Nearly half of the NFL’s teams—15 out of 32—started Black quarterbacks on opening week of the 2024 season, breaking the prior record of 14 Black signal-callers starting a season opener, which was set a year ago. A Black QB is the reigning back-to-back Super Bowl champ (Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs), and Black QBs have won the past two NFL MVP awards (Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson in 2023 and Mahomes the previous season).