Joey Elliott

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Joey Elliott

|image=

|caption=

|number=16, 14, 18

|position=Quarterback

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1986|8|2}}

|birth_place=Evansville, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|height_ft = 6

|height_in = 2

|weight_lbs = 216

|high_school = Harrison (Evansville)

|college=Purdue

|undraftedyear=2010

|pastteams=

Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2010}})*
Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2010}}–{{CFL Year|2012}})
BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2013}})
Ottawa Redblacks ({{CFL Year|2014}})

|cflstatus=International

|highlights=

|cflstatlabel1=Completions

|cflstatvalue1=217

|cflstatlabel2=Attempts

|cflstatvalue2=374

|cflstatlabel3=Yards

|cflstatvalue3=2,634

|cflstatlabel4=Touchdowns

|cflstatvalue4=7

|cflstatlabel5=Interceptions

|cflstatvalue5=15

|cfl-archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922121310/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/771

}}

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

He currently runs the Elliot Quarterback Academy, and is currently employed as a member of the Indianapolis Colts scouting staff.{{Cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/sports/indianapolis-colts-add-joey-elliott-to-scouting-office--3329a97d-6b06-4835-e053-0100007f9259-380052711.html|title = Indianapolis Colts add Joey Elliott to scouting office}}

Early years

{{College Athlete Recruit Entry

| recruit = Joey Elliott

| position = QB

| hometown = Evansville, Indiana

| highschool = Harrison High School

| feet = 6

| inches = 3

| weight = 190

| 40 = 4.63

| commitdate = July 2, 2004

| scout stars = 2

| rivals stars = 3

}}

{{College Athlete Recruit End

| 40 = yes

| year = 2005

| rivals ref title = Purdue Football Commitment List

| scout ref title = Purdue College Football Recruiting Commits

| scouts =

| scout overall = 21 (QB)

| rivals overall = 18 (QB), 5 (IN)

| accessdate = March 29, 2012

}}

Elliott committed to Purdue University on July 2, 2004.{{cite web |title=Joey Elliott |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Joey-Elliott-28350 |publisher=Rivals.com |access-date=March 29, 2012}} Elliott also received FBS scholarship offers from Indiana and Washington State.{{cite web |title=Joey Elliott |url=http://wisconsin.scout.com/a.z?s=193&p=8&c=1&nid=4856525 |publisher=Scout |work=Scout.com |access-date=March 29, 2012}}

College career

Elliott played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was named co-captain for the 2009 season.{{cite news |title=Elliott, Zwilling named Purdue captains |url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/19/elliott-zwilling-named-purdue-captains/ |newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press |date=April 19, 2009 |access-date=2010-05-02}} 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:{{cite web|title=Joey Elliott Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/joey-elliott-1.html |publisher=Sports Reference |work=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903020613/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/joey-elliott-1.html |archive-date=September 3, 2012 }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa #aaa #fff" \| ! colspan=7 \| Passing ! colspan=3 \| Rushing
Season ! Team ! {{tooltip\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{tooltip\|Rating\|Quarterback rating}} ! {{tooltip\|Att\|Attempts}} ! {{tooltip\|Comp\|Completions}} ! {{tooltip\|Pct\|Completion percentage}} ! {{tooltip\|Yds\|Yards}} ! {{tooltip\|TD\|Touchdowns}} ! {{tooltip\|INT\|Interceptions}} ! 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
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| \| Totals \| 22 \| 129.2 \| 482 \| 294 \| 61.0 \| 3,326 \| 24 \| 15 \| 99 \| 295 \| 5

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

colspan=3 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa #aaa #fff" |

! colspan=7 | Passing

! colspan=3 | Rushing

Season

! Team

! {{tooltip|GP|Games played}}

! {{tooltip|Rating|Quarterback rating}}

! {{tooltip|Att|Attempts}}

! {{tooltip|Comp|Completions}}

! {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}}

! {{tooltip|Yds|Yards}}

! {{tooltip|TD|Touchdowns}}

! {{tooltip|INT|Interceptions}}

! Att

! Yds

! TD

2006

| Purdue

| 3

| 133.5

| 10

| 6

| 60.0

| 72

| 1

| 3

| 9

| 0

2007

| Purdue

| 4

| 111.1

| 24

| 13

| 54.2

| 147

| 1

| 2

| 5

| 0

2008

| Purdue

| 3

| 98.7

| 15

| 8

| 53.3

| 81

| 0

| 7

| 13

| 1

2009

| Purdue

| 12

| 131.1

| 433

| 267

| 61.7

| 3,026

| 22

| 13

| 87

| 268

| 4

style="background:#f0f0f0;"

| 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.{{cite news |author=Grotz, Bob |title=Eagles sign 11 undrafted players |url=http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/04/26/sports/doc4bd63abca4703764805177.txt |newspaper=The Trentonian |date=April 26, 2010 |access-date=2010-04-27 |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731080523/http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/04/26/sports/doc4bd63abca4703764805177.txt |url-status=dead }} He was waived on June 10.{{cite news |author=McPherson, Chris |title=Eagles Sign LB Clayton; Marlin Jackson To IR |url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=21205 |work=PhiladelphiaEagles.com |date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=2010-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612203553/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=21205 |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bluebombers.com/article/elliott-and-hall-rewarded-with-player-of-the-week-nods |title=Elliott and Hall rewarded with Player of the Week nods {{!}} Winnipeg Blue Bombers |website=www.bluebombers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831044516/http://www.bluebombers.com/article/elliott-and-hall-rewarded-with-player-of-the-week-nods |archive-date=2012-08-31}}

Elliott was released by the Blue Bombers on March 26, 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-release-qb-elliott-canadian-safety-logan |title=Bombers release QB Elliott, Canadian safety Logan |access-date=2017-09-01 |archive-date=2013-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522190622/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-release-qb-elliott-canadian-safety-logan |url-status=dead }}

=BC Lions=

On May 24, 2013, Elliott was signed by the BC Lions as one of their quarterbacks.{{cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=33159b3f-fe44-464b-a697-9a23f3a2990d |title=Leos land Elliott for backup QB role |date=May 24, 2013 |author=Lowell Ullrich |publisher=Postmedia Network Inc. |work=www2.canada.com |access-date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927043708/http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=33159b3f-fe44-464b-a697-9a23f3a2990d |archive-date=September 27, 2013 }} He was released on September 5, 2013, having not played in any regular season game with the Lions,[https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/b-c-lions-release-3rd-string-qb-joey-elliott-1.1304635 Released by Lions] but was re-signed on September 18, 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=432175 |title=Lions bring back Elliott in wake of Lulay's shoulder injury |website=www.tsn.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923190116/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=432175 |archive-date=2013-09-23}}

=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.{{Cite web|title=Redblacks sign a potential backup QB in Joey Elliott|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/redblacks-sign-a-potential-backup-qb-in-joey-elliott|access-date=2021-02-03|website=ottawacitizen|language=en-CA}}

=CFL statistics=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #fff #aaa #fff" \| ! rowspan=0 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa" \| ! colspan=9 \| Passing ! rowspan=0 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa" \| ! colspan=6 \| Rushing
Year ! Team ! Games ! Started ! Att ! Comp ! Pct ! Yards ! TD ! Int ! Rating ! Att ! Yards ! Avg ! Long ! TD ! Fumb
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010 \| WPG \| 13 \| 2 \| 73 \| 35 \| 47.9 \| 435 \| 2 \| 3 \| 59.9 \| 9 \| 66 \| 7.3 \| 33 \| 0 \| 0
ALIGN="center" \| 2011 \| WPG \| 3 \| 0 \| 18 \| 10 \| 55.6 \| 87 \| 0 \| 0 \| 68.5 \| 2 \| 8 \| 4.0 \| 4 \| 0 \| 0
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012 \| WPG \| 17 \| 7 \| 280 \| 170 \| 60.7 \| 2101 \| 5 \| 12 \| 72.0 \| 19 \| 134 \| 7.1 \| 23 \| 1 \| 1
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013 \| BC \| 15 \| 0 \| 2 \| 1 \| 50.0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 56.3 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0.0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014 \| OTT \| 8 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0.0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0.0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0.0 \| 0 \| 0 \| 0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=2 \| CFL totals ! 56 ! 9 ! 374 ! 217 ! 58.0 ! 2634 ! 7 ! 15 ! 69.3 ! 30 ! 208 ! 6.9 ! 30 ! 1 ! 1

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

colspan=2 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #fff #aaa #fff" |

! rowspan=0 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa" |

! colspan=9 | Passing

! rowspan=0 style="background:#fff; border-color:#fff #aaa" |

! colspan=6 | Rushing

Year

! Team

! Games

! Started

! Att

! Comp

! Pct

! Yards

! TD

! Int

! Rating

! Att

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Fumb

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010

| WPG

| 13

| 2

| 73

| 35

| 47.9

| 435

| 2

| 3

| 59.9

| 9

| 66

| 7.3

| 33

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2011

| WPG

| 3

| 0

| 18

| 10

| 55.6

| 87

| 0

| 68.5

| 2

| 8

| 4.0

| 4

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| WPG

| 17

| 7

| 280

| 170

| 60.7

| 2101

| 5

| 12

| 72.0

| 19

| 134

| 7.1

| 23

| 1

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013

| BC

| 15

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 50.0

| 0

| 56.3

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014

| OTT

| 8

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=2 | CFL totals

! 56

! 9

! 374

! 217

! 58.0

! 2634

! 7

! 15

! 69.3

! 30

! 208

! 6.9

! 30

! 1

References

External links

[http://completethepass.com/ Elliot Quarterback Academy]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141125031159/http://ottawaredblacks.com/roster/show/id/771 Ottawa RedBlacks profile]
[http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/elliott_joey00.html Purdue profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105083749/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/elliott_joey00.html |date=January 5, 2011 }}

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