Kurt Warner Asks All 32 NFL Teams to Give His Son E.J. Warner the Chance He Once Needed
The Hall of Fame quarterback took to social media for his undrafted son, who threw for nearly 11,000 college yards and is still waiting for an NFL contract. 'Kurt Warner' is the morning's No. 1 U.S. trending search.
AUSTIN — Kurt Warner knows what it is to wait for a chance. The Hall of Fame quarterback went undrafted, stocked grocery shelves in Iowa, and played in the Arena League and NFL Europe before the St. Louis Rams made him their third-string quarterback in 1998 — and a Super Bowl MVP a season later. This week he asked the league to extend the same chance to his son.
In a post on X reported by EssentiallySports, Warner wrote that when he was bouncing around, all he ever wanted was a chance to prove whether he belonged, and added: "Now, I just want someone to give that chance to @elijah13warner so he can prove IF he belongs! After starting 35+ games & throwing for nearly 11k yrds… he deserves at least that chance (definitely deserves it more than I ever did!!)" The appeal made "kurt warner" the No. 1 trending Google search in the United States on Wednesday morning's listing.
E.J. Warner's college record is the heart of his father's argument: 10,844 passing yards and 71 touchdowns across four seasons at Rice and Fresno State, where he completed a career-high 69.3 percent of his passes, according to EssentiallySports. He went undrafted in 2026 and impressed at rookie minicamps with Denver and Kansas City in May — Broncos head coach Sean Payton compared him to Chase Daniel, the undrafted quarterback Payton once carried in New Orleans — but no team offered a contract. The report notes his 6-foot frame and 48 college interceptions may have worked against him.
A familiar door may open instead. The UFL's St. Louis Battlehawks — in the city where Kurt Warner built his Hall of Fame career — posted in late October asking fans whether they would want to see E.J. Warner land with the team, and the 2027 UFL Draft is scheduled for November 18 in St. Louis, with the Battlehawks holding the fifth overall pick. It is the same spring-football route that launched his father's career nearly three decades ago.
