Joey Elliott

Joey Elliott
No. 16, 14, 18
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1986-08-02) August 2, 1986 (age 38)
Evansville, Indiana
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Evansville (IN) Harrison
College:Purdue
Undrafted:2010
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career CFL statistics
Completions:217
Attempts:374
Yards:2,634
Touchdowns:7
Interceptions:15
Stats at CFL.ca profile (archived)

Joseph Preston Elliott (born August 2, 1986) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, BC Lions and Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Purdue.

He currently runs the Elliot Quarterback Academy, and is currently employed as a member of the Indianapolis Colts scouting staff.[1]

Early years

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Joey Elliott
QB 		Evansville, Indiana Harrison High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.63 Jul 2, 2004 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 21 (QB)   Rivals: 18 (QB), 5 (IN)
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2005 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012.

Elliott committed to Purdue University on July 2, 2004.[2] Elliott also received FBS scholarship offers from Indiana and Washington State.[3]

College career

Elliott played college football at Purdue. He was named co-captain for the 2009 season.[4] He was a 3-time Academic All-Big Ten and was a member of the 2007 Motor City Bowl-winning team over Central Michigan.

Statistics

Elliott's statistics are as follows:[5]

Passing Rushing
Season Team GP Rating Att Comp Pct Yds TD INT Att Yds TD
2006 Purdue 3 133.5 10 6 60.0 72 1 1 3 9 0
2007 Purdue 4 111.1 24 13 54.2 147 1 1 2 5 0
2008 Purdue 3 98.7 15 8 53.3 81 0 0 7 13 1
2009 Purdue 12 131.1 433 267 61.7 3,026 22 13 87 268 4
Totals 22 129.2 482 294 61.0 3,326 24 15 99 295 5

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles

Elliott was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2010.[6] He was waived on June 10.[7]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Elliott was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on July 20, 2010. On October 23, 2010, Elliott saw his first game action after starting quarterback Buck Pierce was injured the prior game, and second-string Steven Jyles, and third-string quarterbacks Alex Brink were knocked out the game due to shoulder injuries . He started the last two games of the season for the Blue Bombers, both losses.

He began the 2011 season as the second-string quarterback, but suffered a season-ending injury in the third game of the season.

In August 2012, Elliot was named the Blue Bombers starting quarterback. In his first start on Aug. 16, the Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats by a score of 32–25. He completed 33 of 43 passes for 406 yards and a touchdown, becoming the first Blue Bomber quarterback to throw for over 400 yards since 2009, and was named the CFL’s Offensive Player of the Week twice.[8]

Elliott was released by the Blue Bombers on March 26, 2013.[9]

BC Lions

On May 24, 2013, Elliott was signed by the BC Lions as one of their quarterbacks.[10] He was released on September 5, 2013, having not played in any regular season game with the Lions,[11] but was re-signed on September 18, 2013.[12]

Ottawa Redblacks

On September 1, 2014, Elliott was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks after their backup Thomas DeMarco was injured for the rest of the 2014 season.[13]

CFL statistics

  Passing   Rushing
Year Team Games Started Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
2010 WPG 13 2 73 35 47.9 435 2 3 59.9 9 66 7.3 33 0 0
2011 WPG 3 0 18 10 55.6 87 0 0 68.5 2 8 4.0 4 0 0
2012 WPG 17 7 280 170 60.7 2101 5 12 72.0 19 134 7.1 23 1 1
2013 BC 15 0 2 1 50.0 0 0 0 56.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2014 OTT 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
CFL totals 56 9 374 217 58.0 2634 7 15 69.3 30 208 6.9 30 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Indianapolis Colts add Joey Elliott to scouting office".
  2. ^ "Joey Elliott". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Joey Elliott". Scout.com. Scout. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Elliott, Zwilling named Purdue captains". Evansville Courier & Press. April 19, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Joey Elliott Statistics". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Grotz, Bob (April 26, 2010). "Eagles sign 11 undrafted players". The Trentonian. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  7. ^ McPherson, Chris (June 10, 2010). "Eagles Sign LB Clayton; Marlin Jackson To IR". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  8. ^ "Elliott and Hall rewarded with Player of the Week nods | Winnipeg Blue Bombers". www.bluebombers.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012.
  9. ^ "Bombers release QB Elliott, Canadian safety Logan". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  10. ^ Lowell Ullrich (May 24, 2013). "Leos land Elliott for backup QB role". www2.canada.com. Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  11. ^ Released by Lions
  12. ^ "Lions bring back Elliott in wake of Lulay's shoulder injury". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013.
  13. ^ "Redblacks sign a potential backup QB in Joey Elliott". ottawacitizen. Retrieved February 3, 2021.