lyles and Cain would become a dangerous tandem in the backfield. UK leads the all-time series 19-15 but Louisville leads the revived series 1513 since 1994. You must be kidding, obviously. The University of Louisville's Trager Center indoor practice facility just north of Cardinal Stadium, was officially opened on Thursday, Dec 1 2019 and used by the Cardinal football team. Brown rushed for 1,795 yards and 16 touchdowns in four years, with his career best of 825 yards coming during his junior campaign. Teddy Louisville quarterback Malik Cunningham (3) runs for a touchdown against Duke during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Durham, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. [4], King served as head football coach for two more years but he also served as track, baseball, basketball and athletic director during his tenure at Louisville. Jackson had earned the Heisman Trophy in 2016 for his ground-breaking dual-threat performances, and Cunningham had the opportunity to sit and learn behind the soon-to-be NFL Draft first-rounder during the 2017 season. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. The only variable is time. Those two highly-visible success stories help put a spotlight on Louisville's history of quarterbacks. 1219. Cartersville, Ga., product Tee Webb arrived at Louisville rated as the nation's No. As a true freshman, the three-star signee appeared in 10 games, starting five. He completed 19 of 21 attempts for 232 yards in the team's 32-14 win over Kentucky in 2012. On a recruiting trip to IU, track star Milt Campbell would advise Lyles against IU so Lyles would settle in his hometown university and play for Camp. Camp would only suffer two losing seasons for the rest of his career. [9], A four-year starter for the Cardinals, Lyles totaled 2,786yards on the ground and scored a school-record 42 touchdowns in his storied career, including 18 in 1957 to set a single season record which stood for more than 40years. J. Brohm. [43], The University of Louisville football program created its annual Card March tradition prior to all home football contests to help bring fans out to the stadium earlier and to give the football team added inspiration before the game. Cardinal Stadium was home to the Louisville Raiders football team from 1960 through 1962. List of Louisville Cardinals in the NFL Draft, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Louisville_Cardinals_in_the_NFL_Draft&oldid=1091378747, Lists of National Football League draftees by college football team, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 3 June 2022, at 22:44. For his career, Webb threw for 6,192 yards, 65 TDs, and 15 interceptions. Scott Berman, owner of Sky Cave Retreats, told ESPN's Xuan Thai that the four . Unfortunately for Petrino and the Cardinals, Jackson's presence had masked severe deficiencies with the offensive line, running game and defense. Transferred to Florida State. Beginning in 1914 the Cardinals joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and they would participate in Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). [3], Tom King had the program going in the right direction until he decided to play Detroit for $10,000. He led the team in rushing as a redshirt freshman with 497 yards and five touchdowns. The lone Bluegrass Bowl was held here in 1958. Beginning in 1914 the Cardinals joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and they would participate in Kentucky Intercollegiate . He informed his Louisville players of the decision at halftime of the GMAC Bowl, which ended with a 3815 loss to Marshall. He also threw for 473 yards and a score. Corso would be the last coach until John L. Smith to leave Louisville with a winning record overall. Those weaknesses were exposed in full in 2018 following Jackson's departure for the NFL. It's as simple as that and. Print. 4) Teddy 1. But St. Bonaventure kicked a last-ditch field goal and Louisville lost, 2221. The NFL Draft will occur at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo., from . [22], The next season, Jackson, now the full-time starting quarterback, continued to impress, passing for 30 touchdowns and rushing for 21 more, leading Louisville to a 94 record, highlighted by a 6320 win over then No. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 2023 Football Roster. After two seasons serving as the backup to Drew Brees, including a 5-0 record as a starter last fall, Bridgewater signed with the Carolina Panthers. ** Ranks third, behind Redman and Brian Brohm, on the career passing yards list with 9,817. [42], The University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band is made up of students from UofL and Metroversity students from the Louisville area. Louisville attended a bowl each season from 1998 to 2006, and had a streak of eight seasons with bowl appearances (20102017). Players' Pro Stats. Doeren has already had success with a free agent quarterback following a trusted offensive coordinator to Raleigh. He was potentially the greatest college player of all time by the raw numbers at least there is an argument to be made. Find out more. Were excited about him and hes going to have a bright future, but its going a little fast right now kind of like it did for Evan (Conley) last year.. After exiting the buses, the team will proceed to enter Gate 4 and then head into the stadium. fast forward to 2021 and it's obvious what needs to change at the Quarterback position. [32], Louisville and Kentucky football series was revived in 1994 after the success of the basketball series that restarted in 1983. The former Louisville quarterback's first professional game could be in his home state as well. Petrino went 419 in four seasons as head football coach, the best winning percentage (.82) of any head coach in Louisville football history. Scott Satterfield will take three Louisville players (quarterback Malik Cunningham; linebacker C.J. 4. [15] The high-scoring offense that was seen during John L. Smith's tenure got better under Petrino's guidance. 5. Unitas is Legend And I am extremely proud to call him a Louisville Cardinal. Instead, the Cincinnati, Oh., Winton Woods product would play running back for the Cardinals. As for Lamar, we all know that story. Join our linker program. ** Will Gardner, No. [citation needed] But, he decided against leaving when he was reminded that Indiana shunned him earlier in his career. He threw for a career-best 4,024 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior. In total, he found the end zone more than all but 38 FBS teams this season. This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. as it was he set up brian pretty nicely for the Orange bowl Joe Jacoby (197880) would go on to a very successful NFL career with 3 Super Bowls wins and becoming a 4 time Pro-Bowler for the Washington Redskins. 5) Brohm- I cant decide which one so I am leaving it at that, 1) Lamar [citation needed] But Unitas did not linger long in the bush league. Weve been so blessed with quarterback talent its unreal. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. [citation needed], On December 9, 2009, Charlie Strong was hired as Louisville's 21st head coach. A member of the 2020 recruiting class, the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Webb was part of the early enrollees and participated in the team's shortened spring practice. 2) Johnny U Led UofL with 1,669 yards and 12 touchdowns during 2014 season. CB Sr. 6' 0'' 185 lbs . He was our program's first Heisman. QB So. There had been plenty of talk and some posturing by politicians in . [citation needed], The University of Louisville Ladybirds are 20-time national champions winning its seventh national title in 2008, making back-to-back titles for the squad after the win in 2007. He finished his UofL career with 10,775 passing yards and 71 touchdowns. Nagle cause FSU wipping us as well as other big 80s teams made that losing almost dropping division bitter taste go away as we were finally competitive - Also, Unitas is responsible for the first ever documented 2 minute drill to win "The greatest game ever played" 1958 NFL Championship. [citation needed]. [25] Secondary coach Lorenzo Ward was named interim coach to finish the season, which ended with two more losses. The quarterback accounted for an ACC-record 51 touchdowns on the year and joined fellow Heisman winners Cam Newton and Tim Tebow as only the third player to throw for over 30 scores and run for another 20. 5. Unitas honestly wasnt special at UofL, his legacy is for what he did in the pros. Cincinnati won the first 12 meetings between the two teams, before Louisville won its first game against the Bearcats in 1970. The industry-generated 247Sports Composite rated Teddy Bridgewater as the nation's No. The most enduring legacy Camp left behind was pioneering integration in southern athletics. Considering that football season is just over a month away, we figured now would be a good time to come up with an arbitrary list boasting (what we believe to be) the five greatest Louisville quarterbacks in Louisville history. 9 dual-threat quarterback in the 2015 class. [5], Louisville Athletics took a step back across all sports and in football posted one winning season until World War II. The Louisville Cardinal was a four-year starting quarterback at college and enters the draft as a late-round selection (but he may go undrafted). 5) Browning Nagle. [citation needed], His teams played a coast-to-coast schedule against the top conferences in the nation and produced victories over such teams as Texas (1), Alabama (1), Michigan State (1), North Carolina (1), Virginia (1), North Carolina State (1), West Virginia (1), Boston College (1), Arizona State (2) and Pittsburgh (4). He closed his UofL playing career following a junior campaign that saw him post career-highs in both passing (3,660) and rushing yards (1,601). The Louisville football program had. The stadium was constructed with a capacity of 42,000 in 1998 for $63million. Jay gruden- Huge recruiting coup for howard / lefors/ Jeff Brohm. Your favorite before Teddy spells his name Stefan. He made the team, signing for $7,000. [45] Sometime in the mid 2000s Louisville added a combination of new uniforms including an all black uniform as an alternative. I appreciate your corrections, but I don't respect your smart ass attitude, 1. Jackson, himself an MVP in 2019, already must contend with Cincinnati's Joe Burrow for AFC North supremacy for the foreseeable future. 5. 100 completions). Unitas (I've watched film and he was ahead of his time). Bonnafon inked an undrafted free agent deal with the Carolina Panthers in 2018. He was inducted into the UofL Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979 in its second induction class, and was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. ** His career 157.92 efficiency rating is second highest, trailing only Stefan LeFors. 1. I don't take your crap personally, after all you did the same thing to someone else. Several local schools also played some games in Cardinal Stadium prior to 1998, including the annual St. XavierTrinity rivalry featuring the two major boys Catholic high schools in the city (a game now played at Cardinal Stadium). I'm not going to do the whole list but I Will just put out there my tie for the No. Find out more. Brian Brohm 2. Left on the table was the best player available, a dual-threat quarterback from Louisville, Lamar Jackson (LJ). He finished second on the team, behind Will Gardner, with 864 passing yards and five touchdowns. Schnellenberger initially proposed building the on-campus Cardinal Stadium during his tenure at Louisville and is credited with keeping the project alive. The Louisville Cardinals football team plays its home games at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, renamed from Cardinal Stadium in 2023. Frank Camp revived the Cardinal Program in 1946 after World War II ended. Report this user for behavior that violates our Community Guidelines. Best recruit ever? led the ACC in rushing touchdowns . Louisville's squad was headed by Lenny Lyles, the nation's leading rusher. He was phenomenal at Male and Louisville. On November 28, 2012, it was announced that Louisville would join the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in 2014. ** His single-game completion percentage of 90.5 is best in program history (minimum 15 attempts). Lamar (What's the negative of a transcendent athlete playing QB?) Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Hmm late-80s are the earliest I personally remember QBs at UofL so that's when my list starts. [40], The cheerleading squads are a national powerhouse with the large co-ed squad winning 15 National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate National championships (198586, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 199899, 200305, 200709, 2011), the all girl squad winning 9 championships (199899, 200105, 2009, 2011) and the small co-ed cheerleading squad winning 7 championships (200511). ** His 780 career completions is third highest in program history. [18], Strong's 2013 Cardinals team posted a 121 overall record with a dominating victory over Miami in the Russell Athletic Bowl. . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [34] The rivalry, which spanned over four difference conferences, started in 1948. Despite battling nagging injuries during the 2019 season, Cunningham finished the campaign as one of the best in the ACC. 4. Instead, he played 17 seasons for the Baltimore Colts (1956-1972) and one season for the San Diego Chargers (1973). Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:12AM. 8 Jersey", Louisville Cardinals to retire No. ** His career average of 346.7 yards per game is the highest total in UofL history. On the defensive side of the ball Louisville Legends Frank Minnifield (197982), Otis Wilson (197779) and Dwayne Woodruff (197678) would go on to long NFL careers. Louisville-Kentucky is one of the end of year ACC-SEC rivalries the two conferences puts on. 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