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Joshua Dobbs

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Joshua Dobbs: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

FanIQ Research · May 10, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

6-year career across 6 teams. The 'Passtronaut' — aerospace engineer who has played for nearly every NFL conference.

Milestone

Career regular-season totals

Stat	Total
Seasons	6
Teams	6
Games	27
Yards	3,346
TDs	17
INTs	15
Rush yards	515
Rush TDs	8

PIT 2017-18 (4th-round pick) -> bench tour -> ARI 2023 (8 GS) -> MIN 2023 walk-in starter -> SF 2024 -> NE 2025 backup.

Trend

Dobbs career arc

Phase	Years	Highlight
PIT draftee	2017-2018	4th rd (#135), mostly inactive
ARI emergency	2023 wks 1-8	266 att, 8 pass TDs
MIN walk-in	2023 wks 9-14	5 GS, 5 pass TDs
SF backup	2024	2 G, 361 yds, 2 TDs
NE backup	2025	4 G, 65 yds, 0 TDs

2023 was his entire career: 13 of 27 games, 2,464 of 3,346 yards (74%), 13 of 17 TDs (76%).

Split

Dobbs season-by-season

Year	Team(s)	Yds	TDs
2018	PIT	43	0
2020	PIT	2	0
2022	TEN	411	2
2023	ARI/MIN	2,464	13
2024	SF	361	2
2025	NE	65	0

His 2023 MIN debut: traded Tuesday, started Sunday, won 31-28 vs ATL — 158 yards on a 4-day playbook crash course.

Rare

Dobbs MIN 2023 walk-in

Stat	Wk 9 vs ATL
Cmp/Att	20/30
Yards	158
TDs	2 pass + 1 rush
Result	W 31-28
Days with playbook	~4

His 6-team career (27 games) gives him more team-changes-per-game (0.22) than nearly any active QB.

Comparison

Teams per game (active QBs)

Player	Teams	Games	T/G
Joshua Dobbs	6	27	0.22
Trevor Siemian	4	40	0.10
Mason Rudolph	2	35	0.06
Jacoby Brissett	6	97	0.06

A 4th-round pick (#135, 2017) out of Tennessee with an aerospace-engineering degree — and a NASA Marshall internship on rocket propulsion.

Anomaly

Dobbs the rocket scientist

Phase	Detail
Draft	2017 R4 #135 by PIT
College	Tennessee
Major	Aerospace engineering
NASA internship	Marshall, summers 2014-16
Field	Solid rocket boosters

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