Andy Kelly (American football)

Andy Kelly
No. 8
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1968-06-06) June 6, 1968
Place of birth: Dayton, Tennessee
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Evensville (TN) Rhea County
College: Tennessee
Undrafted: 1992
Career history
Career Arena statistics
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 (AFL). 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
199317833253.62139341580.3
19959516657.2100416878.9
1996589461.767181100
199730949762.238218214113.7
199831551860.835377312106.7
199932450164.736096711110.2
20002834296631075510109.5
200123038260.22699477104.8
200231951162.432957316105.4
200339265459.93967922099.7
200436058761.341847312105.4
200546670066.646579612112.4
2006 (Utah Blaze)115162711402274126.5
2006 (Kansas City Brigade)17729460.21856241380.5
200726539766.82571429101.7
Career Statistics3886622462.442519809164104

References

  1. "Andy Kelly". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. "Former VooDoo QB Andy Kelly Nominated for AFL Hall of Fame". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.

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