Liam Nadler

Liam Nadler (born November 29, 1992) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Gannon Golden Knights, and broke nearly every school passing record. He was named a third-team All-American in 2014. Nadler was also one of 22 college football players selected to the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which includes players from all levels of college football. He was a National Football League (NFL) prospect but never signed with an NFL team. He later played professionally for the Colorado Crush of the Indoor Football League (IFL), the Sioux City Bandits of Champions Indoor Football (CIF), and the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He was inducted into Gannon's athletics hall of fame in 2025.

Early life Liam Nadler was born on November 29, 1992. He played high school football at Leipsic High School in Leipsic, Ohio. He started out as a tight end and wide receiver. He earned first-team all-district and first-team all-conference honors during his high school career.

College career Nadler accepted a scholarship to play college football for the Gannon Golden Knights of Gannon University. As a redshirt senior in 2015, he started every game for the fourth consecutive season, completing 186 of 337 passes for 2,641 yards, 24 touchdowns, and six interceptions while also scoring two rushing touchdowns. In September 2015, he was one of 22 college football players selected to the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which includes players from all levels of college football. Nadler was also named a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American for the second consecutive season. He set school career records in completions with 851, passing attempts with 1,460, completion percentage with 58.3%, passing yards with 11,160, passing touchdowns with 82, total offense with 11,863 yards, and starting quarterback wins with 23. He was also a three-year team captain from 2013 to 2015.

Professional career After his senior year, Nadler played in the 2016 Dream Bowl for college football all-stars. On April 14, 2016, it was reported that the Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, and Seattle Seahawks had shown interest in Nadler. The company Sage produced several draft prospect football cards of Nadler. Scouts were interested in his size (, ) and speed (he had a 4.89 second 40-yard dash at Temple's pro day). One scout reportedly called him a "poor-man's Carson Wentz". After going undrafted, Nadler attended rookie minicamp with the Jets on a tryout basis. He was named the IFL Offensive Player of the Week for Week 10 of the 2017 season after recording 273 passing yards, seven passing touchdowns, and two rushing touchdowns in a 77–73 victory against the Wichita Falls Nighthawks. The Crush folded after the season. He led the Bandits to a 9–3 record and an appearance in Champions Bowl IV, where they lost to the Duke City Gladiators by a score of 31–27.

Nadler was assigned to the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL) on April 10, 2019. He was placed on recallable reassignment on April 16. He entered the game in the second quarter in relief of injured starter Grant Russell. The Destroyers signed Kyle Rowley to start the regular season finale in Week 13, keeping Nadler in a backup role. Overall during the 2019 season, Nadler completed 15 of 26 passes (57.7%) for 157 yards and one touchdown while also rushing three times for negative seven yards.

Personal life Nadler majored in political science at Gannon, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2014. He later began running Nadler Farms. He has a wife and two children.