BlueBombers.com Staff
WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are pleased to announce that import quarterback Joey Elliott has re-signed with the team. He was scheduled to become a free agent on February 16th.
“Joey is an athletic quarterback with great potential in this league,” said Vice-President and General Manager Joe Mack. “He is a young, enthusiastic player, who is a great team guy and has the leadership qualities you look for in a quarterback.”
Elliott began last season as the second-string quarterback on the depth chart but suffered a torn ACL in his only appearance in week three against the Calgary Stampeders and missed the remainder of the season.
He has played in four games over two seasons with the Blue Bombers – including two starts in 2010 – and has completed 45 of 91 passes for 522 yards and two touchdowns.
At Purdue, Elliott became the starter in his senior season and completed 267 of 433 passes that year for 3,026 yards and 22 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. He also threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns in Purdue’s amazing upset victory over the seventh ranked Ohio State in 2009.
