| Indianapolis Colts | |||||||||||||
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| Title | Assistant director of pro scouting | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1986-08-02) August 2, 1986 Evansville, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Harrison (Evansville) | ||||||||||||
| College | Purdue | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Position | Quarterback, No. 16, 14, 18 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
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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 years
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Elliott QB |
Evansville, Indiana | Harrison High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 4.63 | Jul 2, 2004 |
Recruit ratings: Scout:  Rivals: 
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| Overall recruit ranking: Scout: 21 (QB) Rivals: 18 (QB), 5 (IN) | ||||||
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Elliott committed to Purdue University on July 2, 2004.[1] Elliott also received FBS scholarship offers from Indiana and Washington State.[2]
College career
Elliott played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers. He was named co-captain for the 2009 season.[3] 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:[4]
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | 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 | |
Professional career
Philadelphia Eagles
Elliott was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2010.[5] He was waived on June 10.[6]
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.[7]
Elliott was released by the Blue Bombers on March 26, 2013.[8]
BC Lions
On May 24, 2013, Elliott was signed by the BC Lions as one of their quarterbacks.[9] He was released on September 5, 2013, having not played in any regular season game with the Lions,[10] but was re-signed on September 18, 2013.[11]
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.[12]
CFL statistics
| 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 | |||
Executive career
Elliott was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as a pro scout in May 2016.[13][14] He was promoted to assistant director of pro scouting in 2024.[15]
Personal
Elliot began a quarterback training camp in 2012.[13]
References
- ^ "Joey Elliott". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ "Joey Elliott". Scout.com. Scout. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ "Elliott, Zwilling named Purdue captains". Evansville Courier & Press. April 19, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "Joey Elliott Statistics". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ Grotz, Bob (April 26, 2010). "Eagles sign 11 undrafted players". The Trentonian. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
- ^ McPherson, Chris (June 10, 2010). "Eagles Sign LB Clayton; Marlin Jackson To IR". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ "Elliott and Hall rewarded with Player of the Week nods | Winnipeg Blue Bombers". www.bluebombers.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012.
- ^ "Bombers release QB Elliott, Canadian safety Logan". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ^ Lowell Ullrich (May 24, 2013). "Leos land Elliott for backup QB role". www2.canada.com. Postmedia Network Inc. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- ^ Released by Lions
- ^ "Lions bring back Elliott in wake of Lulay's shoulder injury". www.tsn.ca. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013.
- ^ "Redblacks sign a potential backup QB in Joey Elliott". ottawacitizen. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Beard, Randy (May 18, 2016). "Indianapolis Colts add Joey Elliott to scouting office". CourierPress.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016.
- ^ Beard, Randy (June 2, 2016). "From Purdue to Colts: Joey Elliott's path to the NFL is complete". IndyStar.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
- ^ Adams, Destin (July 5, 2024). "The Colts promoted Joey Elliott to Assistant Director of Pro Scouting". AtoZSports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
External links
- Elliot Quarterback Academy
- Ottawa RedBlacks profile
- Purdue profile Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
