Eagles quarterbacks last 10 years include Jalen Hurts, Carson Wentz, Sam Bradford, Nick Foles, Michael Vick, Jeff Gracia, and Vince Young.
Philadelphia Eagles was ranked number one in the ESPN 2023 NFL Future Power Ranking and was listed second in the preseason ranking.
The head coach Nick Sirianni has loaded the team’s roster with young talents and is among the strong contenders to win the Super Bowl this season.
Their overall roster without the inclusion of QBs has been positioned at the top of the National Football League teams. The Eagles was founded in 1933 and Bert Bell was the initial owner of the squad.
Since its inception, the team has played in 29 playoff games and has won three League Championship games before the merger of the NFL in 1948, 1949, and 1960.
The squad has reached to Super Bowl four times and has won only one which was the Super Bowl LII at the end of the 2017 season played against the New England Patriots. The final score was 41-33.
Michael Vick – 2009 to 2013
Vick signed a one-year contract worth $1.6 million with the Eagles on 13 August 2009. The player then participated in team practices and meetings.
Michael also got to play in the last two games of the preseason. He was finally activated in the 53-men roster as a backup to McNabb and was eligible to play from the third week of the regular season.
That season he was awarded the Ed Block Courage Award in December. Again in 2010, he was reassigned as the backup to Kevin Kolb. After Kolb suffered a concussion, Michael led the QB role for the first time as a starter on 21 September and led the team towards a 28-3 win over the Jaguars.
On 29 August of the same year, he signed a six-year contract with the team worth $100 million. Vick officially set on the role of starting QB from 2011 only. He led the team until 2013 when he ran into hamstring and quadriceps injuries.
The player’s stats for the team read 9,984 passing yards, 57 touchdowns, and 33 interceptions in his five seasons appearing in 54 games. He also went for 1,996 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. The QB also had 100 sacks and 29 fumbles.
He went on to play for the Jets and the Steelers in the upcoming seasons. The NFL Comeback Player of the Year was born on 26 June 1980 in Newport News, Virginia, and went to attend Homer L. Ferguson High School.
The QB played his college football at Virginia Tech passing for a total of 3,279 yards with 21 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He was also the first quarterback in the League to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season.
Nick Foles – 2012 to 2014
Foles started his professional NFL career with the Philadelphia Eagles when the team selected him in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
He was the 88th overall pick and signed a four-year deal with the squad on 21 May 2012. The player made his NFL debut in week 9 of the 2012 season in the Monday Night Football against the New Orleans Saints as a starting QB.
In December it was made public that Foles would start the rest of the season. His first win as a starter came on 9 December when the team got a 23-21 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The same month he broke his hand while playing against the Redskins and was placed on the IR list.
Over the 2013 season Foles, Matt Barkley, and Vick kept switching in the starting roles. The sportsman started the role entirely in the 2014 season. He left the team to play for the St. Louis Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
The QB again returned to the Eagles and became the Super Bowl LII MVP in 2017. The player stayed with the team till 2018 and left for the Jaguars.
The exceptional player passed for 8,703 yards, 58 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions combining the first and second stints both. His achievements on the rushing side included 351 rushing yards and four TDs. The quarterback also had 71 sacks and 26 fumbles when with the team.
Sam Bradford – 2015
Bradford was traded to the Eagles in exchange for Nick Foles on 10 March 2015. He made his debut for the team in the season opener game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Though the team lost the game by 26-24 score, Bradford completed 36 passes out of 52 for a single touchdown and two interceptions. The player signed a two-year $36 million contract extension with the squad but was traded to the Cleveland Browns.
With the Eagles, the QB passed for 3,725 yards and scored 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. He also went for 28 sacks and 10 fumbles. After playing for the team he went to associate with the Minnesota Vikings in 2016.
Before joining the Philadelphia Eagles, he played for the St. Louis Rams. Sam was born on 8 November 1987 in Oklahoma City and attended Putnam City North High School.
After receiving an athletic scholarship from the University of Oklahoma he played his college football for head coach Bob Stoops. He was there for four years playing three seasons of college football.
He was redshirted at the beginning of 2006. In his collegiate career, he passed for 8,403 yards and had 88 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.
Carson Wentz – 2016 to 2020
Wentz was selected by the Eagles in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft to fulfill the starting quarterback role in the team. He was the 2nd overall pick.
The team had to do hard labor to move themselves up in the draft in order to put their hands on Carson. They traded 3 of the top 100 picks, one first-round pick, and a second-round pick in 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively.
The player signed a four-year deal with the team and suffered a rib injury in the preseason game but returned healthy at the beginning of the regular season.
Wentz was the starting QB in the team’s season opener match against the Cleveland Browns. The team got a 29-10 victory and Carson threw for 278 passing yards.
Carson continued in the starting role for a total of five seasons until Week 13 of the 2020 season. The QB threw for a total of 16,811 passing yards, 113 touchdowns, and 50 interceptions while playing for the team.
Among the total passing yards, 4,039 during the 2019 season was his career highest. He also rushed for 1,061 yards and had 8 rushing touchdowns. The sacks during the five seasons count up to 179.
Jalen Hurts – 2020 to Present
Hurts started as the Eagles Quarterback in the Week 13 game against the Packers in the 2020 season. On 8 December of the same year, he was named the starting QB.
He was selected by the team in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft and relieved Wentz making his debut in the starting role. The QB is still leading the team in the same position.
The player has marked his fourth season appearance after the Week 1 game against the Patriots in this 2023 season. The Eagles scored a 25-20 victory over the Patriots.
His regular season stats until the end of the 2022 season have been recorded as 7,906 passing yards, 44 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions. In the past three seasons, the QB has rushed for 1,898 yards and 26 rushing touchdowns along with 77 sacks and 27 fumbles.
Hurts was born on 7 August 1997 in Texas and attended Channelview High School in Channelview. He spent the first three years of his college football at Alabama playing for the Crimson Tide and went to Oklahoma Sooner for the final year.
His collegiate football gave him 9,477 passing yards with 80 touchdowns and 20 interceptions accumulated from 56 games played in total. The player also rushed for 3,274 yards and had 43 rushing touchdowns.
Backup Quarterback For Philadelphia Eagles Over The Years
Philadelphia Eagles backup QB includes Koy Detmer, Mike McMahon, Jeff Gracia, Vince Young, Nick Foles, Mark Sanchez, and Gardner Minshew.
Foles served in the backup role to Michael Vick for two seasons and later started in the position in the 2014 season. He went to the Rams in 2015 but got back in the Eagles in 2017 and became back up to Carson Wentz until 2018.
Similarly, Sanchez was signed by the team in 2014 where he stayed on the backup list to Nick Foles and again continued his role in 2015 as well, this time backing up Sam Bradford. In the 2016 season, he went to join the Broncos.
Gardner Minshew previously played for the Jaguars in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Eagles got him in exchange in the 2021 season. His role was limited to backing up Jalen Hurts for 2021 as well as the 2022 season. The player did start in the position in week 13 against the Jets.
The QB again started in the week 15 game against the Chicago Bears, the Eagles’ Christmas Eve game against the Cowboys, and against the Saints in the 2022 season.
Minshew signed with the Indianapolis Colts a one-year deal worth $3.5 million on 17 March 2023.
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterbacks History
Best Eagles quarterbacks cover Donovan McNabb, Randall Cunningham, Ron Jaworski, Tommy Thompson, Norm Van Brocklin, and Nick Foles.
McNabb came to the team in 1999 as a backup to Doug Pederson. He started in the role in the 2000 season and continued for 11 coming years till 2009. The Philadelphia Icon was traded to Washington in 2010 and ended his NFL career playing for the Vikings.
Similarly, Cunnigham was associated with the team from 1985 to 1995. He was also a backup for his first two years then started in the position in 1987 till 1990. He was again moved to the backup list in 1991, ’93, and ’95 and served as a starter for other seasons.
Jaworski was traded to the Eagles from the Rams in 1977. The player stayed in the starting QB role for his entire Philadelphia career i.e. until 1986.
Likewise, Thompson came to the team in 1941 and stayed on the team till 1950. His years as a starting QB in the team were 1942, 1947, 1949, and 1950. Brocklin served in the team from 1958 to 1960, all in the starting role.
Red Kirkman was the first starting quarterback for the franchise when it was incepted in 1933. He played in the starting role for the first two seasons and served as a backup to Stumpy Thompson in 1935.
Eagles Super Bowl quarterback
- Ron Jaworski – Super Bowl XV
- Donovan McNabb – Super Bowl XXXIX
- Nick Foles – Super Bowl LII (The team won this on 4 February 2014 when Foles was named Super Bowl MVP)
- Jalen Hurts – Super Bowl LVII
List of Philadelphia Eagles Quarterbacks For The 2023 Season
Philadelphia Eagles QB depth chart consists of Jalen Hurts in the starting position, Marcus Mariota as No. 2, and Tanner McKee as No. 3.
Mariota has been in the League since 2015 when the Titans drafted him in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. After playing for four seasons with the team, he went on to join the Las Vegas Raiders and the Atlanta Falcons.
The Eagles signed him for a year-long $5 million deal on 20 March 2023. The QB has yet to play for the team.
According to his past regular season statistics, Marcus has passed for 15,656 yards with 92 touchdowns and 54 interceptions. He has also rushed for 2,012 yards and 17 rushing touchdowns.
Similarly, McKee was selected by the team in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL Draft and is yet to make his NFL debut. He played college football for the Standford Cardinals and passed for 5,336 yards with 28 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.