What does QB mean in football?

QB is a quarterback in football. The player who takes the snap and decides where the ball goes: he throws it, hands it off or runs it himself.

What a quarterback looks like

110 quarterbacks are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 3" and 220 lb.

On rosters
110
Median height
6' 3"
Median weight
220 lb
Median age
27

One quarterback takes almost every snap a team plays, which is why the position has no real platoon and why a backup with four starts skews every per-season average at the position.

Passing Yards at the position, 2026

The median quarterback with a figure at all posted 410.5 passing yards. These five led the position.

  1. 1Tyler ShoughNO662
  2. 2Bryce YoungCAR648
  3. 3C.J. StroudHOU627
  4. 4Josh AllenBUF582
  5. 5Patrick MahomesKC566
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