The role of a backup quarterback in the NFL holds a a number of jobs. You have to track plays, stats and more on the sideline. You're basically an extra game day coach. As a backup you warm up the starter in between drives and tell him what you saw from you vantage point on the sideline...
Both Patrick Mahomes and Davis Webb are now in the NFL and have chosen the number they will wear for the rest of their NFL careers -- or until they change teams.
Webb was selected by the NY Giants as the 87th overall pick. That makes him the second Texas Tech QB to be drafted in the 2017 NFL draft after Patrick Mahomes.
A lot has been said about Patrick Mahomes and his NFL draft stock, but he isn't the only prospect at quarterback who spent time in a Red Raider uniform.