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Top 10 Quarterbacks in WVU History

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5. Jeff Hostetler (1982-83)

Hostetler is a part of a long list of quarterbacks who transferred to West Virginia and had successful careers. In his two year stint with the Mountaineers. He threw for 4,045 yards and 24 touchdowns. Hostetler came from Penn State, where he did not see much action at all so he made his way down southwest to the hills of West Virginia where he had an 18-6 record as a starter.

In high 1983 he helped guide the Mountaineers to be ranked as high as No.4 in the country and later that season would defeat Kentucky 20-16 in the Hall of Fame Game classic.

Hostetler was a natural winner in the NFL. Not only did he post a 51-32 record as a starter, but he also won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants making him the only player on this list with a Super Bowl ring. “Hos” had remarkable numbers in his 12 NFL seasons with 16,430 yards and 94 touchdowns.

Before this past years Super Bowl, Hostetler was the only backup quarterback in NFL history to win his team the Super Bowl. This year Nick Foles of the Philadelphia Eagles became the 2nd to do so.

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