Joey Elliott

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

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

College career
Elliott played college football at Purdue. He was named co-captain for the 2009 season.

Statistics
Elliott's statistics are as follows:

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

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 both the starting and second string quarterbacks were knocked out the game due to injury. 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. After turning in a magnificent performance, 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; Elliot was named the CFL Player of the Week honors.