Joey Elliott

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 is the assistant director of pro scouting for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers. Elliott was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, BC Lions, and Ottawa Redblacks.

Early life

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 for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was named co-captain for the 2009 season. He was a 3-time Academic All-Big Ten and was a member of the 2007 Motor City Bowl-winning team over Central Michigan.

Professional career 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 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.

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

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

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.

Career statistics CFL 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

College Elliott's statistics are as follows: Passing Rushing Season Team 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

Executive career Elliott was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as a pro scout in May 2016. He was promoted to assistant director of pro scouting in 2024.

Personal life Elliot began a quarterback training camp in 2012.