"The quarterback is the central player in an American football team. Almost every attacking play, with the exception of kicking and punting, goes through them. They are the creative heartbeat, with 17 of the past 20 Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards - given to the NFL player of the season - won by players in that role. And 14 of the past 20 winners of the Super Bowl MVP were the signal callers on the winning team."
"Two-time Super Bowl winner Peyton Manning said quarterback was such a difficult role to perform because "you have to know everyone else's job just as well as your own". "Win or lose, you are going to be front and centre. You have to give credit when it's good, you have to take the blame when it's bad," the five-time NFL MVP told the Netflix documentary Quarterback, external."
"Given he only began playing the sport seven years ago, his journey to the elite level of US college sport is remarkable. Fenton got his first glimpse of American football watching a docuseries and confessed the sport "didn't seem real" to him. But the Londoner was intrigued enough to take up a game that has now become the central part of his life as he pursues a professional career in America."
Sam Fenton, aged 21, became the first British quarterback to join a US Division I college team at the University of South Florida. He began playing American football seven years ago after first seeing the sport in a docuseries and initially thought it "didn't seem real." Fenton left London to pursue college football and aims to win a starting spot, continue developing his skills, and attract NFL draft interest. The quarterback role directs almost every attacking play and has dominated recent MVP and Super Bowl MVP awards. The position demands knowledge of teammates' roles and accepts spotlight pressure.
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