NFL quarterback Joshua Dobbs will play for his eighth team in the last eight years after signing a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Monday. In his career, Dobbs has had ten different stints across six teams. The quarterback's agent, Mike McCartney, reported that the 49ers signed Dobbs to a one-year, fully guaranteed deal worth $2.25 million on Monday. The deal is reported to include an additional $750k that Dobbs could achieve should he reach established benchmarks as Brock Purdy's backup next season. Dobbs has played for multiple teams in his
NFL career, including the , , , and . In 2023, Dobbs saw action with the Vikings and Cardinals, completing 95 passes out of 151 (62.9 percent) for 895 yards and 167 out of 266 attempts (62.8 percent) for 1,569 yards in Minnesota . During his tenure with the team, Dobbs recorded five touchdowns and five interceptions, resulting in a passer rating of 76.4. Before joining the Vikings, Dobbs spent the first part of the 2023 season with the Cardinals. He threw for eight touchdowns and five interceptions, with a passer rating of 81.2. In 2022, he played for the Titans and completed 40 passes out of 68 attempts (58.8 percent) for 411 yards, scoring two touchdowns and two interceptions, resulting in a passer rating of 73.8. During the 2018 season, Dobbs played for the Steelers and completed six passes out of 12 attempts, which is a 50 percent completion rate. He also threw one interception and had a passer rating of 24. In 2020, he briefly played for the Steelers again and completed 4 of 5 attempts, an 80 percent completion rate. He gained 43 yards and had a passer rating of 79.2. Throughout his NFL career, which spanned 21 games, Dobbs accumulated 312 completions out of 502 attempts (62.2 percent) for 2,920 yards, with 15 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, resulting in a career passer rating of 77.3. He's also rushed for 153 yards on 35 attempts, scoring one rushing touchdown. Dobbs has been traded so many times that . Dobbs, with a background in aeronautics from his college studies, earned the moniker "Passtronaut" from the space agency after leading the Vikings to victory against the with a score of 31-28 in his debut. He holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee and has expressed aspirations to venture into outer space following his NFL career. "A lot of people are like, 'Go to space, go to the
moon, go to Mars,'" . "Obviously, we haven't sent people to
Mars yet. It's really cool to see the amount of commercial opportunities to go to space and the number of people that have the opportunity to become astronauts. It is on my bucket list. Obviously, that is a huge decision to make, but it would be cool."