Mike Reilly (quarterback)

Mike Reilly

No. 13     Edmonton Eskimos
Date of birth:	(1985-01-25) January 25, 1985
Place of birth:	Kennewick, Washington
Career information
Status:	Active
CFL status:	International
Position(s):	QB
Height:	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight:	230 lb (100 kg)
College:	Central Washington
High school:	Flathead
Hand:	Right
Organizations
As player:
2009 2009 2009 2010 2010–2012 2013–Present	Pittsburgh Steelers* Green Bay Packers* St. Louis Rams* Seattle Seahawks* BC Lions Edmonton Eskimos *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-GNAC (2006–2007) 2× First-team All-GNAC (2007–2008) GNAC Offensive P.O.Y. (2008) Third-team Little All-American (2008) 99th Grey Cup champion
CFL West All-Star:	2014
Career stats
TD–INT	28–20
Passing yards	4,901
QB Rating	89.1
Playing stats at CFL.ca
Playing stats at NFL.com

Mike Reilly (born January 25, 1985) is an gridiron football quarterback currently playing for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Central Washington.

Reilly has also been a member of the BC Lions, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks.

Early years

Reilly played three seasons for Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, Washington, before relocating to Kalispell, Montana. As a senior, he set a Flathead High School record with 2,280 yards. He originally signed with NAIA Montana Tech, but chose to walk on at Washington State.

College career

Reilly was a co-runner-up for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is presented to the nation’s top Division II football player, as a senior. He threw a touchdown pass in all 46 games of his college career, giving him the NCAA all-divisions record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass. This record would be tied in 2014 by Marshall's Rakeem Cato.^[1] Reilly completed 64 percent of his passes over his four years as a starter for 12,448 yards, 118 touchdowns and only 40 interceptions.

After redshirting at Washington State as a 5th-string quarterback, Reilly decided he didn't want to bide his time waiting for playing time. Central Washington offered him a chance to start right away so he transferred. He was the 2008 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after completing 65.2% of his passes (207 of 414) in 2008 for 3,706 passing with 37 TDs, six INTs and he rushed 103 times for 415 yards (4.0 avg.) with four touchdowns. He was also named First-team All Great NW for his efforts. He was also Third-team Little All-America.

In 2007 he started all 13 games and completed 271 of 435 passes (62.3%) for 3,386 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while be named Second-team All-North Central. He also rushed 129 times for 266 yards (2.1 avg.) with three touchdowns.In 2006 he started all 11 games and was 231/351 (65.8%) for 2,660 yards 21 TDs and 12 Ints., rushed 137 times for 272 yards (2.0 avg.) with four touchdowns and was named Second team All-North Central. The year prior, 2005, he started all 10 games and was 223/353 (63.2%) for 2,686 yards 30 TDs and 11 Ints. and rushed 86 times for 310 yards (3.6 avg.) with three touchdowns.while being named First-team All-Great NW.

Professional career

Pre-draft measureables

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 3 in	214 lb	4.74 s	1.62 s	2.71 s	4.11 s	6.76 s	32½ in	9 ft 1 in		38
40 (and splits) and vertical from Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Mike Reilly was eligible to be selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. He signed a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reilly went 10-of-15 for 117 yards during the 2009 preseason, but was waived on Sept. 5, 2009.

Green Bay Packers

On Nov. 19, 2009, Reilly was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad.

St. Louis Rams

On December 9, 2009, he was signed off the Packers' practice squad by the St. Louis Rams. He was waived on May 4, 2010.

Seattle Seahawks

Reilly was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Seahawks on May 4, 2010. He was waived on May 18, 2010.

BC Lions

On July 26, 2010, it was announced that Reilly had signed a practice roster agreement with the BC Lions. On August 26, 2010 Reilly was activated by the Lions and spent the remainder of the year as the third-string quarterback.^[2] He dressed for all 18 games in 2011 as the third-string quarterback and shared in the Lions' 99th Grey Cup victory. He got his first pro start on October 19, 2012, against the Edmonton Eskimos due to an injury to Travis Lulay. Reilly completed 19 of 28 throwing attempts for 276 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, leading the Lions to victory of over the Edmonton Eskimos 39-19. The win clinched a first round bye for the BC Lions in the 100th Grey Cup Playoffs.

Edmonton Eskimos

On January 31, 2013, Reilly was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos by the BC Lions; the trade included the exchange of the clubs' second round picks in the 2013 CFL Draft and the Lions receiving the Eskimos' second round pick in the 2014 CFL Draft.^[3] Entering the 2013 CFL season Reilly was in open competition with Matt Nichols for the starting quarterback job.^[4] Nichols tore his ACL in preseason which made Reilly the starting QB for the season. On August 18, 2013 (Week 8) Reilly threw for over 500 yards in a losing cause, the fourth highest performance for yards passing in a single game in the history of the Eskimos football club. In his first season as a full-time starter in the CFL Reilly threw for 4,207 yards, with 24 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. He also finished 5th in the league in rushing yards with 709. Despite his efforts the Eskimos struggled all season finishing with a record of 4-14 and missing the playoffs. In the 2014 season, Reilly played in 15 regular season games, leading the Eskimos to the number two seed in the Western Division with a record of 12-6. After defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Western Semi-finals, Reilly and the Eskimos were defeated by the Stampeders 43-18, ending their season. It was revealed after the game that Reilly had been playing with a broken bone in his foot and had been in great pain. The injury had been caused in a previous game during the regular season.

Statistics

			Passing										Rushing
Year	Team		Games	Started	Att	Comp	Pct	Yards	TD	Int	Rating		Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Fumb
2010	BC		4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0		0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2011	BC		18	0	2	1	50.0	12	0	0	68.8		0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2012	BC		18	2	75	52	69.3	682	4	2	104.4		34	122	3.6	18	2	4
2013	EDM		18	18	512	305	59.6	4,207	24	18	86.9		84	709	8.4	45	1	5
2014	EDM		17	15	446	288	62.4	3,327	16	11	88.7		79	616	7.8	30	8	4
CFL totals			75	35	1,035	646	62.4	8,228	44	31	88.9		197	1,447	7.3	45	11	13

References

External links

• Edmonton Eskimos bio Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Green Bay Packers bio
• St. Louis Rams bio

Edmonton Eskimos current roster Active roster 3 Jamal Miles 4 Adarius Bowman 6 Alonzo Lawrence 8 Cauchy Muamba 9 Patrick Watkins 11 Grant Shaw 13 Mike Reilly 14 Matt Scott 16 Matt Nichols 17 Shamawd Chambers 19 Paris Jackson 20 Raye Hartmann 23 Marcell Young 24 Tyler Thomas 25 Mike Miller 27 Mike Dubuisson 28 Aaron Milton 29 Robert Sands 30 John White 31 Calvin McCarty 32 Kendial Lawrence 34 Ryan Hinds 36 Aaron Grymes 37 Otha Foster 39 Corbin Sharun 40 Deon Lacey 41 Odell Willis 45 Dexter McCoil 46 Nathan Kanya 47 J. C. Sherritt 53 Ryan King 54 Selvish Capers 55 Elie Ngoyi 58 Tony Washington 59 Steve Myddelton 60 Justin Sorensen 62 Christopher Mercer 63 Brian Ramsay 64 Andrew Jones 65 Simeon Rottier 66 Matt O'Donnell 67 D'Anthony Batiste 68 Thaddeus Coleman 73 Anthony Barrett 77 Mathieu Boulay 81 Devon Bailey 82 A. J. Guyton 83 Marcus Rucker 85 Nathan Coehoorn 87 Patrick Robertson 88 Akeem Foster 90 Almondo Sewell 91 Marcus Howard 92 Cedric McKinley 93 Don Oramasionwu 95 Gregory Alexandre 96 Daniel Ross 97 Eddie Steele 99 Willie Jefferson -- Etauj Allen -- Chad Bumphis -- Shakir Bell -- Torrey Davis -- James Franklin -- Justin Goltz -- Shane Horton -- Domonique Johnson -- Korey Jones -- Alexander Krausnick-Groh -- Jordan Lynch -- Wallace Miles -- Bryant Mitchell -- John Ojo -- Eric Page -- R.J. Roberts -- Kenny Stafford -- Derel Walker -- Scott Williams -- Greg Wojt East HAM MON OTT TOR West BC CAL EDM SAS WIN

Edmonton Eskimos starting quarterbacks Stukus Berry Filchock Arnold Faloney Parker Getty Amedee Redell Kerbow Baker Cosentino Fulton Trull Lemmerman Lawrence Wilkinson Moon Dunigan Allen Ham Jones Muecke Bell Vargas McManus Archer Kemp Greene Mason Crowley Maas Ray LeFors Zabransky Jyles Joseph Nichols Reilly

BC Lions starting quarterbacks Mazur Tuttle Robillard Galiffa Clinkscale Gustafson Villanueva M. Duncan Vann Herring Dorow R. Duncan Walden Keeley Schloredt Kapp Faloney Schichtle Ohler Parker Brothers Moorhead Bunce Douglas Liske Guthrie Sciarra Cassata Tagge Keithley Paopao Dewalt Nott Cowan Vavra Dunigan Foggie Flutie Barrett Kimbrough Johnson Renfroe McManus Austin Caravatta Ware Allen Corbin Dickenson Wynn Printers Pierce Jackson Lulay Reilly DeMarco Glenn

BC Lions 99th Grey Cup Champions 1 Arland Bruce III 2 Davis Sanchez 3 Cauchy Muamba 4 Paul McCallum 6 Stanley Franks 7 Jarious Jackson 8 Ryan Thelwell 9 Keron Williams 10 Kierrie Johnson 11 Tad Kornegay 13 Mike Reilly 14 Travis Lulay (MVP) 19 Paris Jackson 20 Jerome Dennis 21 Ryan Phillips 23 Jamall Lee 24 Korey Banks 25 Jamal Robertson 26 Anthony Reddick 27 J.R. LaRose 28 J. R. Ruffin 31 Dante Marsh 33 Andrew Harris (MVC) 35 Tim Brown 36 Neil McKinlay 40 Tim Cronk 41 Hamid Mahmoudi 42 Anton McKenzie 44 Adam Leonard 45 Jason Arakgi 46 Rolly Lumbala 47 James Yurichuk 50 Adam Bighill 51 Joash Gesse 53 Jesse Newman 54 Dean Valli 55 Dan McCullough 56 Solomon Elimimian 57 Andrew Jones 63 Jovan Olafioye 64 Angus Reid 65 Ben Archibald 67 Jon Hameister-Ries 79 Eric Taylor 81 Geroy Simon 83 Nick Moore 85 Shawn Gore 87 Marco Iannuzzi 88 Akeem Foster 90 Aaron Hunt 94 Khreem Smith 96 Khalif Mitchell 97 Brent Johnson Head coach: Wally Buono Assistant coaches: Jacques Chapdelaine Mike Benevides Kelly Bates Dan Dorazio Chuck McMann Randy Melvin Barron Miles Travis Moore Mark Washington

Current starting quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League (as of September 12, 2014) CFL East Zach Collaros (Hamilton) Jonathan Crompton (Montreal) Ricky Ray (Toronto) Henry Burris (Ottawa) CFL West Kevin Glenn (BC) Bo Levi Mitchell (Calgary) Mike Reilly (Edmonton) Tino Sunseri (Saskatchewan) Drew Willy (Winnipeg)