Story of the USFL

Below is a loose (very loose) chronology of the headline stories from the USFL: Herschel Walker signs on When football was F-U-N Young signs with Express The Class of '84 Marcus Dupree: The phenom Blitz 'em in Chi ... uh, Buffalo Only the sky was their limit The cradle of NFL coaching? Perpetual motion (The pursuit of) USFL trivia The Donald (Trump, of course) The $3.76 lawsuit Stick with the plan Landeta and Flutie -- Greg Garber

Young, of course, would find himself living in San Francisco and sitting behind Joe Montana for three or four years, but things worked out fine. He finished his NFL career as the highest-ranked passer in NFL history (comfortably ahead of the No. 2 Montana), but in 1984 Young was only the eighth-ranked passer, according to the USFL's complicated ranking formula.

Consider the top 10:

1. Chuck Fusina, Philadelphia; 2. Cliff Stoudt, Birmingham; 3. Jim Kelly, Houston; 4. Greg Landry, Arizona; 5. John Reaves, Tampa Bay; 6. Brian Sipe, New Jersey; 7. Walter Lewis, Memphis; 8. Young, Los Angeles; 9. Craig Penrose, Denver; 10. Bobby Hebert, Michigan.

Nine of the 10 quarterbacks spent time in the NFL before or after -- Lewis was the lone exception -- and they logged a total of 896 games. Kelly is in the Hall of Fame, Young is destined to be enshrined, but Landry, Sipe and Hebert were all solid starting NFL quarterbacks. Those final three combined for 387 touchdowns -- or 386 more than Marcus Dupree.

Next: Marcus Dupree: The phenom

Greg Garber is a senior writer at ESPN.com.