Elvis Grbac Elvis M . Grbac ( ; born August 13 , 1970 ) is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL . During his career he was a starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers , the Kansas City Chiefs , and Baltimore Ravens . In college he was a two - time passing efficiency champion and the quarterback for Heisman Trophy - winner Desmond Howard . He is now an assistant quarterbacks coach for Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland , Ohio . College career . Elvis Grbac played college football at the University of Michigan from 1989 to 1992 . He led the Wolverines to two Rose Bowls in 1991 and 1992 and is best remembered for throwing to wide receiver Desmond Howard during the latter ' s Heisman - winning campaign in 1991 . Grbac finished his career at Michigan as the school ' s all - time leader in passing attempts ( 835 ) , completions ( 522 ) , passing yards ( 6 , 460 ) and passing touchdown s ( 71 ) . These marks were later broken by John Navarre in 2003 and surpassed by Chad Henne in 2006 – 07 . He also established the Big Ten Conference career passing efficiency record that would stand for six seasons until it was surpassed by Joe Germaine . He was a two - time national passing efficiency champion during his junior and senior seasons . He was a three - time Big Ten champion in this statistic . NFL career . Grbac was drafted in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the 49ers . He served as Steve Young ' s backup from 1994 to 1996 . In 1997 , Grbac signed with the Kansas City Chiefs to be their starting quarterback . During the 1997 season , the Chiefs finished first in the NFL with a 13 - 3 record but lost a divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos . Grbac ' s best season statistically came in 2000 when he passed for 4 , 169 yards and 28 touchdowns with a passer rating of 89 . 9 en route to the Pro Bowl . Grbac also played for the Baltimore Ravens before retiring after the 2001 season when the Ravens cut him in a salary cap move after he refused to renegotiate his contract . At the time of his retirement , Grbac had been in negotiations with the Denver Broncos — Denver was interested in signing him as a backup to starting quarterback Brian Griese , but Grbac opted for retirement . The Baltimore Ravens were defending Super Bowl champions when Grbac replaced quarterback Trent Dilfer at the start of the 2001 season . Upon signing , Grbac mocked Dilfer in the press : " It ' s time that a quarterback comes in here and provides leadership , a go - to guy , a vertical passing game . This is a great team . I can make it better . " Grbac posted mediocre passing statistics that year , but still managed to lead the Ravens to an 10 - 6 regular season record and a playoff win over the Miami Dolphins before losing in the second round to the Pittsburgh Steelers . During the season , he was taunted and booed by Baltimore fans and harshly criticized by the Baltimore press . When Grbac was injured midway through the season and temporarily replaced by backup Randall Cunningham , the taunt " Elvis has left the building " was used . Grbac was jeered upon his return to the lineup after Cunningham went 2 - 0 as a starter . " People " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s Sexiest Athlete . Grbac was featured as " People " ' s Sexiest Athlete in 1998 . Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman claims this was because of a mistake by a photographer , told to photograph " the Chiefs quarterback , " who accidentally photographed Grbac instead of the intended Rich Gannon .