Andy Kelly (American football)

Andy Kelly

No. 8

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

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
TD–INT:	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

Season	Passing							Rushing
NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Tennessee Volunteers
Season	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

↑ "Andy Kelly". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
↑ "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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Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks

Howard Ijams (1891–1893)
D. C. Chapman (1896)
C. L. Bryan (1899)
J. G. Logan (1900)
S. D. Crawford (1901–1902)
J. C. Loucks (1906)
Chauncey Raulston (1909)
Rufus Branch (1909–1912)
Red Rainey (1913)
Bill May (1914–1915)
Buck Hatcher (1916)
Willis McCabe (1919)
Joe Evans (1920)
Roe Campbell (1921–1924)
Jimmie Smith (1922)
Billy Harkness (1924–1926)
Jimmy Elmore (1927)
D. Vincent Tudor (1927–1929)
Roy Witt (1928)
Bobby Dodd (1928–1930)
Deke Brackett (1931–1932)
Beattie Feathers (1933)
Charles Vaughan (1934)
Phil Dickens (1935–1936)
Walter Wood (1937)
George Cafego (1938–1939)
Van Thompson (1940)
Johnny Butler (1941)
Jim Gaffney (1943)
Buist Warren (1943–1944)
Walter Slater (1946)
Art Galiffa (1964–1966)
Dewey Warren (1967)
Bubba Wyche (1968)
Bobby Scott (1969–1970)
Condredge Holloway (1973–1974)
Randy Wallace (1975–1976)
Pat Ryan (1977)
Jimmy Streater (1978–1979)
Steve Alatorre (1980–1981)
Alan Cockrell (1981–1983)
Tony Robinson (1984–1985)
Jeff Francis (1987–1988)
Sterling Henton (1989)
Andy Kelly (1989–1991)
Heath Shuler (1992–1993)
Jerry Colquitt (1994)
Todd Helton (1994)
Peyton Manning (1994–1997)
Tee Martin (1998–1999)
A. J. Suggs (2000)
Casey Clausen (2000–2003)
Brent Schaeffer (2004)
Rick Clausen (2004–2005)
Erik Ainge (2004–2007)
Jonathan Crompton (2006, 2008–2009)
Nick Stephens (2008)
Matt Simms (2010)
Tyler Bray (2010–2012)
Justin Worley (2013–2014)
Nathan Peterman (2013–2014)
Joshua Dobbs (2013– )

Charlotte Rage starting quarterbacks

Scooter Molander (1992) Tony Kimbrough (1993–1994) Andy Kelly (1993, 1995–1996) Michael Proctor (1994–1996) Tom Porras (1996)

Rhein Fire starting quarterbacks

Gino Torretta (1995)
Andy Kelly (1995–1996)
Terry Dean (1996)
T. J. Rubley (1997)
Josh LaRocca (1997)
Mike Quinn (1998)
Jim Arellanes (1998–1999)
Mike Cherry (1999)
Danny Wuerffel (2000)
Giovanni Carmazzi (2001)
Phil Stambaugh (2001)
Tee Martin (2002)
Nick Rolovich (2003)
Chad Hutchinson (2004)
Greg Zolman (2004)
Andy Hall (2005)
Scott McBrien (2005)
Drew Henson (2006)
Timmy Chang (2006)
Cody Pickett (2007)

Nashville Kats starting quarterbacks

Andy Kelly (1997–2001) Leon Murray (2005–2006) Tony Zimmerman (2005) Clint Stoerner (2006–2007) Jeff Smoker (2007) Matt Kohn (2007)

Dallas Desperados starting quarterbacks

Andy Kelly (2002) Jim Kubiak (2003) Glen Gauntt (2004) Walter Church (2004) Scott Dreisbach (2004) Clint Stoerner (2005) Clint Dolezel (2006–2008) Chris Sanders (2008)

Detroit Fury starting quarterbacks

Scott Semptimphelter (2001–2002) Rickey Foggie (2002) Drew Miller (2002) Charles Puleri (2002) Nick Browder (2002) Andy Kelly (2003–2004)

Kansas City Brigade / Command starting quarterbacks

Andy Kelly (2006) Chris Sanders (2006) Raymond Philyaw (2006–2007) John Fitzgerald (2008) Matt Kohn (2008) D. Bryant (2008) Quincy Carter (2008) J. J. Raterink (2011) Stephen Wasil (2011) Nate Davis (2012) Matt Gutierrez (2012) Brian Jones (2012) Zack Eskridge (2012)

Utah Blaze starting quarterbacks

Joe Germaine (2006–2008) Jason Gesser (2006) Andy Kelly (2006) Mike Affleck (2010) Brett Elliott (2010) Mark Thorson (2010) Tommy Grady (2011–2013) Todd Hammel (2011) Jason Boltus (2013)

New Orleans VooDoo starting quarterbacks

John Fitzgerald (2004) Andy Kelly (2005, 2007) Steve Bellisari (2007–2008) Danny Wimprine (2008, 2011) D. Bryant (2011) Chris Wallace (2011) Derek Cassidy (2011) Kurt Rocco (2012–2014) Bill Stull (2013) Zack Eskridge (2013) Chris Dixon (2013) Ryan Perrilloux (2014) Adam Kennedy (2014–2015) Brian Reader (2015)

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