In the 1920’s, Howard won three national titles, with Jack Coles at the helm of the 1926 BNC title with a 7-0 mark.
Florida A&M football had many winning seasons before 1960, however, when James “Quick” Tullis arrived from Miami, he was the first quarterback who had a “pocket” passer profile.
Before the 1966 football season, Grambling’s coaching legend, Eddie Robinson, had a vision of creating a prototypical quarterback to play for the Tigers, which would give him a better opportunity for becoming a NFL quarterback.
In a time when getting an opportunity to be on a predominately white college football team was challenging, being the quarterback was unthinkable.
As the landscape of college football changed in the 70’s, programs in the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) began seeing the influx of black football players
increase.
With three of the first four top NFL draft picks being quarterbacks (Young, Stroud, and Richardson), who, “oh-by-the-way” are black, made history, in two ways.
The 2023 National Football League made history with draft as three of the first four selections were black quarterbacks.
The first black quarterback for Oklahoma to operate their “three prone” running back attack was Kerry Jackson in 1972 but would
see limited action that season, suffering an ankle injury in the fifth game.
The tradition of football in the state of Alabama is known by
the moniker, “Roll Tide”. The coach who put that battle cry...
Charlie Ward’s arrival to to Florida
State University brought a 1993
national championship as Ward
became the first Heisman Trophy
winner in school history.