This is a list of American football quarterbacks who have started for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team and the years they participated on the Virginia Tech Hokies football team.
Six Virginia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936. Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft. Besides the NFL, Virginia Tech quarterbacks have also played professionally in the Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, XFL, Indoor Football League, Southern Indoor Football League, and Lone Star Football League.
Three former Virginia Tech quarterbacks went on to be head coaches in Division I-A or professional football. Bruce Arians is the current head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.
(#) | Games started |
*Note: Under NCAA Rules, Virginia Tech does not count statistics from bowl games in the team or individual statistical totals for games prior to the 2002 season.
These quarterbacks have started college football games for the Virginia Tech Hokies. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Hokies.
Season(s) | Quarterback(s) |
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2024 | Kyron Drones (9) / Collin Schlee (2) / Willam "Pop" Watson III (1) |
2023 | Grant Wells (2) / Kyron Drones (12) |
2022 | Grant Wells (11) |
2021 | Braxton Burmeister (12) / Connor Blumrick (1) |
2020 | Braxton Burmeister (5) / Hendon Hooker (6) |
2019 | Ryan Willis (4) / Hendon Hooker (8) / Quincy Patterson (1) |
2018 | Josh Jackson (3) / Ryan Willis (10) |
2017 | Josh Jackson (13) |
2016 | Jerod Evans (14) |
2015 | Michael Brewer (7) / Brenden Motley (6) |
2014 | Michael Brewer (13) |
2013 | Logan Thomas (13) |
2012 | Logan Thomas (13) |
2011 | Logan Thomas (14) |
2010 | Tyrod Taylor (14) |
2009 | Tyrod Taylor (13) |
2008 | Sean Glennon (4) / Tyrod Taylor (10) |
2007 | Sean Glennon (9) / Tyrod Taylor (5) |
2006 | Sean Glennon (13) |
2005 | Marcus Vick (13) |
2004 | Bryan Randall (13) |
2003 | Bryan Randall (13) |
2002 | Grant Noel (2) / Bryan Randall (12) |
2001 | Grant Noel (11) |
2000 | Michael Vick (9) / Dave Meyer (2) |
1999 | Michael Vick (10) / Dave Meyer (1) |
1998 | Al Clark (7) / Dave Meyer (1) / Nick Sorensen (3) |
1997 | Al Clark (10) / Nick Sorensen (1) |
1996 | Jim Druckenmiller (11) |
1995 | Jim Druckenmiller (11) |
1994 | Maurice DeShazo (11) |
1993 | Maurice DeShazo (11) |
1992 | Maurice DeShazo (10) / Treg Koel (1) |
1991 | Will Furrer (9) / Rodd Wooten (2) |
1990 | Will Furrer (10) / Rodd Wooten (1) |
1989 | Will Furrer (4) / Cam Young (5) / Rodd Wooten (1) |
1988 | Will Furrer (10) / Cam Young (1) |
1987 | Erik Chapman (11) |
1986 | Erik Chapman (11) |
1985 | Mark Cox (4) / Todd Greenwood (7) |
1984 | Mark Cox / Todd Greenwood |
1983 | Mark Cox (11) |
1982 | Todd Greenwood (8) / Mark Cox (3) |
1981 | Steve Casey (10) / Jeff Bolton (1) |
1980 | Steve Casey (12) |
1979 | Steve Casey (11) |
1978 | Steve Casey / David Lamie |
1977 | David Lamie (11) |
1976 | Mitcheal Barnes (11) |
1975 | Phil Rogers (11) |
1974 | Bruce Arians (11) |
1973 | Rick Popp / Eddie Joyce |
1972 | Don Strock (11) |
1971 | Don Strock (11) |
1970 | Gil Schwabe |
1969 | Bob German / Al Kincaid |
1968 | Al Kincaid (11) |
1967 | Al Kincaid (10) |
1966 | Tommy Stafford (11) |
1965 | Bobby Owens (10) |
1964 | Bob Schweickert (10) |
1963 | Bob Schweickert (10) |
1962 | Pete Cartwright (4) / Bob Schweickert (6) |
1961 | Warren Price (9) |
1960 | Warren Price |
1959 | Frank Eastman |
1958 | Billy Holsclaw (10) |
1957 | Jimmy Lugar / Billy Cranwell |
1956 | Jimmy Lugar (10) |
1955 | Billy Cranwell |
1954 | Billy Cranwell |
1953 | Johnny Dean / Jackie Williams |
1952 | Johnny Dean (11) |
1951 | Johnny Dean (8) / Jackie Williams (2) |
1950 | Bruce Fisher |
1949 | Bruce Fisher |
1948 | Bruce Fisher |
1947 | Ted Johnson |
1946 | Ted Johnson |
1945 | Stan Majcher |
1942 | Roger McClure |
1941 | Dick Kern (9) / Bill James (1) |
1940 | Dick Kern / Gene Wheeler [1] |
1939 | Dick Kern / Ward Boswell [2] |
1938 | Philip Galliano DeMuro [3] / James Stuart Fixx [4] [5] |
1937 | Melvin Henry [6] |
1936 | Melvin Henry / Wilson Brown [7] |
1935 | Melvin Henry [8] / Buck Carpenter [9] / George Sodaro [10] |
1934 | George Smith (7) / Duncan Holsclaw (3) |
1933 | Charles Morgan (9) / Duncan Holsclaw (1) |
1932 | Charles Morgan (9) |
1931 | Heinie Groth (5) / Samuel Hardwick (1) / Harry Howard (1) / Waightes Ottley (1) / Bill Porterfield (1) |
1930 | Bird Hooper (8) / Samuel Hardwick (1) |
1929 | Bird Hooper [11] [12] |
1928 | Scotty MacArthur [11] / Bird Hooper [13] [14] |
1927 | Scotty MacArthur [11] / Herbert McEver [15] |
1926 | Scotty MacArthur [11] [16] / Herbert McEver [17] |
1925 | George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson [18] |
1924 | Arthur Roberts Jr. [19] |
1923 | Arthur Roberts Jr. [20] / Harry Sutton [21] [22] |
1922 | John G. ”Rip” Wallace [23] [24] |
1921 | John G. ”Rip” Wallace [11] |
1920 | William Lybrook [25] [26] |
1919 | George Douglas Lancaster [27] / Hank Crisp [27] |
1918 | Hank Crisp (3) / Wesley Bonney (2) / William Hurst (1) / Siegel (1) |
1917 | Edwin Roden (6) / William Lybrook (2) [28] [29] / Eugene Bock (1) |
1916 | Edwin Roden (5) [30] [31] / George Lancaster (3) / Edward Funkhouser (1) [32] [33] |
1915 | Arthur Terry (4) [34] [35] / Vincent Dixon (2) / Edward Funkhouser (2) |
1914 | Millard Filmore Peake [36] / Arthur Terry [37] |
1913 | Millard Filmore Peake [38] / Vincent Dixon [38] |
1912 | James Booth Rogers (5) / W. R. Legge (3) / Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson (1) |
1911 | Harry Briggs Vaughan [39] [40] / Charles A. Bernier [40] [41] [42] |
1910 | John Lepburn Hughes [43] |
1909 | John Lepburn Hughes (7) |
1908 | Frederick William Connolly [44] [45] [46] |
1907 | Edgar Seymour Sheppard [47] |
1906 | William Triplett Montague [48] / Eugene Munson Wilson [49] |
1905 | James Arthur Nutter [50] [51] [52] / Edwin Rollins Harris [52] |
1904 | Edwin Rollins Harris [53] |
1903 | Charles Edgar Bear [54] |
1902 | Charles Edgar Bear (3) / Joe Ware (2) / Creighton Campbell (1) |
1901 | Kit DeCamps |
1900 | Kit DeCamps [55] [56] |
1899 | Kit DeCamps |
1898 | William Frazier Bell [57] |
1897 | William Frazier Bell [58] [59] |
1896 | Tarpley Douglas Martin [57] [60] [61] [62] |
1895 | Tarpley Douglas Martin [57] [63] |
1894 | Joseph Massie [57] [64] |
1893 | John William Robinson (1) / Sid Fraser (1) |
1892 | Clinton Wakefield Courtland [57] [65] |
These quarterbacks have started for the Hokies in regular season games (from start of 1987 season until the end of 2017 season).
Name | |
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GP | Games played |
GS | Games started |
W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
Pct | Winning Percentage as starting quarterback |
Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
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Taylor, Tyrod | 2007–2010 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 0 | .809 |
Randall, Bryan | 2001–2004 | 48 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | .710 |
Thomas, Logan | 2010–2013 | 45 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 0 | .650 |
DeShazo, Maurice | 1991–1994 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 1 | .558 |
Glennon, Sean | 2004–2008 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .692 |
Druckenmiller, Jim | 1993–1996 | 35 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .833 |
Furrer, Will | 1988–1991 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 1 | .454 |
Clark, Al | 1995–1998 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .631 |
Vick, Michael | 1999–2000 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .952 |
Vick, Marcus | 2003, 2005 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 |
Brewer, Michael | 2014–2015 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 |
Motley, Brenden | 2014–2016 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 |
Noel, Grant | 1999–2002 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 |
Wooten, Rodd | 1989–1991 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
Young, Cam | 1988–1989 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .428 |
Jackson, Josh | 2017–2018 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .687 |
Meyer, Dave | 1997–2000 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Evans, Jerod | 2016 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 |
Willis, Ryan | 2018–2019 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
Chapman, Erik | 1987 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .181 |
Sorensen, Nick | 1997–1998 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
Koel, Treg | 1992 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
(from Starting QB's at start of 1987 season until end of 2017 season)
Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
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Thomas, Logan | 693 | 1,248 | 55.5% | 9,003 | 53 | 39 |
Taylor, Tyrod | 495 | 865 | 57.2% | 7,017 | 44 | 20 |
Randall, Bryan | 490 | 833 | 58.8% | 6,508 | 48 | 31 |
Furrer, Will | 495 | 920 | 53.7% | 5,906 | 43 | 46 |
DeShazo, Maurice | 397 | 744 | 53.3% | 5,720 | 47 | 31 |
Glennon, Sean | 386 | 656 | 58.8% | 4,867 | 28 | 21 |
Brewer, Michael | 388 | 657 | 59.0% | 4,395 | 31 | 22 |
Druckenmiller, Jim | 313 | 580 | 53.9% | 4,383 | 34 | 18 |
Jackson, Josh | 272 | 454 | 59.9% | 3,566 | 25 | 10 |
Evans, Jerod | 268 | 422 | 63.5% | 3,546 | 29 | 8 |
Vick, Michael | 177 | 314 | 56.3% | 3,074 | 20 | 11 |
Vick, Marcus | 207 | 346 | 59.8% | 2,868 | 19 | 15 |
Willis, Ryan | 213 | 364 | 58.5% | 2,714 | 24 | 9 |
Clark, Al | 193 | 361 | 53.4% | 2,623 | 19 | 9 |
Noel, Grant | 158 | 284 | 55.6% | 1,971 | 18 | 11 |
Chapman, Erik | 119 | 231 | 51.5% | 1,340 | 10 | 14 |
Motley, Brenden | 102 | 187 | 54.5% | 1,253 | 12 | 7 |
Wooten, Rodd | 74 | 137 | 54.0% | 903 | 3 | 9 |
Meyer, Dave | 60 | 113 | 53.0% | 890 | 3 | 6 |
Young, Cam | 82 | 174 | 47.1% | 716 | 1 | 7 |
Sorensen, Nick | 42 | 80 | 52.5% | 446 | 4 | 9 |
Koel, Treg | 24 | 60 | 40.0% | 346 | 2 | 5 |
The 1918 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now known as Virginia Tech, in the 1918 college football season. The 1918 team went 7–0 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship. It is the only team in school history that finished the season with a perfect record.
The 1900 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1900 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Eugene Davis and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–3–1).
The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1913 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1).
The 1914 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1914 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1).
The 1915 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1915 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4).
The 1963 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute—now known as Virginia Tech—as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the SoCon title. It was the program's only conference championship during its time as a member of the SoCon, which ran from 1922 to 1964.
The 1917 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1917 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1).
The 1967 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–3. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1946 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the Gobblers compiled a 3–4–3 record, lost to Cincinnati in the 1947 Sun Bowl, and were outscored by a total of 149 to 102.
The 1948 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1948 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins, eight losses and one tie (0–8–1).
The 1950 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1950 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob McNeish and finished with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10).
The 1968 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–4 and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1957 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1957 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1958 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1958 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1955 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1955 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 2–1–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1954 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now known as Virginia Tech, in the 1954 college football season. The team, coached by Frank Moseley, had an 8–0-1 record. The team was ranked 16th in the final Associated Press poll. Three major college football teams had perfect records in 1954, but the Gobblers only prevailed over one team with a winning record, fellow Southern Conference member Richmond, which was 5–4.
The 1953 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1962 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1960 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1960 college football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The 1951 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1951 college football season. The team was led by their first-year head coach Frank Moseley and finished with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8).