CFB never fails to surprise us. Now, a non-power college football team is surprising everyone with whom they’re recruiting. A quarterback son of an NFL Hall of Fame veteran is now committed to that very non-power league! His father is an NFL legend, thus he didn’t make the wrong calls, regardless of the reason for his landing. Like other fathers, the quarterback’s dad also shows his excitement for his son’s growth. However, it’s commonly believed that a father never shows you how much he loves you. Instead, he lets you observe. And for that reason, the quarterback’s father took X to show his excitement.

Kurt Warner, the NFL Hall of Fame legend, expressed his joy by reposting his son EJ Warner’s commitment post on January 11. Kurt Warner wrote: “I’m so pumped… It’s Go Time! #GoBulldogs.” It just means that the Hall of Fame football player may soon be inside Valley Children’s Stadium seeing his son play. Junior QB Elijah ‘EJ’ Warner has played at Temple and Rice. And he is still eligible for one more year.

Before moving to Rice in 2024, EJ Warner played for two seasons at Temple, where he began as a true freshman. After throwing for 2,710 yards with 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in his first season as a QB starter, EJ led Rice to victory. EJ mentioned the program’s coaching change when he logged into the transfer site at the start of Dec. Yes, head coach Mike Bloomgren left the Owls. As of now, the QB chose Fresno State to pursue his collegiate football career.

But the quarterback’s father has another connection to the Valley: former Bulldog Mike Martz was the OC for his 2000-Super Bowl-winning Rams. It might be one of the things that excites him following his son’s choice. However, EJ Warner steps in for former Bulldog QB1 Mikey Keene, who committed to Michigan after using the transfer portal. Like his son, the father took pleasure in a successful NFL and collegiate quarterbacking career.

Meet the starting QB of XXXIV Super Bowl

Kurt Warner played collegiate football in Northern Iowa, but he didn’t start until his senior year. After graduating from college, he struggled to get a job in the NFL, including a 1994 unsuccessful audition with the Green Bay Packers. And after that, he played for the Iowa Barnstormers in the AFL from 1995 to 1997 before joining the St. Louis Rams in December of that same year.

After Trent Green was injured in 1999, Warner took over as the starting QB for the Rams, marking the beginning of Warner’s NFL career. He won both Super Bowl MVP and NFL MVP that season after leading the Rams to their first Super Bowl victory against the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. During his effort, Warner threw for 414 yards, which was the Super Bowl record at the time.

The 2021 biopic ‘American Underdog’ told the story of 2000 Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner. He went from being undrafted to gaining the Super Bowl as a rookie. Kurt’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame came in 2017, following his MVP win. And two more Super Bowl appearances. One with the Arizona Cardinals in 2009 and one with the St. Louis Rams in 2001. Let’s now observe how his son’s destiny with Fresno State develops.