NFL’s Playoff Weekend Features a Multitude of California-Bred Quarterbacks

NFL’s Playoff Weekend Features a Multitude of California-Bred Quarterbacks
Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions warms up before a game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 30, 2023. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
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The debate has long raged among high school football aficionados. Which state, in fact, is the sport’s true hotbed?

Fans in Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and perhaps others would certainly make spirited arguments. So, too, would those in California, who could point with pride to the reality that four of the eight starting quarterbacks in this weekend’s NFL playoff games cut their football teeth in the Golden State.

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Dan Wood is a community sports reporter based in Orange County, California. He has covered sports professionally for some 43 years, spending nearly three decades in the newspaper industry and 14 years in radio. He is an avid music fan, with a strong lean toward country and classic rock.
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