Steve McNair

Steve McNair

McNair with the Ravens in 2007
No. 9
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1973-02-14)February 14, 1973 Mount Olive, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:	July 4, 2009(2009-07-04) (aged 36) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mount Olive
College:	Alcorn State (1991–1994)
NFL draft:	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans (1995–2005) Baltimore Ravens (2006–2007)
Career highlights and awards
NFL co-Most Valuable Player (2003)[a] Second-team All-Pro (2003) 3× Pro Bowl (2000, 2003, 2005) NFL passer rating leader (2003) Titans/Oilers Ring of Honor Tennessee Titans No. 9 retired[1] Walter Payton Award (1994) Eddie Robinson Trophy (1994) 4× SWAC Offensive Player of the Year (1991–1994) SWAC Freshman of the Year (1991) 4× First-team All-SWAC (1991–1994)
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts: 4,544 Passing completions: 2,733 Completion percentage: 60.1% TD–INT: 174–119 Passing yards: 31,304 Passer rating: 82.8 Rushing yards: 3,590 Rushing touchdowns: 37
Player stats at PFR
College Football Hall of Fame

Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),^[2] nicknamed "Air McNair",^[3][4] was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He started his first two seasons with the Houston Oilers before the team relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. There, McNair would become the first franchise quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. He also played for two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens.^[5]

McNair played college football for the Alcorn State Braves, with whom he won the 1994 Walter Payton Award as the top player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was selected third overall by the Oilers in the 1995 NFL draft, becoming the team's regular starting quarterback in 1997, their first season in Tennessee (though he started six games over the prior two seasons in Houston), and remained the starting quarterback for the Titans through 2005. After the 2005 season, McNair was traded to the Ravens, with whom he played for two seasons before retiring.^[6]

McNair appeared in the playoffs four times with the Titans, including their run to Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, and made his final playoff appearance in 2006 with the Ravens. McNair was selected to the Pro Bowl three times, and was an All-Pro and Co-MVP in 2003.^[7] McNair was the first African-American quarterback to win AP NFL MVP and remains, along with Cam Newton, Patrick Mahomes, and Lamar Jackson, only one of four to win the award.^[8]

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