The official family tree
Every Shreveport–Bossier quarterback we can verify — by school, by era, and by the mentors, brothers and sons who connect them.
Every branch of Shreveport's quarterback family tree grows from the same trunk: three Super Bowl starters, Terry Bradshaw of Woodlawn, David Woodley of Byrd and Stan Humphries of Southwood. From there it spreads through Joe Ferguson, the Booty family, Brock Berlin, Dak Prescott and dozens more, 26 quarterbacks from 9 schools in all, plus Shreveport-born passers who played their high school ball somewhere else.
Branches
Succession
Woodlawn started four quarterbacks in eight seasons: Trey Prather, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Ferguson and Johnny Booty. Every one but Bradshaw made All-State — and Bradshaw became a four-time Super Bowl champion.
Source: Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Father & sons
Johnny Booty quarterbacked Woodlawn and helped found Evangel Christian Academy. His sons Josh (1993 national high school player of the year) and John David (two-year USC starter) both quarterbacked Evangel.
Source: Wikipedia: Josh Booty
Brothers
Terry's younger brother Craig quarterbacked Southwood High, played at Louisiana Tech and Utah State, and reached the NFL with the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints.
Source: Wikipedia: Craig Bradshaw
Coaches → QBs
Lee Hedges coached Woodlawn from 1960 to 1965 and had Terry Bradshaw as a first-year starter on his 1965 state-finalist team. A. L. Williams then coached both Bradshaw and Joe Ferguson at Woodlawn and won the 1968 state title with Ferguson at quarterback, before head-coaching jobs at Northwestern State and Louisiana Tech.
Source: Shreveport Times (2015); Wikipedia: Lee Hedges, A. L. Williams
Coach → program
Captain Shreve quarterback Denny Duron became Evangel Christian Academy's founding head coach in 1977. The school went on to produce national players of the year Josh Booty (1993) and Brock Berlin (1999), plus John David Booty and Blake Shapen. Duron returned as head coach in 2020, and Berlin now coaches Evangel's offense.
Same path
Two Southwood quarterbacks took the same road to Monroe: Stan Humphries won the 1987 I-AA national title at Northeast Louisiana (now ULM), and Raymond Philyaw followed him there before a long Arena Football League career.
The tree
Dates are birth years. “Tree-only” entries are verified in local press or the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame but lack enough published detail for their own page. Every other name links to a sourced profile. Nominate a missing quarterback.