49ers' Josh Dobbs discusses faith getting him through up-and-down career, life as backup quarterback

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Josh Dobbs has had quite a roller coaster of an NFL career.

The 2017 fourth-rounder made his second career start in a win-or-go-home game for the Tennessee Titans in the 2022 season. Set to back up in Cleveland in 2023, he was traded to the Arizona Cardinals less than two weeks before that season started to be their starter in Kyler Murray's absence. In the middle of that year, he was traded to the Minnesota Vikings and eventually found himself starting for them.

Entering his eighth season, he is now backing up Brock Purdy in San Francisco, and while it's not his ultimate goal to ride behind a starter, he's learned not to take this journey for granted.

"You never really embrace [being a backup]. You don’t wake up at 6 a.m. every day in the offseason and do three workouts a day in order to back up," Dobbs admitted in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "I’m aspiring to be that guy on the field that an organization and your teammates look to every Sunday to lead your team to victory. But you also understand there are also 32 individuals that get to have that role in the world. 

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Joshua Dobbs of the San Francisco 49ers warms up prior to the start of the game against the New Orleans Saints at Levi's Stadium on August 18, 2024, in Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

"Being in the NFL and being one of 96 quarterbacks in the world to do what we do is a tremendous honor, and it’s rare air. And whatever role you have in your room, the best course of action is to embrace that role."

Dobbs didn't get the privilege of having many opportunities handed to him, but