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NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Y.A. Tittle #14 of the New York Giants scrambles with the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles during an NFL football game November 10, 1963 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Tittle played for the Giants from 1961-64. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

Y.A. Tittle

Quarterback, LSU Tigers

While he didn’t win the championships at the professional level that Bart Starr did, quarterback Y.A. Tittle might have been the slightly better football talent. He was everything for the LSU Tigers in college, taking his all-around quarterback skills to new heights with the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants.

Tittle was a seven-time Pro Bowler, a four-time All-Pro selection, and won three different variations of NFL MVP during his career. Decades after his retirement, Tittle still holds the record for most touchdown passes in a game at seven.

While he only completed 55.2 percent of his passes in his NFL career, Tittle threw for over 30,000 yards and 240 touchdowns. He also had 39 rushing touchdowns, elite as a runner in goal-line situations.

Tittle is held in high regard by three elite football teams: LSU, San Francisco and New York. As the league has become increasingly passing-centric, people tend to forget how good of a thrower Tittle was in his prime. Without him dominating in the NFL, the league would look very different today at the quarterback position.

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