Mike Reilly (American football)

Mike Reilly

No. 13     BC Lions
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: January 25, 1985 (1985-01-25) (age 26)
Place of birth: Kennewick, Washington
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Weight: 212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
College: Central Washington
Undrafted in 2009
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
Pittsburgh Steelers (2009)* Green Bay Packers (2009)* St. Louis Rams (2009) Seattle Seahawks (2010)* BC Lions (2010-present)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-GNAC (2006–2007) 2× First-team All-GNAC (2007–2008) GNAC Offensive P.O.Y. (2008) Third-team Little All-American (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
TD–INT	--
Passing yards	--
QB Rating	--
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at CFL.ca

Mike Reilly (born January 25, 1985, in Kennewick, Washington) is an American and Canadian football quarterback for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Central Washington.

Reilly has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks.

Early years

Reilly played three seasons for Kamiakin High in Kennewick, WA, before relocating to Kalispell, MT. As a senior, he set a Flathead High School record with 2,280 yards. He originally signed with NAIA Montana Tech, but chose to walk on at Washington State.

College career

Reilly was a co-runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is presented to the nation’s top Division II football player, as a senior. He holds the NCAA all-divisions record with at least one touchdown pass in all 46 career games. For his career he completed 64 percent of his passes over his four years as a starter for 12,448 yards, 118 touchdowns and only 40 interceptions.

After redshirting at Washington State as a third-string quarterback, Reilly decided he didn't want to bide his time waiting for playing time. Central Washington offered him a chance to start right away so he transferred. He was the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after completing 65.2% of his passes (207 of 414) in 2008 for 3,706 passing with 37 TDs, six INTs and he rushed 103 times for 415 yards (4.0 avg.) with four touchdowns. He was also named First-team All Great NW for his efforts. He was also Third-team Little All-America.

In 2007 he started all 13 games and completed 271 of 435 passes (62.3%) for 3,386 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while be named Second-team All-North Central. He also rushed 129 times for 266 yards (2.1 avg.) with three touchdowns.In 2006 he started all 11 games and was 231/351 (65.8%) for 2,660 yards 21 TDs and 12 Ints., rushed 137 times for 272 yards (2.0 avg.) with four touchdowns and was named Second team All-North Central. The year prior, 2005, he started all 10 games and was 223/353 (63.2%) for 2,686 yards 30 TDs and 11 Ints. and rushed 86 times for 310 yards (3.6 avg.) with three touchdowns.while being named First-team All-Great NW.

Professional career

Pre-draft measureables

Pre-draft measureables

Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 3 in	214 lb	4.74 s	1.62 s	2.71 s	4.11 s	6.76 s	32½ in	9 ft 1 in		38
40 (and splits) and vertical from Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine.[citation needed]

Pittsburgh Steelers

Mike Reilly was eligible to be selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. He signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reilly went 10-of-15 for 117 yards during the 2009 preseason, but was waived on Sept. 5, 2009.

Green Bay Packers

On Nov. 19, 2009, Reilly was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad.

St. Louis Rams

On December 9, 2009, he was signed off the Packers' practice squad by the St. Louis Rams. He was waived on May 4, 2010.

Seattle Seahawks

Reilly was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Seahawks on May 4, 2010. He was waived on May 18, 2010.

BC Lions

On July 26, 2010, it was announced that Reilly had signed a practice roster agreement with the BC Lions. On August 26, 2010 Reilly was activated by the Lions and spent the remainder of the year as the 3rd string quarterback.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://bclions.com/article/lions-add-quarterback-mike-reilly-release-robert-jordan Lions add quarterback Mike Reilly, release Robert Jordan

External links

• Green Bay Packers bio
• St. Louis Rams bio
• BC Lions bio

Persondata
Name	Reilly, Mike
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Short description
Date of birth	January 25, 1985
Place of birth	Kennewick, Washington
Date of death
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