Trivia
Trivia for July 16, 2020
Question
Who are the only three quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall who’ve thrown touchdown passes to wide receivers selected No. 1 overall?
Answer
Vinny Testaverde and Keyshawn Johnson are the kings of this category, having played together with both the Jets and Cowboys. In 2005 the Cowboys brought in Drew Bledsoe to replace Testaverde, and he also connected with Johnson. Hardest tandem to identify occurred in 2000 in Washington, with Jeff George working with Irving Fryar. Fryar was drafted by New England and had multiple good seasons with Miami and Philadelphia, but he ended up his career with a couple of afterthought seasons with Washington. Similar, George’s more notable work came on the four teams he was with prior to Washington.
3 Reader Comments:
Johnny Bazzano
Andy Richardson
Eric Goetz
Looking this up afterwards, there is another WR chosen #1 in the NFL draft. Dave Parks was chosen #1 in 1964 and split time between WR and TE. The closest he came to catching passes from a #1 overall QB was John Brodie, #3 pick in 1957.