Young was a star in the USFL, and then a starter for the Bucs, and in 88 when he came to the 49ers he wasn't a backup strictly speaking, as Walsh was playing a maddening 1A and 1B thing with him and Montana that just made everybody mad. I don't think he counts for this.
A few of the famous ones are square pegs. Young. Staubach out of the Navy. McNair out of Alcorn State.
Vick did sit until the end of his rookie season. Of course, lots of rookies "sit until something bad happens to the veteran," and that sometimes goes late in the season.
It's useful to turn the question around to see my point: look how many 1st round QBs in the 70s-80s played a LOT as rookies. It was rare for a team to have any better development plan than what they have now: "Hey, Brissett will be fine for a month or so."
Didn't Vick sit behind Chris Chandler until Chandler got hurt?
Steve Young?
Young was a star in the USFL, and then a starter for the Bucs, and in 88 when he came to the 49ers he wasn't a backup strictly speaking, as Walsh was playing a maddening 1A and 1B thing with him and Montana that just made everybody mad. I don't think he counts for this.
A few of the famous ones are square pegs. Young. Staubach out of the Navy. McNair out of Alcorn State.
Vick did sit until the end of his rookie season. Of course, lots of rookies "sit until something bad happens to the veteran," and that sometimes goes late in the season.
It's useful to turn the question around to see my point: look how many 1st round QBs in the 70s-80s played a LOT as rookies. It was rare for a team to have any better development plan than what they have now: "Hey, Brissett will be fine for a month or so."