Alex Van Pelt

Alex Van Pelt

Infobox NFLretired


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position=Quarterback
number=10
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|5|1
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
deathdate=
debutyear=1993
finalyear=2003
draftyear=1993
draftround=8
draftpick=216
college=Pittsburgh
teams= As Player
* Kansas City Chiefs (1993)
* Buffalo Bills (1994-2003)As Coach
* Buffalo Bills (2006-present)
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stat1value=16-24
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stat2value=2,985
stat3label=QB Rating
stat3value=64.1
nfl=VAN706388

Gregory Alexander "Alex" Van Pelt (born May 1, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback and current quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills. He was a star college quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh, but was a career backup in the NFL, where he had career totals of 16 touchdowns, and 24 interceptions in 477 pass attempts. After retiring from football in 2004 he was John Murphy's partner on Bills Radio Network broadcasts. He did color commentary for the radio broadcast of all Bills games until he was hired as Offensive Quality Control Coach for the 2006 season. He lives in Buffalo with his wife and three children.

When Van Pelt left the University of Pittsburgh, he held school passing records that he had taken from Dan Marino. His single season mark of 3,163 passing yards was broken in 2003, by Rod Rutherford. He was an eighth round draft pick of his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, but failed to make the opening game roster. He played his entire career as a Buffalo Bill, after being released by Pittsburgh.

In the NFL, Van Pelt spent all of his career as a member of the Bills, mostly as a backup. Alex Van Pelt's first NFL win as a starter would come on November 2, 1997, against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins. In 2001, he started 7 games, going 2-5, and playing well enough to justify a contract extension that would allow the Bills to release failed Flutie successor Rob Johnson. Van Pelt would never start a game after 2001, due to a Bills trade with the Patriots for Drew Bledsoe.

On February 13, 2006, Van Pelt was hired to Dick Jauron's coaching staff as Offensive Quality Control Coach. His prior coaching experience included work at the University of Buffalo in 2005, where he was a volunteer winter quarterback's coach. He also was the quarterbacks coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe, the NFL's developmental league, in 2005, where he was responsible for all offensive play calling. On January 16, 2008 the Bills promoted him from offensive quality control coach to quarterbacks coach.

External links

* [http://www.buffalobills.com/team/coach.jsp?coach_id=28 Buffalo Bills' official web page for Van Pelt. ]


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