List of NFL starting quarterbacks in 2008

This is a list of NFL starting quarterbacks in the 2008 season. It also includes the college team for which the quarterback played.

| Team

| Division

| Starting quarterback

| College

Buffalo Bills

AFC East

Trent Edwards

Stanford Cardinal

Miami Dolphins

AFC East

Chad Pennington

Marshall Thundering Herd

New England Patriots

AFC East

Tom Brady (week 1 only),
Matt Cassel (after week 1)

Michigan Wolverines (Brady),
USC Trojans (Cassel)

New York Jets

AFC East

Brett Favre

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Baltimore Ravens

AFC North

Joe Flacco

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

Cincinnati Bengals

AFC North

Carson Palmer (weeks 1-3 only),
Ryan Fitzpatrick (after week 3)

USC Trojans (Palmer),
Harvard Crimson (Fitzpatrick)

Cleveland Browns

AFC North

Derek Anderson (weeks 1-9, 13),
Brady Quinn (weeks 10-12),
Ken Dorsey (weeks 14-16),
Bruce Gradkowski (week 17)

Oregon State Beavers (Anderson),
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Quinn),
Miami Hurricanes (Dorsey),
Toledo Rockets (Gradkowski)

Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC North

Ben Roethlisberger

Miami Redhawks

Houston Texans

AFC South

Matt Schaub (all but weeks 10-13),
Sage Rosenfels (weeks 10-13 only)

Virginia Cavaliers (Schaub),
Iowa State Cyclones (Rosenfels)

Indianapolis Colts

AFC South

Peyton Manning

Tennessee Volunteers

Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC South

David Garrard

East Carolina Pirates

Tennessee Titans

AFC South

Vince Young (week 1 only),
Kerry Collins (after week 1)

Texas Longhorns (Young),
Penn State Nittany Lions (Collins)

Denver Broncos

AFC West

Jay Cutler

Vanderbilt Commodores

Kansas City Chiefs

AFC West

Brodie Croyle (week 1 and 7),
Damon Huard (week 2, 4–5),
Tyler Thigpen (week 3, week 8–17)

Alabama Crimson Tide (Croyle),
Washington Huskies (Huard),
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Thigpen)

Oakland Raiders

AFC West

JaMarcus Russell

LSU Tigers

San Diego Chargers

AFC West

Philip Rivers

NC State Wolfpack

Dallas Cowboys

NFC East

Tony Romo (all but weeks 7-9),
Brad Johnson (weeks 7-9 only)

Eastern Illinois Panthers (Romo),
Florida State Seminoles (Johnson)

New York Giants

NFC East

Eli Manning

Ole Miss Rebels

Philadelphia Eagles

NFC East

Donovan McNabb

Syracuse Orange

Washington Redskins

NFC East

Jason Campbell

Auburn Tigers

Chicago Bears

NFC North

Kyle Orton (all but week 10),
Rex Grossman (week 10 only)

Purdue Boilermakers (Orton),
Florida Gators (Grossman)

Detroit Lions

NFC North

Jon Kitna (weeks 1-5 only),
Dan Orlovsky (weeks 6-9, 15),
Daunte Culpepper (weeks 9-14 only)

Central Washington Wildcats (Kitna),
Connecticut Huskies (Orlovsky),
UCF Knights (Culpepper)

Green Bay Packers

NFC North

Aaron Rodgers

California Golden Bears

Minnesota Vikings

NFC North

Tarvaris Jackson (weeks 1-2, 14-17 only),
Gus Frerotte (weeks 3-13 only)

Alabama State Hornets (Jackson),
Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (Frerotte)

Atlanta Falcons

NFC South

Matt Ryan

Boston College Eagles

Carolina Panthers

NFC South

Jake Delhomme

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

New Orleans Saints

NFC South

Drew Brees

Purdue Boilermakers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC South

Jeff Garcia (all but weeks 2-4, 15),
Brian Griese (weeks 2-4, 15 only)

San Jose State Spartans (Garcia),
Michigan Wolverines (Griese)

Arizona Cardinals

NFC West

Kurt Warner

Northern Iowa Panthers

St. Louis Rams

NFC West

Marc Bulger (all but week 4),
Trent Green (week 4 only)

West Virginia Mountaineers (Bulger),
Indiana Hoosiers (Green)

San Francisco 49ers

NFC West

J. T. O'Sullivan (weeks 1-8),
Shaun Hill (after week 8)

UC Davis Aggies (O'Sullivan),
Maryland Terrapins (Hill)

Seattle Seahawks

NFC West

Matt Hasselbeck (weeks 1-5),
Charlie Frye (week 6),
Seneca Wallace (after week 6)

Boston College Eagles (Hasselbeck),
Akron Zips (Frye),
Iowa State Cyclones (Wallace)

See also

  • list of current NFL team rosters
  • lists of NFL starting quarterbacks