Byron Leftwich

Byron Antron Leftwich (born January 14, 1980) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL). Quotes Man, I’m a kid from Southeast [Washington], with very few opportunities to get through and make it. My way was football, I always dreamed about being a player. I went to sleep every night hoping, one day, I would throw the ball to [Washington NFL franchise greats] Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders and Art Monk. Playing football on TV … that was everything for me. But coaching? Nah. It wasn’t for me. I just never really thought of it. But B.A., when I was playing, he always used to say to me, ‘Man, you’d be a hell of a coach.’ He kept telling me I should really think about it. I would just be like, ‘Yeah, B.A., I hear you.’ Then I’d get back to whatever I was doing to get ready to play. But B.A. didn’t stop, especially after I was done, and now I can say I’m really glad he didn’t. I feel like this is what I was meant to do. And that was right about the time that B.A. started calling me, He called me every year and said, ‘Get your butt over here. Come do this thing.’ I went. And I fell in love with it. I remember when I was coming out [of college], it was still the big talk” if teams had starting black quarterbacks, It was still odd back then. And that wasn’t that long ago. That was just ’03. Now, you don’t even really hear about it anymore. It can no longer be asked, ‘Can African Americans handle being quarterbacks in the NFL?’ Why? Because you have so many guys doing so well. The things that we talk about, I don’t have to guess about it, read it out of a book or have somebody have to tell me about it, because I went through those actual experiences, Everything he’s going through [at the position], I’ve already been through. We can talk our way through just about anything. And this kid has played good football in the National Football League. He’s proven he can play good football. We’re just trying to make sure he consistently can do that. Bucs’ Byron Leftwich is a coach on the rise: ‘I feel like this is what I was meant to do’, October 03 2019 External links Category:American football players from the United States Category:American football coaches Category:African Americans Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:People from Washington, D.C.