Brock Purdy is currently the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and he could be the first rookie quarterback in history to take his team to the Super Bowl. Brock Purdy played college football at Iowa State University before being selected as the final pick in the 2022 NFL draft. Despite being labeled “Mr. Irrelevant” from his late selection in the draft, he has proven himself recently by leading the San Francisco 49ers.
The two quarterbacks that were ahead of him on the roster, Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo, both suffered injuries during this season. This gave Purdy the opportunity to step up and lead the team. He started seven games in the 2022 season and won every single one of them.
Purdy has not shied away from letting fans know about his faith either. “It’s been football, man,” Purdy said before the 49ers-Cowboys game. He continued, “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.”
During that same interview, he also spoke about the importance of competition and how he still makes sure that he puts faith first, saying, “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 then added, “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.”
This isn’t the first time Purdy has spoken about his faith and its importance. In a 2019 interview, he said, “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.”
He continued, in that interview, “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.”
He then added, speaking about his foundation in God, “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.’”
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