Former Item All-Star and St. John’s Prep Hall of Fame quarterback Brian St. Pierre is back in the NFL saddle again.St. Pierre, a much-traveled but little-used quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens since being drafted out of Boston College in 2003, will start against the Ravens Sunday for the Carolina Panthers.In seven NFL seasons, St. Pierre has thrown five passes.”I know what the situation looks like to everyone,” St. Pierre said. “It is what it is. I’m not going to complain about it.”St. Pierre’s most recent team was Arizona, for whom he went to the 2009 Super Bowl as the No. 2 backup to Kurt Warner. However, he was plagued by back issues last year, and remained unsigned until last week, when the Panthers signed him to their practice squad.St. Pierre had only one offseason workout, with New England, but wasn’t offered a deal. He then turned down a contract for about $50,000 to play for Omaha in the United Football League.”I’ve played long enough in the league where (money) wasn’t a huge issue for me,” St. Pierre said. “With a young kid, I didn’t want to uproot him and bring him to Omaha.”With Carolina’s signal callers plagued by injury, the Panthers signed him to their 53-man roster earlier this week and coach John Fox named him as the starter for Sunday’s game. He gets the nod over rookie Tony Pike. Carolina’s starting quarterback, Matt Moore, is done for the season with a shoulder injury and rookie Jimmy Clausen of Notre Dame suffered a concussion last week against Tampa Bay.Not only do the Panthers have quarterback issues, their top three running backs are also on the shelf. Carolina is the NFL’s lowest-scoring team thus far, and has only won one game.”The guy has been in some games,” Fox said. “He was with us last week, picked up the offense pretty quickly. He spits the ball out quick and makes good decisions.”Fox seemed unconcerned that St. Pierre may be a little behind in learning the Panthers’ offense ? or the Ravens’.”We’ve got a game plan in,” Fox said, “just like we do every week, and that’s why we’re out here practicing. No different than any other week.””(Fox) came in to me on Wednesday and said, ‘Vinny Testaverde came in and did this three years ago,'” St. Pierre said. “And I said, ‘Well, Vinny has a little better resume than I do.'”I appreciate they have enough faith to throw me out there. I hope I can reward them by holding my own Sunday.”St. Pierre, a Danvers native, was a four-year starter at St. John’s Prep and helped lead the Eagles to a Division 1 Super Bowl title in 1997. Many observers feel that Prep team – which also consisted of future NFL lineman Wayne Lucier (New York Giants); future Major League draftees Brian Lentz, Ryan Leahy and Jeff Mackor; and Zach Migliero – was the best in the school’s history. The Eagles went 11-0, defeated Xaverian on Thanksgiving by a 15-14 margin, and then blanked New Bedford, 25-0, in the Super Bowl.He was pursued by several Division 1A colleges, as well as Harvard – for whom his father, Dr. David St. Pierre, played – but chose BC. He was red-shirted his freshman season, and then spent two years as quarterback Tim Hasselbeck’s backup and led the Eagles to two bowl wins: 20-16 over Georgia in the Music City Bowl; and 51-25 over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl, where he was named the game’s most valuable player after completing 25 of 35 passes for 342 yards – a personal career high.As a junior, he completed 149 of 279 passes at BC for 2,233 yards and 25 touchdowns. A year later, he was 212-372 for 2,983 yards and 15 touchdowns. At the time of his graduation, he was third on the all-time BC passing list with 5,837 yards, and third in career touchdown passes with 48.He was drafted in 2003 by the Steelers in the fifth round. He made his first appearance in an NFL game a year later, throwing one pass. He was waived by them just prior to the 2005 season, and caught on with the Ravens. He was back in Pittsburgh later in the decade, but by