Historical past is being made to start out the 2024-25 NFL season. A league document 15 Black quarterbacks shall be beginning Week 1.
The earlier mark was set final season when 14 began beneath heart. In 1923, Fritz Pollard was credited because the NFL’s first Black beginning quarterback. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005.
The place was later popularized by gamers akin to Warren Moon, Randall Cunningham, Doug Williams and Reggie Collier within the Eighties.
These are the record-setting quarterbacks and their groups for Week 1:
Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals; Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens; Bryce Younger, Carolina Panthers; Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears; Deshaun Watson, Cleveland Browns; Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys; Jordan Love, Inexperienced Bay Packers; C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans; Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts; Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs; Jacoby Brissett, New England Patriots; Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles; Justin Fields, Pittsburgh Steelers; Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks; Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
On this fashionable period, star quarterbacks like Mahomes, Hurts and Jackson dominate the league.
Newcomers like Daniels, Younger and Stroud are creating quickly on their very own.
Week 1’s historic second comes coincidentally because the league and Amazon launched a trailer for the documentary “Evolution of the Black Quarterback ” on Sept. 2, with the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame approving on X on Sept. 3.