The top 10 greatest black quarterbacks of all time

SLIDESHOW - With all the focus on Tom Brady and Eli Manning this weekend, theGrio is paying homage to the best black athletes to play the quarterback position...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Super Bowl XLVIII is upon us.

Earlier this year, theGrio.com noted the historically high number of African-Americans starting at quarterback to being the NFL season. One of those quarterbacks, Russell Wilson, leads the Seattle Seahawks against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday. This is the second postseason trip for Wilson, whose team fell short last year in the divisional round.

While most of the media attention this week has been directed towards Wilson’s teammate Richard Sherman, theGrio.com selected Wilson as its ninth-greatest black quarterback of all-time.

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