- Andy Kelly
Infobox NFL player
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Name=Andy Kelly
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1968|6|6
Birthplace=Dayton, Tennessee
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Height_ft=6
Height_in=3
Weight_lbs=230
Position=Quarterback
College=Tennessee
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years=1993-1996
1996
1997-2001
2002
2003-2004
2005
2006
2006
2007
2008-present
teams=Charlotte Rage Rhein Fire Nashville Kats Dallas Desperados Detroit Fury New Orleans VooDoo Kansas City Brigade Utah Blaze New Orleans Voodoo Georgia Force Andy Kelly (born
May 5 1968 ) is a formerAmerican football quarterback in theArena Football League . He played in the AFL for fourteen seasons, and currently is the Offensive Coordinator for theGeorgia Force [ [http://www.georgiaforce.com/news/2008-03-26%20kelly.asp Georgia Force Football - Official Site ] ] .High school career
Kelly attended
Rhea County High School inEvensville, Tennessee . While attending, he wonGatorade 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 forSterling Henton in the 1989 SEC game against the AlabamaCrimson 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 playbaseball with theAtlanta Braves .Professional career
Kelly was an Arena Football League quarterback most recently with the New Orleans VooDoo, 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) andUtah 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 , andSherdrick Bonner as the only quarterbacks in football history to throw 800 career touchdowns.On December 6, 2007, Kelly was named the Head Coach of the new All American Football League's Tennessee Team.
Kelly signed with the Georgia Force on March 26th, 2008.
Statistics
External links
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=889 Andy Kelly at ArenaFan Online]
* [http://www.footballdb.com/players/kellyan01 Andy Kelly's NFL Europe Stats at The Football Database]References
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