Kelly Holcomb
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| Kelly Holcomb | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 9, 1973 |
| Place of birth | Fayetteville, TN |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Middle Tennessee State |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 1996-1998 2001-2004 2005-present |
Indianapolis Colts Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills |
Bryan Kelly Holcomb (born July 9, 1973, in Fayetteville, Tennessee) is an American football quarterback who has played for the Buffalo Bills since 2005. Holcomb started his playing career with the Indianapolis Colts in 1996 and also played for the Cleveland Browns where he was a three-year part-time starter.
Holcomb attended Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville, Tennessee, where Holcomb lettered in football, baseball, and basketball and led them to a state championship in 1990.
Holcomb played college football in Middle Tennessee State University. He was quarterback for the now-defunct Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe in 1996. His best season in the NFL was in 2003 with the Browns, in which he played in 10 games, starting 8 and threw for a career high 1,797 passing yards and ten touchdowns.
He has two of the most memorable passing performances in NFL history. A January afternoon of 2003 saw Holcomb become the 3rd QB in playoff history to throw for more than 400 yards. With no running support whatsoever, Holcomb was making passes left and right shredding the Steeler's secondary. However, Tommy Maddox rallied the Steelers late in the game to overcome a 17-point deficit defeat the Browns.
It was only a year later that Holcomb had his best passing performance in the NFL, throwing for 412 yards, 5 touchdowns, and completing 70% of his passes (30 of 39). However, he struggled with consistency, and left the Browns after the season.
In 2005, Holcomb shared time with J.P. Losman in the quarterback position with the Buffalo Bills, starting in eight games and passing for 1,509 yards and 10 touchdowns and only 8 interceptions, including throwing for 308 yards and a touchdown in a win against the Cincinnati Bengals in week sixteen (the Bills only road win of the year).
[edit] External links
- Kelly Holcomb at ESPN.com
- Pro-Football-Reference.com - career statistics
- Current Stats - databaseFootball.com
| Preceded by Tim Couch |
Cleveland Browns Starting Quarterbacks 2002-2004 (with Tim Couch 2002-2003) (with Jeff Garcia 2004) |
Succeeded by Trent Dilfer |
| Preceded by Drew Bledsoe |
Buffalo Bills Starting Quarterbacks 2005 (with J.P. Losman) |
Succeeded by J.P. Losman |
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