Joe Webb is a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. A 2010 draftee coming from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Webb set numerous marks in Conference USA before he was drafted by the Vikings during the 2010 NFL Draft.

Webb went to school in his hometown of Birmingham all his life, leading his local high school to the state playoffs as quarterback during his senior year. Webb once threw for four touchdowns passes in a high school game while playing with a broken wrist, adding to his legacy in the city.http://www.vikings.com/team/roster/Joe-Webb/8e7f0478-6122-4945-8024-5adee19307a5

Webb began his NFL career when he was drafted in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Webb entered training camp battling Sage Rosenfels for the third quarterback spot on the team, Webb was awarded the job after Rosenfels was traded away. In the preseason, Webb had the best numbers of all of the Vikings quarterbacks. He completed 17 of 30 passes over four games for 191 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception.http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=false&seasonType=PRE&d-447263-o=1&statisticPositionCategory=QUARTERBACK&conference=null&d-447263-s=PERSON_TEAMS.TEAMS.FULL_NAME&experience=null&d-447263-n=1&season=2010&qualified=false&tabSeq=1&d-447263-p=2

Through the Vikings first three games in the regular season, Webb had been designated as the third quarterback in each of them and had yet to appear in a game.

Webb entered his senior season at UAB as the starting quarterback for the second consecutive year. Known as a scrambling quarterback, Webb ran for 1,427 yards in 2009, leading all quarterbacks in the country. The figure also came in as the third most in NCAA history for quarterbacks. Webb would go on to win the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year award, throwing for 21 touchdown passes while running for another 11. In a game against UTEP, Webb accomplished the rare feat of running, throwing and catching a touchdown all in a single game.http://www.vikings.com/team/roster/Joe-Webb/8e7f0478-6122-4945-8024-5adee19307a5