It’s Jim Harbaugh’s birthday today. While he is now a high profile head coach, he used to be an NFL quarterback nicknamed ‘Captain Comeback’.
Harbaugh was one of the most prolific scrambling quarterbacks of his era, with Steve Young and Randall Cunningham being his contemporaries. Harbaugh ranks in the top 15 all time for rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,787.
During his years with the Colts, Harbaugh was part of a “let it rip” offense that allowed him to take shots down the field and engineer come from behind victories. He was the runner up for MVP in 1995 with the Colts, where he nearly beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game.