page_title: Dual-threat quarterback
section_title: Rushing touchdowns
hierarchical_section_title: Dual-threat quarterback / History in the National Football League / All-time NFL leaders / Rushing touchdowns
caption_attribution_description: English: Former American football player John Elway speaking to United States troops while preparing to throw a football.
context_page_description: In gridiron football, a dual-threat quarterback, also known as a running quarterback, is a quarterback who possesses the skills and physique to run with the ball if necessary. With the rise of several blitz heavy defensive schemes and increasingly faster defensive players, the importance of a mobile quarterback has been redefined. While arm power, accuracy, and pocket presence – the ability to successfully operate from within the "pocket" formed by his blockers – are still the most important quarterback virtues, the ability to elude or run past defenders creates an additional threat that allows greater flexibility in the team's passing and running game. Overall, the dual-threat quarterback has been referred to as "the most complex position in sports" by Bleacher Report.
  Dual-threat quarterbacks have historically been more prolific at the college level. Typically, a quarterback with exceptional quickness is used in an option offense, which allows the quarterback to either hand the ball off, run it himself, or pitch it to the running back following him at a distance of three yards outside and one yard behind.
caption: John Elway, a dual-threat QB, appeared in 5 Super Bowls and holds the record of most rushing TDs by any quarterback in the Super Bowl.[67]
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