‘I Continue To Lean On Him’: First Rookie QB To Possibly Go To Super Bowl A Devout Christian

A devout Christian is the NFL’s first rookie quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl.

Brock Purdy, a San Francisco 49ers quarterback played seven games during the 2022 season. He won them all. Surprisingly, he was the final player to be selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. Trey Lance was the 49ers’ quarterback in the start of the 2022 season. However, he was hurt and out for the season in the second game. Jimmy Garoppolo, who led San Francisco to the Super Bowl in 2020, succeeded him, but he was injured against the Miami Dolphins on December 4.

“They’re now just one game away from the Super Bowl! In addition to being a super talented football player, I love the fact that Brock Purdy is so open about his faith in Jesus Christ,” Rev. Rev. Franklin Graham posted on Facebook last Sunday after the 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys.

“It’s been football, man,” Purdy spoke before the 49ers-Cowboys match. “I don’t try to make it more than it is. I’m a faith-based guy, so that’s how I stay grounded. I don’t look at football like it’s literally everything. It’s [not] do or die or anything like that.”

“It’s a game and it’s my job, for sure, and I take it very seriously, but at the end of the day, I know that I’m not defined by the wins or losses as a person, like, that’s not who I am,” He went on. “I’m not just a quarterback. I wasn’t born to just to be a quarterback and play football, and that’s it. Like, I have a life and everything like that. And I remember that, but at the same time, man, I’m a competitor. I love to compete. I want to win at all costs and so, I’ve been enjoying that as well, so that’s where I’m at. That’s how I stay grounded with it all, but I’m definitely thankful and blessed to be here.”

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Purdy, a sophomore at Iowa State, was the quarterback in 2019. Sports Spectrum He was looking for it “others to see God through my actions.”

“Every time I step on the field I want to bring Him glory. Even when we lose, I point to God and thank him for the opportunity. Everything happens for a reason; it’s all a lesson from the Lord. It’s a game, it’s not my life. It took me a long time to realize this; I used to put football in front of the Lord. I would pray for him to keep me safe and give me a good game, but it isn’t about that. Now I pray that I would make the most of the opportunity he’s given me and, win or lose, that I would put him first,” Purdy said.

In 2021, we will be back on the scene Sports Spectrum Podcast Podcast, Purdy recalls when he played Iowa State football and how it affected his life. He prayed to God for forgiveness after falling apart during the first week of fall camp.

“It was just a great reminder of where my identity is, where it lies. And it’s in Jesus. And I continue to lean on Him. Again, the next day I didn’t go out and throw for 500 yards and was this awesome quarterback, but it was just this peace that I had with Him knowing that, ‘Hey, no matter what I’m going to face moving forward during college football, God and Jesus are going to be my identity. And whatever I face, I won’t be shaken from it. I’ve got a great foundation in Him,’” He said.

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