Super Bowl LVIII: Where every starting quarterback in Super Bowl history played high school football

By Zack Poff Feb 7, 2024, 11:00am

Brock Purdy will be first quarterback from Arizona to start a Super Bowl on Sunday.

When Super Bowl LVIII takes place Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas it will feature a starting quarterback from Arizona for the first time ever. San Francisco's Brock Purdy graduated from Perry (Gilbert, Ariz.) in 2018.

Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes is one of four quarterbacks from Texas to start a Super Bowl. The former Whitehouse standout is the only one from the Lone Star State to start multiple Super Bowls. Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, John Elway, Jim Kelly, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana and Roger Staubach are the only other quarterbacks to start at least four Super Bowls.

California has produced the most starting signal callers in Super Bowl history with 13. Some notable names include Brady, Elway, Jim Plunkett and Aaron Rodgers. Brady holds the record with 10 starts.

Pennsylvania has the second-most with nine headlined by five Pro Football Hall of Fame members in Kelly, Dan Marino, Montana, Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas.




Louisiana was the only other state with more than five. Terry Bradshaw, Eli Manning and Peyton Manning are among the seven from the Pelican State. 

Ohio and Texas tied for the fourth-most with four each. Joe Burrow, Len Dawson, Ben Roethlisberger and Staubach represent the Buckeye State. Drew Brees, Nick Foles and Matthew Stafford join Mahomes from Texas.

Only two high schools have had more than one quarterback start a Super Bowl. Brees and Foles both graduated from Westlake (Austin, Texas) while the Manning brothers both went to Newman (New Orleans).

In total, 22 different states have produced at least one quarterback. Thirty states along with Washington, D.C. have not had a quarterback start a Super Bowl and some notable ones include Florida, Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Kickoff for Sunday's showdown is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Alabama (2)
Ken Stabler, Foley: Super Bowl XI
Bart Starr, Lanier (Montgomery): I, II



California (13)
Tom Brady, Serra (San Mateo): XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLVI, XLIX, LI, LII, LIII, LV
Trent Dilfer, Aptos: XXXV
Tony Eason, Delta (Clarksburg): XX
John Elway, Granada Hills Charter (Granada Hills): XXI, XXII, XIV, XXXII, XXXIII
Vince Ferragamo, Banning (Wilmington): XIV
Joe Kapp, Hart (Newhall): IV
Billy Kilmer, Citrus Union (Azusa): VII
Daryle Lamonica, Clovis: II
Craig Morton, Campbell: V, XII
Jim Plunkett, James Lick (San Jose): XV, XVIII
Aaron Rodgers, Pleasant Valley (Chico): XLV

Connecticut (1)
Steve Young, Greenwich (Greenwich): XXIX

Georgia (2)
Fran Tarkenton, Athens: VIII, IX, XI

Illinois (3)
Ken Anderson, Batavia: XVI
Donovan McNabb, Mount Carmel (Chicago): XXXIX

Indiana (2)
Bob Griese, Rex Mundi (Evansville): VI, VII, VIII

Iowa (1)
Kurt Warner, Regis (Cedar Rapids): XXXIV, XXXVI, XLIII



Kentucky (1)
Phil Simms, Southern (Louisville): XXI

Louisiana (7)
Terry Bradshaw, Woodlawn (Baton Rouge): IX, X, XIII, XIV
Jake Delhomme, Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette): XXXVIII
Stan Humphries, Southwood (Shreveport): XXIX
Eli Manning, Newman (New Orleans): XLII, XLVI
Peyton Manning, Newman: XLI, XLIV, XLVIII, 50
Doug Williams, Chaneyville (Zachary): XXII
David Woodley, Byrd (Shreveport): XVII

Massachusetts (1)
Matt Hasselbeck, Xaverian Brothers (Westwood): XL

Michigan (1)
Earl Morrall, Muskegon: III

Mississippi (2)
Brett Favre, Hancock (Kiln): XXXI, XXXII
Steve McNair, Mount Olive: XXXIV

New Jersey (3)
Joe Flacco, Audubon: XLVII
Neil O'Donnell, Madison: XXX
Joe Theismann, South River: XVII, XVIII



New York (2)
Boomer Esiason, East Islip (Islip Terrace): XXIII
Ron Jaworski, Lackawanna: XV

North Carolina (1)
Brad Johnson, Owen (Black Mountain): XXXVII

Ohio (4)
Len Dawson, Alliance: I, IV
Ben Roethlisberger, Findlay: XL, XLIII, XLV
Roger Staubach, Purcell Marian (Cincinnati): VI, X, XII, XIII

Oklahoma (1)
Troy Aikman, Henryetta: XXVII, XXVIII, XXX

Pennsylvania (9)
Kerry Collins, Wilson (West Lawn): XXXV
Jim Kelly, East Brady: XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII
Joe Montana, Ringgold (Monongahela): XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV
Johnny Unitas, St. Justin's (Pittsburgh): V

Texas (4)
Drew Brees, Westlake (Austin): XLIV
Nick Foles, Westlake: LII
Patrick Mahomes, Whitehouse: LIV, LV, LVII

Utah (1)
Jim McMahon, Roy: XX

Virginia (1)



Washington (3)
Drew Bledsoe, Walla Walla: XXXI
Chris Chandler, Everett: XXXIII
Mark Rypien, Shadle Park (Spokane): XXVI