Byron Leftwich

Byron Anton Leftwich

Position: QB
Height: 6-5    Weight: 245 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: January 14, 1980 in Washington, DC
College: Marshall   (school history)    (Leftwich college stats)
Drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 33 (2996th overall since 1950)

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• 5/1 Steel Curtain Rising: Landry Jones Arrival in Pittsburgh All But Signals Charlie Batch's Exist: The Steelers surprised (and displeased) the pundits by drafting quarterback Landry Jones in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.Beyond...

• 4/25 EDSFootball: Report: Chiefs will select CMU's Eric Fisher: This year's draft may lack the appeal of having a franchise quarterback at the top of the draft like last year with both Andrew...
• 4/23 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 21, 2003: ”You are seeing more and more success stories with veteran quarterbacks who failed at one place and move on to another place,...
• 4/22 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 20, 2003: Strength of early picks in question Next weekend’s draft marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest drafts of all...
• 4/18 Steel Curtain Rising: Hidden Costs of Resigning Emmanuel Sanders: Batch and Legursky Could Ben Done in Pittsburgh: After almost a month of intrigue, confusion, and debate, Steelers Nation now knows that Emmanuel Sanders will remain a Pittsburgh...
• 4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
• 4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...
• 4/12 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 12, 2003: Logic says cornerback or linebacker for the Rams at No. 12 overall. Then again, when the head coach tells several reporters at...
• 4/11 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 11, 2003: So here’s Round One of the mock drafts: Pick; Team; Player; Position; School 1.Cincinnati Carson Palmer QB Southern Cal...
• 4/11 The Pewter Plank: 2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ NFL Draft Review: Where Are They Now?: The 2008 draft marks the last time the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were selecting from a playoff position in the draft. Tampa Bay was...
• 4/1 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of March 30, 2003: The Carolina Panthers already have bagged a stud running back, a quarterback with potential, a couple of quality wide receivers,...

• 3/21 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers 2008 Draft Class Now Officially a Wash: There’s a peculiarity in the methodology of those who do “serious” NFL Draft evaluation and it lies in basing a drafting...
• 3/14 Steel Curtain Rising: Steeles Sign Gradowski, Warren - Lose Mendenhall: The Pittsburgh Steeles signed their first unrestricted free agent yesterday when they came to terms with   Bruce Gradowksi...
• 3/12 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers 2013 Free Agent Tracker: NFL Free Agency starts at 4:00 pm Eastern Time today. The Steelers have an inordinate number of free agents and they began the...
• 3/11 Steel Curtain Rising: Charlie Batch Likely to Get Final Encore with Steelers: Charlie Batch came to the Steelers as a cap casualty in late in the 2002 off season. Detroit had decided they no longer needed...
• 3/10 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Likely to Part Ways with Byron Leftwich: Mike Tomlin likes Byron Leftwich. It is easy to see why. Sure, Leftwich is immobile and has an irregular release.But he’s got...
• 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

• 2/28 FootballPerspective.com: Update: Miss on a first round QB, get fired: In October, I examined the data supporting the intuitive notion that when an organization misses on a first round quarterback,...
• 2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats: Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for...
• 2/14 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers 2013 Free Agent Focus: Kevin Colbert Signals Change: "There’s a storm coming Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches…."That was the seminal line from Dark...

• 1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
• 1/18 FootballPerspective.com: Previewing the AFC Championship Game: Baltimore at New England: According to the SRS, this is as lopsided as championship games get. The Patriots are 12.8 points better than average while the...
• 1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

• 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Week 17 Inactives: The Pittsburgh Steelers have declared DL Alameda Ta'amu, QB Byron Leftwich, CB Curtis Brown, WR David Gilreath, CB Justin King,...[+] DL Loni Fangupo, LB Marshall McFadden inactive for Week 17.
• 12/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Los Bengales Triumfan Contra Los Steelers: Antes que nada quiero disculparme por mi ausencia de la semana pasada. Es que cuestiones de enfermedad familiar ocuparon mi tiempo...
• 12/23 Stripe Hype: Bengals @ Steelers Inactives: Kyle Cook Starts at Center:     Bengals inactives TE Richard Quinn, DT Brandon Thompson, DT Devon Still, CB Dre Kirkpatrick, K Mike Nugent, RB...
• 12/20 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Quarterback Yards Above Bench (QBYAB): After posting about SRS-style quarterback ratings on Monday, I was thinking about other things we can do with game-by-game data...
• 12/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: SRS-Style Quarterback Ratings: Here’s a quick set of quarterback ratings I was messing around with, based on Doug’s Simple Rating System. The basic...
• 12/14 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 14, 2002: Brett Favre has been dropping hints for months now, suggesting that his retirement from the Green Bay Packers is much closer than...
• 12/11 FootballPerspective.com: Matt Schaub’s Primtime Problem Is In the Eye of the Beholder: You’re probably hearing a lot right now about how Matt Schaub is not a primetime player — literally. Schaub and the...
• 12/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich questionablePittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) did not practice Friday, Dec. 7, and is questionable for Week 14....[+] Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) did not practice Friday, Dec. 7, and is questionable for Week 14.
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Three fully practice : Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs), FB Will Johnson (concussion) and WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs) fully participated...[+] in practice Wednesday, Dec. 5.
• 12/2 Throw the Challenge Flag: Week Thirteen: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens Preview: Two weeks ago, the overall feeling among Pittsburgh Steelers fans was that their team had no chance with Byron Leftwich starting...

• 11/30 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 12 Preview - @ Baltimore Ravens: Nothing like playing your biggest rival in the division twice in a three week span. I am not really sure what the schedulers were...
• 11/30 NFL Jerks: Breaking Injury News: Ben Roethlisberger Out Sunday vs. Ravens: As if the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t have enough problems to deal with, they now have one more to worry about as well. According...
• 11/25 Steel Curtain Rising: Tomlin's Mistake on Leftwich Injury Costs Steelers Ravens Game: Steel Curtain Rising’s Steelers-Ravens pregame insight was that this contest would test both:the Steelers time-honored commitment...
• 11/23 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: A different starting quarterback in three straight games: Ben Roethlisberger started the first nine games of the season, but things are getting ugly quickly in Pittsburgh. After suffering...
• 11/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Four out: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder), WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs), OT Marcus Gilbert (ankle) and QB Byron Leftwich...[+] (ribs) didn't practice all week and are out for Week 12.
• 11/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Five miss practice : Pittsburgh Steelers WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs), QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder, rib), OT Marcus Gilbert (ankle), QB Byron Leftwich...[+] (ribs) and SS Troy Polamalu (calf) did not practice Thursday, Nov. 22, and will not play in Week 12.
• 11/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Five miss practice: Pittsburgh Steelers WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs), OT Marcus Gilbert (ankle), DE Ziggy Hood (back), QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) and...[+] S Troy Polamalu (calf) did not practice Wednesday, Nov. 21.
• 11/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich suffered injury early : Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) said he injured his ribs in the first quarter of the team's Week 11 game, but stayed...[+] in the game because the injury did not affect his throwing.
• 11/20 Steel Curtain Rising: Los Steelers Entregardon el AFC North a Baltimore: Ravens 13 - Steelers 10Los Steelers entregaron el liderazgo de la AFC NorthLos Pittsburgh Steelers con la ausencia de su mariscal...
• 11/20 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Report Card vs. Ravens @ Heinz Field: Taken from the grade book of a teacher who sees a pupil with a performance arch that is startingly familiar to the one he saw...
• 11/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Two ruled out: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) and WR Jerricho Cotchery (ribs) are ruled out for Week 12, but head coach Mike Tomlin...[+] doesn't think either player will miss the rest of the season.
• 11/19 Steel Curtain Rising: Tomlin's Mistake on Leftwich Injury Costs Steelers Ravens Game: Steel Curtain Rising’s Steelers-Ravens pregame insight was that this contest would test both:the Steelers time-honored commitment...
• 11/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich injury update: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (ribs) fractured two ribs in the Steelers Week 11 game and is unlikely to play in Week 12....[+]
• 11/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich could miss some time : The Pittsburgh Steelers fear QB Byron Leftwich (rib, shoulder) will be out for a while with injuries suffered in Week 11. QB...[+] Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder, rib) is doubtful for Week 12, so the team is expected to work out quarterbacks this week.
• 11/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 10 Recap - Ravens 13, Steelers 10: For a better part of the game last night you just had the feeling that the Steelers were eventually going to pull the game out....
• 11/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich injury update : Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (shoulder, rib) suffered shoulder and rib injuries in Week 11. 'He sustained some hits,...[+] but that’s football, particularly when you’re talking about this matchup,' head coach Mike Tomlin said. 'He did a nice job of communicating where he was.' Some of Leftwich’s teammates recalled that he kept telling everyone he was fine, and Leftwich himself repeated 'I’m OK' four times to reporters after the game.
• 11/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich gets medical attention in win: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (rib) was tended to by the medical staff on the sidelined in the fourth quarter of the Week...[+] 11 game against the Baltimore Ravens. He was able to finish the game, ending up completing 18 of his 39 passes for 201 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. He did account for the team's only touchdown when he scored on a 31-yard scamper in the first quarter.
• 11/18 Stripe Hype: Steeelers vs. Ravens has Huge Implications for Bengals:     The fate of the AFC North and the Bengals’ playoff hopes may be decided tonight in Pittsburgh when the Baltimore...
• 11/18 Throw the Challenge Flag: Week Eleven: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens Preview: Old and slow. The Pittsburgh Steelers defense. At least that's what we were told through the first handful of weeks of...
• 11/17 Steel Curtain Rising: Ravens to Test Steelers Philosophy on Quarterbacks, Injuries: There are many differences between Mike Tomlin and Bill Cowher, just as there are many differences between Kevin Colbert and Tom...
• 11/17 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Report Card vs. Chiefs @ Heinz Field: Taken from the grade book of a teacher who is once again late with his grades on the Steelers because he was, in fact, grading...
• 11/16 Steel Curtain Rising: Resume de los Steelers Contra los Chiefs: El Monday Night Football fue para los SteelersEn el juego de lunes por la noche de la 10º semana de la temporada 2012, los Pittsburgh...
• 11/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Offense will have subtle changes : Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said the offense will have subtle changes with QB Byron Leftwich starting Week 11....[+] Offensive coordinator Todd Haley said the offense will adapt to Leftwich's strengths.
• 11/14 Blogcritics Sports: RJ's NFL Picks, 2012 Edition: Week Eleven: I went 8-6 straight up last week, and 6-8 against the spread. For the season, that puts me at 92-54 straight up and 66-75-5 against...
• 11/14 Stripe Hype: Ben Roethlisberger may Miss Next Six Weeks, Potentially Longer:   UPDATE  The latest news out of Pittsburgh is that Roethlisberger’s season is in jeopardy as a result of the dislocation...
• 11/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Is Byron Leftwich a good fit?: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich does not appear to be a good fit for offensive coordinator Todd Haley's scheme. The system...[+] relies on short and quick passes, while Leftwich is someone who doesn't get rid of the ball quickly. The team is confident, however, that the offense won't have to change with Leftwich starting.
• 11/14 Stripe Hype: Ben Roethlisberger’s Injury will Decide AFC North & NFL Playoff Landscape:     The fate of the AFC North may be decided Sunday night in Pittsburgh when the Baltimore Raven head to the steel...
• 11/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger officially ruled out : Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder, ribs) is out for Week 11 and QB Byron Leftwich will get the start. The team...[+] is not taking any chances with Roethlisberger, deciding to sit him.
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | More on Ben Roethlisberger: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder) is dealing with a sternoclavicular sprain in his shoulder, which is an uncommon...[+] and painful injury. It's the same injury that forced former QB Brett Favre to end his streak of 297 straight games played. A sternoclavicular sprain involves ligament damage to the joint connecting the breastbone and collarbone, and normal recovery time is typically three weeks to multiple months. Head coach Mike Tomlin said QB Byron Leftwich will receive the majority of snaps in practice this week and is expected to start against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 11.
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger will miss time for birth of son: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger said he will leave the team to be with his wife when the couples' first child is born....[+] There is a chance his son could be born Nov. 18 or Nov. 25 when the team plays the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns, respectively. QB Byron Leftwich will start in his place if Roethlisberger has to miss a game.
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger unlikely to play this week: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder) is unlikely to be ready to play against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 11,...[+] meaning QB Byron Leftwich will get the start.
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich fills in during OT win: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich entered the Week 10 game Monday, Nov. 12, against the Kansas City Chiefs for the injured...[+] QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder). Leftwich completed seven of his 14 pass attempts for 73 yards, leading his team to a go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter.
• 11/13 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Defeat Chiefs on MNF, But Ben Roethlisberger Injured...: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs tonight on Monday Night Football to earn their 4th consecutive win.To...
• 11/13 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 9 Recap - Steelers 16, Chiefs 13 (OT): To say this was a brutal game to watch would be giving it some credit. The Steelers played some really bad football but lucky...
• 11/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger leaves stadium: Updating a previous report, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder) left Heinz Field in the second half of the Week...[+] 10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs to have his injured right shoulder further evaluated. QB Byron Leftwich replaced him under center.

• 10/19 FootballPerspective.com: Want to get fired? Spend a first round pick on a quarterback: In yesterday’s post, I argued that teams were overly hesitant to move on from bad investments. There’s a reason for...
• 10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert?: One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert...
• 10/5 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 5, 2002: So how is it that in less than a week, one athletic quarterback with questionable accuracy can become the richest player in NFL history...
• 10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

• 9/26 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 3: This week’s Fifth Down post looks at the surprising 3-0 Cardinals. Did you know that Arizona has been an underdog in each...
• 9/25 FootballPerspective.com: Mike Tomlin makes aggressive, unconventional call, converts, no one cares: If you weren’t watching the Steelers-Raiders game, you probably didn’t hear about Mike Tomlin’s gutsy call late...
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Four players probable for Week 3: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (illness), WR Emmanuel Sanders (knee), TE Heath Miller (ribs) and OT Marcus Gilbert (groin)...[+] fully participated in practice Friday, Sept. 21, and are listed as probable for Week 3.
• 9/21 Throw the Challenge Flag: 2012 Pittsburgh Steelers Preview: Another season of Pittsburgh Steelers football is upon us and it has a different feel to it than it usually does. The Pittsburgh...
• 9/3 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pittsburgh Steelers 2012 Roster: “Only the Best 53 Will Make the Team.”Every NFL coach says that. It’s required of them. The twist is that some coaches actually...

• 8/26 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Beat Bills, David DeCastro Injured, ACL Tear Feared: The Pittsburgh Steelers improved their preseason record to 2-1 tonight with a victory in Orchard Park over the Buffalo Bills,...
• 8/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Charlie Batch will be No. 2 QB in preseason game: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Charlie Batch will replace QB Ben Roethlisberger in the second preseason game Saturday, Aug. 19, after...[+] sitting out the first preseason game. QB Byron Leftwich will sit out the game after playing in the first preseason game.
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich listed as No. 2 QB: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich is listed as the No. 2 quarterback over QB Charlie Batch on the first depth chart of the...[+] preseason.

• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich agrees to terms: The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms with free-agent QB Byron Leftwich (Steelers). Terms of the contract were not disclosed....[+]
• 4/26 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Resign Charlie Batch: In the 1980’s the middle of the Washington Redskins defense was anc**** by a player named Neal Olkewicz. Olkewicz, an undrafted...

• 3/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Three FAs could return: The Pittsburgh Steelers are interested in re-signing QBs Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch as well as RB Mewelde Moore this offseason....[+]

• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Byron Leftwich, Charlie Batch could return: Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said there is a chance the team re-signs impending free-agent QBs Byron Leftwich...[+] and Charlie Batch this offseason.

• 1/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Expected to re-sign Byron LeftwichThe Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to re-sign impending free-agent QB Byron Leftwich at some point this offseason....[+] The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to re-sign impending free-agent QB Byron Leftwich at some point this offseason.

• 8/10 TampaSportsGuy: Bucs Should Consider Lofa Tatupu: According to Adam Schefter on twitter, the Seattle Seahawks and Lofa Tatupu have “decided to mutually part ways”....
• 8/10 Steelers Chronicle: Pittsburgh Steelers Offense: The Backups: In the NFL today, having depth is absolutely key to making a run deep into the playoffs, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are no strangers...

• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Steelers | Want to return all four QBs: Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he would like to bring back all four of his quarterbacks – QB Ben Roethlisberger,...[+] QB Byron Leftwich, QB Charlie Batch and QB Dennis Dixon – to camp, according to CBSSports.com.

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