Top 15 Super Bowl Winning Quarterbacks by College Football Success

Jan 3, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) throws the ball as Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (55) defends in the second half during the 2014 AFC Wild Card playoff football game at Heinz Field. The Ravens won 30-17. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

10. Ben Roethlisberger, Miami (Ohio) RedHawks, 2001-2003

Stats: 854-of-1,304 (65.5 percent) for 10,829 Yards, 84 Touchdowns and 34 Interceptions (Three Years)

Record as Starter: 27-11, MAC Championship (2003)

Super Bowl Wins-2 

XL-2005-06 With Pittsburgh Steelers (Defeated Seattle Seahawks 21-10)

XLIII-2008-09 With Pittsburgh Steelers (Defeated Arizona Cardinals 27-23)

If Ben Roethlisberger had played football before late in his high school career, he would have been extremely highly recruited and likely gone somewhere else to become a Top 5 college quarterback of all time. However, he was not able to generate enough interest in time.

So all Roethlisberger did was go to Miami (Ohio) and take the RedHawks on an amazing run, winning the MAC Championship en route to a 13-1 record in 2003 to position himself to be a highly rated NFL Draft prospect.

Roethlisberger managed to throw for more than 10,800 yards and 84 touchdowns in college, hall of fame stats by any measurements. In the NFL, he has been a little bit more along the lines of a good but not elite quarterback who has benefitted from a dominant defense. In college, he was a mid-major legend.

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