Kurt Warner’s son started his first career as a quarterback for Temple football, sources say

Temple started the real freshman quarterback EJ Warner – son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner – against Rutgers on Saturday.

Warner received the nod for his first career start from freshman coach Stan Drayton after showing strong in his first appearance before Lafayette on Saturday. He completed 14 of 19 173-yard passes and two touchdowns after the rescue D’Wan Mathis in the second quarter.

Today’s Warner Indoor College Football Day… Watching @KadeWarner played WR in his final year for @KStateFB & @elijah13warner started for the first time as a real freshman for @Temple_FB… dad is very proud today! #EMAW #TempleTuff #Let’s go

– Kurt Warner (@kurt13warner) September 17, 2022

Warner wasn’t hired much out of high school, choosing Temple over offers from schools like Colorado State, Hawaii, UConn and Marshall. There are bound to be similarities with his father’s story, when Kurt Warner played football in college Northern Iowa before famously dominating Arena Football and earning a spot in the NFL.

Warner is 6 feet tall, weighs 190 pounds and plays football at Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. He has a connection to Temple, when Owls attack coordinator Danny Langsdorf trains his brother, who receives Kade Warnerin Nebraska.

Mathis, one Georgia transfer and former Virginia Technology and North Dakota State midfielder Quincy Patterson were considered the frontrunners for the work started in the camp.