Kurt Warner
Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. An undrafted free agent, Warner ascended from the Arena Football League and NFL Europe to become a two-time Most Valuable Player and a Super Bowl MVP. Warner appeared in three Super Bowls as a starting quarterback and is one of very few quarterbacks to lead multiple franchises to a Super Bowl. His career is widely regarded as one of the greatest Cinderella stories in NFL history.
Warner in 2022 | |||||||||||||
No. 10, 13 | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born: | Burlington, Iowa, U.S. | June 22, 1971||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Regis (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | ||||||||||||
College: | Northern Iowa (1989–1993) | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
As a player: | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
As a coach: | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR · ArenaFan.com | |||||||||||||
After playing college football at Northern Iowa from 1990 to 1993, Warner spent four years without being named to an NFL roster. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994, but released before the regular season and instead played three seasons for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League (AFL). Warner landed his first NFL roster spot in 1998 with the Rams, holding a backup position until he was thrust into becoming St. Louis's starter the following season. During his first season as an NFL starting quarterback, Warner led The Greatest Show on Turf offense to the Rams' first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXIV, earning him league and Super Bowl MVP honors. He won his second league MVP award in 2001, en route to a Super Bowl XXXVI appearance, and also led an underdog Cardinals team to Super Bowl XLIII in 2008.
Considered the NFL's greatest undrafted player, Warner is the only undrafted player to be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, and the only undrafted quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. He was also the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl during his first season as the primary starter. Warner was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017, and is the first and only player inducted to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Arena Football Hall of Fame.