23, 2018, file photo, Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Josh Rosen (3) talks with then-quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich during the second half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Glendale, Ariz. Leftwich passed for 272 yards that season. He missed the 2011 season with a broken arm and played in two games in 2012. He played in one game that season, going 5 for 7 for 42 yards.

The Buccaneers traded Leftwich for a seventh-round pick in mid-April 2010. Leftwich signed with Tampa Bay in April 2009 and made three starts in Tampa Bay to open the season, passing for 594 yards and four touchdowns. He passed for 303 yards and two touchdowns. Leftwich signed with Pittsburgh in April 2008 and played in relief of Ben Roethlisberger in five games. In three games with the Falcons, Leftwich passed for 279 yards and a touchdown. Leftwich signed a contract with the Falcons to serve as a backup to Joey Harrington. Then-coach Jack Del Rio cut Leftwich before the start of the 2007 season, replacing him with Garrard as the full-time starter. Leftwich passed for 1,159 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions. Del Rio replaced Leftwich with David Garrard for the remainder of the season. The final start of his Jacksonville career came on Oct. Leftwich started the first six games of the season, but his ankle was injured again, and the struggles were noticeable in the team’s 3-3 start. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (2006 AP ) Struggles and benching Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich, left, embraces New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after the Patriots defeated the Jaguars, 28-3, in their wild card playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass., Saturday, Jan.

Such chaos in the first round of the draft happened just one time after that, in 2011, and it again involved Baltimore. 9 and drafted defensive tackle Kevin Williams. The Vikings finally got their pick in at No. Carolina, set to pick ninth originally, then jumped in front of Minnesota and took offensive tackle Jordan Gross. Baltimore was said to be targeting Leftwich with that trade. With the Jaguars set to pick eighth and the Vikings failing to make their choice at seven due to the botched trade, the Jaguars jumped in front of Minnesota and took Leftwich at No. The Ravens tried to make a deal with the Vikings during the 2003 draft, but time actually ran out before the deal was made official. Leftwich finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy race that season. Marshall lost, 34-20, but Leftwich passed for 307 yards on a 26-for-38 day. Leftwich’s offensive linemen carried him down the field after plays, scenes that live on to this day as some of the gutsiest in college history. He returned in the fourth quarter, hobbling. Leftwich broke his left shin in the first quarter of a Nov. Leftwich injured his leg in the first quarter and came back in the game in the third quarter. Rembert (32) and an unidentified team assistant after Akron's 34-20 win Saturday, Nov. Marshall quarterback Byron Leftwich (7) is carried from the field by teammate J.T.

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