The starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns at the beginning of the 2011 season was Colt McCoy. He opened the season as Cleveland’s primary quarterback after starting eight games as a rookie in 2010.
McCoy had been selected by the Browns in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft out of the University of Texas. In 2011, he started the team’s first 13 games and completed 265 of 463 passes for 2,733 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions. Cleveland finished the season 4–12.
A common mix-up is that McCoy was not the only Browns quarterback to start that season. A concussion late in the year caused him to miss time, and Seneca Wallace started the final three games. That later change does not alter the answer to a question asking who started at the beginning of the season. McCoy also briefly returned to start Cleveland’s Week 16 game before Wallace closed out the year.