{"id":608754,"date":"2026-04-15T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608754\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:50:14","slug":"louisville-legend-former-nfl-quarterback-passes-away-at-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608754\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville legend, former NFL quarterback passes away at 57"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former New York Jets<\/a> second-round NFL Draft pick and legendary Louisville Cardinals quarterback, Browning Nagle, has passed away.<\/p>\n

The University of Louisville shared the news of Nagle\u2019s death<\/a> on Friday. It was reported that Nagle passed away after a battle with cancer<\/a>. He was only 57 years old.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSad news: Former Jets QB Browning Nagle has passed away after a cancer battle, per reports,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Rich Cimini wrote. \u201cHe was 57.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership on the field and passion for the game left a lasting mark on our program,\u201d Louisville Football wrote on X. \u201cOur thoughts are with his loved ones and teammates during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The King of Louisville<\/p>\n

Nagle first exploded onto the scene in college in 1989, his first year as a starter at Louisville. He turned heads by throwing for 2,503 yards and 16 touchdowns to 10 picks.<\/p>\n

Nagle then really made a name for himself the following season, when he shined in the Fiesta Bowl<\/a> for the Cardinals, which was the first major bowl in the school\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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Louisville dominated Alabama and jumped out to a 25-point lead in the first quarter before cruising the rest of the way en route to a 34-7 victory.<\/p>\n

Nagle completed 20-of-33 passes for 451 yards and three touchdowns to one interception, earning MVP honors and capping off another impressive season.<\/p>\n

Nagle\u2019s NFL career<\/p>\n

Nagle then moved on to the NFL, where he was a second-round pick of the Jets in 1991. His career didn\u2019t pan out, but making it to the next level in and of itself was a major accomplishment.<\/p>\n

He went on to start in 13 games over three seasons with the Jets, including a career-high 12 in 1992.<\/p>\n

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Following his stint in New York, Nagle appeared in contests for the Indianapolis Colts (one game in 1994) and Atlanta Falcons (five games in 1996) the rest of his career.<\/p>\n

More than just a football player<\/p>\n

Along with his big arm, Nagle was known as a \u201cnice guy\u201d who was also \u201cfun loving,\u201d Cimini shared.<\/p>\n

Eric Crawford of WDRB in Louisville noted that while Nagle was the hot new quarterback in town in 1987, he didn\u2019t act like it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, Nagle was just like everyone else, with Crawford telling the story about how Nagle was playing Wiffle Ball outside with other students upon arriving at the school.<\/p>\n

Following his NFL career, Nagle went back to Louisville and had a successful career in medical sales and raised his family with his wife, Mallie Jo.<\/p>\n

In the annuls of Louisville history, Nagle is as prominent as anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former New York Jets second-round NFL Draft pick and legendary Louisville Cardinals quarterback, Browning Nagle, has passed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[3368,1276,64,63,295953,1246,16736,134854,1235,593,86178,199307,85,285421],"class_list":{"0":"post-608754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-alabama","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-browning-nagle","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-louisville","15":"tag-louisville-football","16":"tag-new-york-jets","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-career","19":"tag-rich-cimini","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-university-of-louisville"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}