Andy Kelly (American football)

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Andy Kelly
No. 8
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1968-06-06) June 6, 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth: Dayton, Tennessee
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Career information
High school: Evensville (TN) Rhea County
College: Tennessee
Undrafted: 1992
Career history
Career Arena statistics as of 2007
Pass attempts-completions: 6,224-3,886
Percentage: 62.4
TDINT: 809-164
Passing yards: 42,519
Passer rating: 104.09
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Andy Kelly (born June 6, 1968) is a former American football quarterback in the Arena Football League. He played in the AFL for fifteen seasons. He also played for two seasons for the Rhein Fire of the former World League of American Football. He played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991. He is currently a sideline reporter and commentator for the Vol Network.

High school career

Kelly attended Rhea County High School in Evensville, Tennessee. While attending, he won Gatorade All-America honors in football as a senior.

College career

Kelly was a successful collegiate quarterback at the University of Tennessee from 1988-1991. He took over as a starter for Sterling Henton in the 1989 SEC game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. He set numerous Tennessee and SEC passing records, most of them broken by his later successor at Tennessee, Peyton Manning. He was also drafted to play baseball with the Atlanta Braves, but never actually did so.

College career statistics

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Tennessee Volunteers
Season Passing Rushing
Comp Att Yards Pct. TD Int QB Rating Att Yards Avg TD
1988 15 25 98 60.0 0 0 92.9 9 -15 -1.7 0
1989 92 156 1,299 59.0 7 9 132.2 32 -33 -1.0 0
1990 179 304 2,241 58.9 14 14 126.8 38 18 0.5 0
1991 228 361 2,759 63.2 15 15 132.8 57 60 1.1 3
NCAA Career Totals 514 846 6,397 60.8 36 38 129.3 136 30 0.2 3

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Professional career

Kelly's predominant professional football career was as an Arena Football League quarterback playing some of his career with the New Orleans VooDoo, for whom he played for in 2005 and 2007. He previously played for the Charlotte Rage (1993, 1995–96), Nashville Kats (1997–2001), Dallas Desperados (2002), Detroit Fury (2003–2004), Kansas City Brigade (2006) and Utah Blaze (2006). At the end of the 2006 season, he held several all-time AFL career records, including touchdown passes (767), passing yards (39,948), pass attempts (5,827), pass completions (3,621), and interceptions (155).

On Friday, April 27, 2007, in a 72-57 home loss to division-mate Georgia, Kelly joined Aaron Garcia, Clint Dolezel, and Sherdrick Bonner as the only quarterbacks in Pro Football history to throw for over 800 career touchdowns.

On December 6, 2007, Kelly was named the head coach of the proposed new All American Football League's Tennessee team. The league suspended operations March 12, 2008 (permanently, as things later developed, although only a delay was announced at the time), and Kelly signed with the Georgia Force two weeks later on March 26, 2008, but never participated as an active player for the Force. Kelly retired as an Arena Football player following the 2008 season and currently serves as a commentator on Tennessee Volunteers football radio broadcasts.

In June 2013, Kelly was nominated for the AFL Hall of Fame.[2]

Statistics

Year Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Rating
1993 178 332 53.6 2139 34 15 80.3
1995 95 166 57.2 1004 16 8 78.9
1996 58 94 61.7 671 8 1 100
1997 309 497 62.2 3821 82 14 113.7
1998 315 518 60.8 3537 73 12 106.7
1999 324 501 64.7 3609 67 11 110.2
2000 283 429 66 3107 55 10 109.5
2001 230 382 60.2 2699 47 7 104.8
2002 319 511 62.4 3295 73 16 105.4
2003 392 654 59.9 3967 92 20 99.7
2004 360 587 61.3 4184 73 12 105.4
2005 466 700 66.6 4657 96 12 112.4
2006 (Utah Blaze) 115 162 71 1402 27 4 126.5
2006 (Kansas City Brigade) 177 294 60.2 1856 24 13 80.5
2007 265 397 66.8 2571 42 9 101.7
Career Statistics 3886 6224 62.4 42519 809 164 104

References

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