He often describes himself as a nerd. He spent part of his childhood growing up in London and Germany while his father worked with the NFL's developmental leagues in Europe. He's an avid soccer fan and dates a gymnast, and he's been known to bicycle to pick up food.1945: Charley Trippi was a University of Georgia halfback drafted by the Chicago Cardinals. The prize catch in a bidding war between the NFL and the AllAmerica Football Conference, which led to his signing a fouryear $100,000 contract with the Chicago Cardinals (the precursors of today's Arizona Cardinals). During the course of his NFL career, he switched from halfback to quarterback and back to halfback, before finishing as a defensive player.

Brady Quinn, the second quarterback drafted in 2007, said quarterbacks who enter the NFL with a sense of maturity are more equipped to earn the respect and attention of veteran teammates. But, he said, rookie quarterbacks face a unique dilemma: Being a leader when you do