Andy Kelly (American football)

American football player (born 1968)

American football player

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Position:| Quarterback
Personal information
Born:|  (1968-06-06) June 6, 1968 (age 56)
Dayton, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:| 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:| Rhea County
(Evensville, Tennessee)
College:| Tennessee
Undrafted:| 1992
Career history

* Charlotte Rage (1993–1996)
* Pittsburgh Steelers (1994)*
* Chicago Bears (1995–96)
* Nashville Kats (1997–2001)
* Dallas Desperados (2002)
* Detroit Fury (2003–2004)
* New Orleans VooDoo (2005)
* Kansas City Brigade (2006)
* Utah Blaze (2006)
* New Orleans VooDoo (2007)
* Georgia Force (2008)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

* 2× Second-team All-SEC (1990, 1991)

Career Arena League statistics
| Pass attempts-completions:| 6,224–3,886

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Percentage:| 62.4
TD–INT:| 809–164
Passing yards:| 42,519
Passer rating:| 104.09
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 for a total of eight different teams. He also played for two seasons for the Rhein Fire of the former World League of American Football (WLAF). He played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991.

## Early life

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Kelly attended Rhea County High School in Evensville, Tennessee.[1] As a member of the Golden Eagles high school football team, he won Gatorade All-America honors in football as a senior.[2]

## College career

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Kelly was a successful collegiate quarterback at the University of Tennessee from 1988–1991 under head coach Johnny Majors.[3] He took over as a starter for Sterling Henton in the 1989 SEC rivalry game against the Alabama Crimson Tide.[4] He became part of Tennessee football lore as part of team that accomplished a 35–34 victory at Notre Dame, later dubbed as "The Miracle at South Bend". The Vols trailed at one point 31–7 before Kelly helped instrument a comeback to beat the Fighting Irish.[5] He set numerous Tennessee and SEC passing records, most of them broken by his later successor at Tennessee, Peyton Manning.[6]

### Statistics

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Tennessee Volunteers

Season  | Passing  | Rushing
Cmp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | 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
Career | 514 | 846 | 6,397 | 60.8 | 36 | 38 | 129.3 | 136 | 30 | 0.2 | 3

## Professional career

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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, and which was the last team for which he actively appeared as a player.[7][8] 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 their division-mate, the Georgia Force, Kelly joined Aaron Garcia, Clint Dolezel, and Sherdrick Bonner as the only quarterbacks in professional football history to throw for over 800 career touchdowns.[9]

On December 6, 2007, Kelly was named the head coach of the proposed new All American Football League's Tennessee team.[10] However, 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 actually participated in any games as an active player for the Force.[11] Kelly retired as an Arena Football player following the 2008 season and currently serves as a commentator on Tennessee Volunteers football radio broadcasts.[12]

In June 2013, Kelly was nominated for the Arena Football Hall of Fame.[7]

## AFL career statistics

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Year  | Passing

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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg
1993 | 178 | 332 | 53.6 | 2,139 | 34 | 15 | 80.3
1995 | 95 | 166 | 57.2 | 1,004 | 16 | 8 | 78.9
1996 | 58 | 94 | 61.7 | 671 | 8 | 1 | 100.0
1997 | 309 | 497 | 62.2 | 3,821 | 82 | 14 | 113.7
1998 | 315 | 518 | 60.8 | 3,537 | 73 | 12 | 106.7
1999 | 324 | 501 | 64.7 | 3,609 | 67 | 11 | 110.2
2000 | 283 | 429 | 66 | 3,107 | 55 | 10 | 109.5
2001 | 230 | 382 | 60.2 | 2,699 | 47 | 7 | 104.8
2002 | 319 | 511 | 62.4 | 3,295 | 73 | 16 | 105.4
2003 | 392 | 654 | 59.9 | 3,967 | 92 | 20 | 99.7
2004 | 360 | 587 | 61.3 | 4,184 | 73 | 12 | 105.4
2005 | 466 | 700 | 66.6 | 4,657 | 96 | 12 | 112.4
2006 | 115 | 162 | 71 | 1,402 | 27 | 4 | 126.5
2006 | 177 | 294 | 60.2 | 1,856 | 24 | 13 | 80.5
2007 | 265 | 397 | 66.8 | 2,571 | 42 | 9 | 101.7
Career | 3,886 | 6,224 | 62.4 | 42,519 | 809 | 164 | 104.0

## Personal life

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After his professional football career, Kelly became a full-time insurance agent for State Farm.[13]

## References

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1. ^ Johnson, Reed (June 16, 2016). "Andy Kelly guest speaker at library's 'Munch-a-Lunch'". The Herald-News. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
2. ^ "Andy Kelly, Mack McCarthy to be inducted into Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame". Chattanooga Times Free Press. February 2, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
3. ^ "Andy Kelly College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
4. ^ "Alabama Stuns Tennessee, 9–6". New York Times. Associated Press. October 21, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
5. ^ Strange, Mike (September 9, 2016). "Andy Kelly was resilient in 'Miracle at South Bend' for Vols". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
6. ^ Paschall, David (May 21, 2020). "Vols top five: Peyton Manning went out as SEC champion, NCAA all-time wins leader". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
7. ^ a b "Former VooDoo QB Andy Kelly Nominated for AFL Hall of Fame". OurSports Central. June 24, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
8. ^ "Kelly named finalist for Arena Football Hall of Fame". WBIR. August 8, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
9. ^ "Vols Jersey Countdown #8". Tennessee Volunteers Athletics. August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
10. ^ Hooker, Dave (December 6, 2007). "Kelly plans to stock AAFL team with quality people". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
11. ^ "Andy Kelly begins new season with expansion team in arena football; Former Kat is now a Dallas Desperado". The Herald-News. July 8, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
12. ^ "Kelly Named Sideline Reporter". University of Tennessee Athletics. August 26, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
13. ^ Cobb, David (March 1, 2016). "Quarterbacking Claims". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

## External links

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* Andy Kelly at ArenaFan Online
* Stats Crew profile
* Andy Kelly's NFL Europe Stats at The Football Database

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Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks

* Howard Ijams (1891–1893)
* D. C. Chapman (1896)
* Strang Nicklin (1897)
* C. L. Bryan (1899)
* J. G. Logan (1900)
* Sax Crawford (1901–1902)
* T. R. Watkins (1903–1904)
* Walker Leach (1905)
* J. C. Loucks (1906–1908)
* 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)
* Buzz Warren (1943–1944)
* Walter Slater (1946)
* Orvis Milner (1947)
* Jack Armstrong (1948)
* Jimmy Hill (1949–1950)
* Jimmy Hahn (1950–1951)
* Bill Blackstock (1951)
* Hal Hubbard (1952)
* Bill Barbish (1953)
* Jimmy Beutel (1954–1955)
* Johnny Majors (1956)
* Bobby Gordon (1957)
* Billy Majors (1958–1960)
* Glenn Glass (1960–1961)
* Mallon Faircloth (1961–1963)
* Art Galiffa (1964–1966)
* Charlie Fulton (1965)
* 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)
* C.J. Leak (2002)
* James Banks (2002)
* Brent Schaeffer (2004)
* Rick Clausen (2004–2005)
* Erik Ainge (2004–2007)
* Jonathan Crompton (2006, 2008–2009)
* Nick Stephens (2008)
* Matt Simms (2010–2011)
* Tyler Bray (2010–2012)
* Justin Worley (2013–2014)
* Nathan Peterman (2013–2014)
* Joshua Dobbs (2013–2016)
* Quinten Dormady (2017)
* Jarrett Guarantano (2017–2020)
* Will McBride (2017)
* Brian Maurer (2019)
* J. T. Shrout (2019)
* Harrison Bailey (2020)
* Joe Milton (2021–2023)
* Hendon Hooker (2021–2022)
* Nico Iamaleava (2023–2024)

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Charlotte Rage starting quarterbacks

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

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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)
* Romaro Miller (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)

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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)

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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)

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Detroit Fury starting quarterbacks

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

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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)

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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)

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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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