Common knowledge knows that this was a team featuring one of the best defenses the game has ever seen and a running back that totaled 1,364 yards; Trent Dilfer was simply a benefactor of this otherwise great time.
While all will admit Dilfer is no Joe Montana, his completion percentage was over a point higher than the league average during the regular season. He also managed to throw three touchdowns in the postseason, while only throwing one interception. Dilfer wasn’t a star, but he was no slouch either.
This brings me to the title of the article, "The Rule of 59". After looking at every draft from 1999 to 2005, I analyzed the statistics of the quarterbacks’ college completion-percentages for their careers.
I only used quarterbacks selected in the first three rounds of the draft because most teams do not look for potential starting quarterbacks any lower than the third round. I also have not included the drafts from 2006-present, since the jury is still out on many of those players. Here is a breakdown of every quarterback who had a completion percentage of 58 percent or lower.
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