In this year’s NFL draft, a team will select Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. He will be just the 23rd left-handed quarterback in the NFL, according to a list compiled by sister site Touchdown Wire’s Barry Werner.
Obviously, the left-handed quarterback is not common.
However, the Arizona Cardinals have some history with them. Two of the league’s 22 previous southpaw signal-callers have been starters for them.
Boomer Esiason, a four-time Pro Bowler and one-time league MVP, started eight games for the Cardinals in 1996. He holds the team’s single-game passing record of 522 yards. Esiason went 3-5 as a starter.
The other was Matt Leinart, drafted 10th overall in 2006.
Leinart started 17 games over four seasons for the Cardinals, going 7-10, passing for 3,893 yards, 14 touchdowns and 20 interceptions.
Oddly enough, both players wore No. 7 for the Cardinals.
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