List of Virginia Tech Hokies starting quarterbacks

This is a list of American football quarterbacks who have started for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team and the years they participated on the Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft.

Six Virginia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936. Michael Vick was the first overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft. Besides the NFL, Virginia Tech quarterbacks have also played professionally in the Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, XFL, Indoor Football League, Southern Indoor Football League, and Lone Star Football League.

Three former Virginia Tech quarterbacks went on to be head coaches in Division I-A or professional football. Bruce Arians is the current head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

Key

(#)	Games started

*Note: Under NCAA Rules, Virginia Tech does not count statistics from bowl games in the team or individual statistical totals for games prior to the 2002 season.

Starting quarterbacks

These quarterbacks have started college football games for the Virginia Tech Hokies. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Hokies.

Season(s)	Quarterback(s)
2024	Kyron Drones (9) / Collin Schlee (2) / Willam "Pop" Watson III (1)
2023	Grant Wells (2) / Kyron Drones (12)
2022	Grant Wells (11)
2021	Braxton Burmeister (12) / Connor Blumrick (1)
2020	Braxton Burmeister (5) / Hendon Hooker (6)
2019	Ryan Willis (4) / Hendon Hooker (8) / Quincy Patterson (1)
2018	Josh Jackson (3) / Ryan Willis (10)
2017	Josh Jackson (13)
2016	Jerod Evans (14)
2015	Michael Brewer (7) / Brenden Motley (6)
2014	Michael Brewer (13)
2013	Logan Thomas (13)
2012	Logan Thomas (13)
2011	Logan Thomas (14)
2010	Tyrod Taylor (14)
2009	Tyrod Taylor (13)
2008	Sean Glennon (4) / Tyrod Taylor (10)
2007	Sean Glennon (9) / Tyrod Taylor (5)
2006	Sean Glennon (13)
2005	Marcus Vick (13)
2004	Bryan Randall (13)
2003	Bryan Randall (13)
2002	Grant Noel (2) / Bryan Randall (12)
2001	Grant Noel (11)
2000	Michael Vick (9) / Dave Meyer (2)
1999	Michael Vick (10) / Dave Meyer (1)
1998	Al Clark (7) / Dave Meyer (1) / Nick Sorensen (3)
1997	Al Clark (10) / Nick Sorensen (1)
1996	Jim Druckenmiller (11)
1995	Jim Druckenmiller (11)
1994	Maurice DeShazo (11)
1993	Maurice DeShazo (11)
1992	Maurice DeShazo (10) / Treg Koel (1)
1991	Will Furrer (9) / Rodd Wooten (2)
1990	Will Furrer (10) / Rodd Wooten (1)
1989	Will Furrer (4) / Cam Young (5) / Rodd Wooten (1)
1988	Will Furrer (10) / Cam Young (1)
1987	Erik Chapman (11)
1986	Erik Chapman (11)
1985	Mark Cox (4) / Todd Greenwood (7)
1984	Mark Cox / Todd Greenwood
1983	Mark Cox (11)
1982	Todd Greenwood (8) / Mark Cox (3)
1981	Steve Casey (10) / Jeff Bolton (1)
1980	Steve Casey (12)
1979	Steve Casey (11)
1978	Steve Casey / David Lamie
1977	David Lamie (11)
1976	Mitcheal Barnes (11)
1975	Phil Rogers (11)
1974	Bruce Arians (11)
1973	Rick Popp / Eddie Joyce
1972	Don Strock (11)
1971	Don Strock (11)
1970	Gil Schwabe
1969	Bob German / Al Kincaid
1968	Al Kincaid (11)
1967	Al Kincaid (10)
1966	Tommy Stafford (11)
1965	Bobby Owens (10)
1964	Bob Schweickert (10)
1963	Bob Schweickert (10)
1962	Pete Cartwright (4) / Bob Schweickert (6)
1961	Warren Price (9)
1960	Warren Price
1959	Frank Eastman
1958	Billy Holsclaw (10)
1957	Jimmy Lugar / Billy Cranwell
1956	Jimmy Lugar (10)
1955	Billy Cranwell
1954	Billy Cranwell
1953	Johnny Dean / Jackie Williams
1952	Johnny Dean (11)
1951	Johnny Dean (8) / Jackie Williams (2)
1950	Bruce Fisher
1949	Bruce Fisher
1948	Bruce Fisher
1947	Ted Johnson
1946	Ted Johnson
1945	Stan Majcher
1942	Roger McClure
1941	Dick Kern (9) / Bill James (1)
1940	Dick Kern / Gene Wheeler[1]
1939	Dick Kern / Ward Boswell[2]
1938	Philip Galliano DeMuro[3] / James Stuart Fixx[4][5]
1937	Melvin Henry[6]
1936	Melvin Henry / Wilson Brown[7]
1935	Melvin Henry[8] / Buck Carpenter[9] / George Sodaro[10]
1934	George Smith (7) / Duncan Holsclaw (3)
1933	Charles Morgan (9) / Duncan Holsclaw (1)
1932	Charles Morgan (9)
1931	Heinie Groth (5) / Samuel Hardwick (1) / Harry Howard (1) / Waightes Ottley (1) / Bill Porterfield (1)
1930	Bird Hooper (8) / Samuel Hardwick (1)
1929	Bird Hooper[11][12]
1928	Scotty MacArthur[11] / Bird Hooper[13][14]
1927	Scotty MacArthur[11] / Herbert McEver[15]
1926	Scotty MacArthur[11][16] / Herbert McEver[17]
1925	George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson[18]
1924	Arthur Roberts Jr.[19]
1923	Arthur Roberts Jr.[20] / Harry Sutton[21][22]
1922	John G. ”Rip” Wallace[23][24]
1921	John G. ”Rip” Wallace[11]
1920	William Lybrook[25][26]
1919	George Douglas Lancaster[27] / Hank Crisp[27]
1918	Hank Crisp (3) / Wesley Bonney (2) / William Hurst (1) / Siegel (1)
1917	Edwin Roden (6) / William Lybrook (2)[28][29] / Eugene Bock (1)
1916	Edwin Roden (5)[30][31] / George Lancaster (3) / Edward Funkhouser (1)[32][33]
1915	Arthur Terry (4)[34][35] / Vincent Dixon (2) / Edward Funkhouser (2)
1914	Millard Filmore Peake[36] / Arthur Terry[37]
1913	Millard Filmore Peake[38] / Vincent Dixon[38]
1912	James Booth Rogers (5) / W. R. Legge (3) / Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson (1)
1911	Harry Briggs Vaughan[39][40] / Charles A. Bernier[40][41][42]
1910	John Lepburn Hughes[43]
1909	John Lepburn Hughes (7)
1908	Frederick William Connolly[44][45][46]
1907	Edgar Seymour Sheppard[47]
1906	William Triplett Montague[48] / Eugene Munson Wilson[49]
1905	James Arthur Nutter[50][51][52] / Edwin Rollins Harris[52]
1904	Edwin Rollins Harris[53]
1903	Charles Edgar Bear[54]
1902	Charles Edgar Bear (3) / Joe Ware (2) / Creighton Campbell (1)
1901	Kit DeCamps
1900	Kit DeCamps[55][56]
1899	Kit DeCamps
1898	William Frazier Bell[57]
1897	William Frazier Bell[58][59]
1896	Tarpley Douglas Martin[57][60][61][62]
1895	Tarpley Douglas Martin[57][63]
1894	Joseph Massie[57][64]
1893	John William Robinson (1) / Sid Fraser (1)
1892	Clinton Wakefield Courtland[57][65]

Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have started for the Hokies in regular season games (from start of 1987 season until the end of 2017 season).

Name
GP	Games played
GS	Games started
W	Number of wins as starting quarterback
L	Number of losses as starting quarterback
T	Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct	Winning Percentage as starting quarterback

Name	Period	GP	GS	W	L	T	%
Taylor, Tyrod	2007–2010	50	42	34	8	0	.809
Randall, Bryan	2001–2004	48	38	27	11	0	.710
Thomas, Logan	2010–2013	45	40	26	14	0	.650
DeShazo, Maurice	1991–1994	38	34	19	14	1	.558
Glennon, Sean	2004–2008	37	26	18	8	0	.692
Druckenmiller, Jim	1993–1996	35	24	20	4	0	.833
Furrer, Will	1988–1991	34	33	15	17	1	.454
Clark, Al	1995–1998	24	19	12	7	0	.631
Vick, Michael	1999–2000	22	21	20	1	0	.952
Vick, Marcus	2003, 2005	22	13	11	2	0	.846
Brewer, Michael	2014–2015	21	20	11	9	0	.550
Motley, Brenden	2014–2016	21	6	3	3	0	.500
Noel, Grant	1999–2002	20	14	10	4	0	.714
Wooten, Rodd	1989–1991	19	4	2	2	0	.500
Young, Cam	1988–1989	17	7	3	4	0	.428
Jackson, Josh	2017–2018	16	16	11	5	0	.687
Meyer, Dave	1997–2000	16	4	3	1	0	.750
Evans, Jerod	2016	14	14	10	4	0	.714
Willis, Ryan	2018–2019	12	10	4	6	0	.400
Chapman, Erik	1987	11	11	2	9	0	.181
Sorensen, Nick	1997–1998	11	4	3	1	0	.750
Koel, Treg	1992	5	1	0	1	0	.000

Career passing records

(from Starting QB's at start of 1987 season until end of 2017 season)

Name	Comp	Att	%	Yds	TD	Int
Thomas, Logan	693	1,248	55.5%	9,003	53	39
Taylor, Tyrod	495	865	57.2%	7,017	44	20
Randall, Bryan	490	833	58.8%	6,508	48	31
Furrer, Will	495	920	53.7%	5,906	43	46
DeShazo, Maurice	397	744	53.3%	5,720	47	31
Glennon, Sean	386	656	58.8%	4,867	28	21
Brewer, Michael	388	657	59.0%	4,395	31	22
Druckenmiller, Jim	313	580	53.9%	4,383	34	18
Jackson, Josh	272	454	59.9%	3,566	25	10
Evans, Jerod	268	422	63.5%	3,546	29	8
Vick, Michael	177	314	56.3%	3,074	20	11
Vick, Marcus	207	346	59.8%	2,868	19	15
Willis, Ryan	213	364	58.5%	2,714	24	9
Clark, Al	193	361	53.4%	2,623	19	9
Noel, Grant	158	284	55.6%	1,971	18	11
Chapman, Erik	119	231	51.5%	1,340	10	14
Motley, Brenden	102	187	54.5%	1,253	12	7
Wooten, Rodd	74	137	54.0%	903	3	9
Meyer, Dave	60	113	53.0%	890	3	6
Young, Cam	82	174	47.1%	716	1	7
Sorensen, Nick	42	80	52.5%	446	4	9
Koel, Treg	24	60	40.0%	346	2	5