Question

C.J. Stroud is known by initials; his legal name is Coleridge Bernard Stroud. That’s more common to see with running backs and wide receivers than with quarterbacks. In NFL history, who is the only quarterback with over 100 career touchdown passes who also was best known by his initials?

Answer

Y.A. Tittle. Tittle threw 204 touchdowns in 14 seasons with 49ers and Giants. That includes single-season records of 33 and 36 in the 1962-63 seasons. He held that record until Dan Marino threw 48 touchdowns in 1984. Tittle also threw 38 touchdowns in three seasons with the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference in the late ‘40s.