Brodie Croyle

He is also one of only 4 quarterbacks since 1960 (when starts first were tracked) to start at least 10 games in their career and not win a single game.

He has the fewest passing yards and touchdowns in franchise history among quarterbacks with 10 or more starts.

John Brodie Croyle (born February 6, 1983) is a former American football quarterback.

The son of John Croyle, a former defensive end for the University of Alabama, Croyle was born on February 6, 1983.

He attended high school at Westbrook Christian School in Rainbow City, Alabama and became a Super-Prep All-American selection in football.

In his sophomore season, Croyle passed for 3,787 yards and 44 touchdowns.

That same season, he passed for 528 yards and seven touchdowns in one game.

Croyle had an equally successful junior year passing for 2,838 yards and 38 touchdowns.

Croyle led his team to the state championship that year, but the team lost by a field goal.

Entering his senior year, many scouts had Croyle ranked as high as the #2 quarterback in the country behind Joe Mauer, who would go on to play Major League Baseball.

However, Croyle's high school career ended abruptly in the first game of his senior season against Glencoe High School after a hit by an opposing player tore Croyle's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), causing him to miss the remainder of his senior year.

When he graduated, he held the Alabama state records for career passing yards with 9,323, and career touchdowns with 105.

He set marks for most passing yards in a single season, passing yards in a single game, touchdown passes in a season, and touchdown passes in a game.

Despite the knee injury, Croyle received interest from members the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference, including Louisiana State and Florida State.

Croyle showed interest in playing for Florida State due in part because of the team's offensive coordinator, Mark Richt.

Croyle initially showed little interest in playing for Alabama after their head coach, Mike DuBose had recently been fired, but once Richt took the head coaching job with the Georgia Bulldogs, Croyle followed in his father's footsteps.

On the night before he was to announce his college decision to play for Florida State, Croyle announced that he would instead play for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Crimson Tide were not fazed by Croyle’s rather serious ligament tear, for they felt he would heal well enough that his talent still warranted a spot on the roster.

Croyle graduated early from high school and enrolled at the University of Alabama in January 2001.

After red-shirting his freshman year at Alabama, Croyle earned a spot as the top backup in his second season behind senior starter Tyler Watts.

He played college football for the University of Alabama from 2002 to 2005.

Despite being hindered by knee injuries in his senior season in high school, Croyle was a highly recruited prospect by Louisiana State University, Florida State University, and the University of Alabama.

On the night Croyle was ready to announce his decision to attend Florida State, he changed his mind and chose Alabama, his father's alma mater, instead.

In Croyle's four years playing for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, he set numerous school records, and was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.

Croyle's coaches voted for him as the Ozzie Newsome Most Improved Freshman after starting two games in 2002.

After the 2002 season, Alabama head coach Dennis Franchione resigned to take the same position at Texas A&M.

Washington State head coach Mike Price was hired to replace Franchione in January 2003.

Coach Price mentored Croyle throughout the 2003 spring drills and practice but was dismissed from the head coach position in May 2003 for his conduct off the field.

He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft.

Croyle led the Crimson Tide to the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic and was named the game's offensive MVP.

Though he saw little playing time in his rookie season in the NFL, Croyle shared the starting position with Damon Huard in 2007.

On November 18, Croyle started his first game, as the Chiefs' quarterback, against the Indianapolis Colts.

Croyle remained the Chiefs' starting quarterback for the remainder of the season despite losing all six games that he started.

He was the incumbent starter heading into the 2008 regular season, but suffered a shoulder injury in the Chiefs' first game.

Croyle returned in Week 7 but suffered a torn MCL and was ruled out for the remainder of the season.

Croyle began the 2009 season once again as the Chiefs' starting quarterback, filling in for an injured Matt Cassel.

Croyle was released by the Chiefs in 2011 and later signed with the Arizona Cardinals.

On May 21, 2012, he announced his retirement.

Croyle is the only quarterback in Chiefs franchise history to start at least three games as a quarterback and not win a single game.

In 2015 he was named by FanSided as the 2nd worst quarterback in Chiefs franchise history.