Kliff Kingsbury

NFL player


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Birthplace= San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
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College=Texas Tech
Position=Quarterback
DraftedYear=2003
DraftedRound=6 / Pick 201
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years=2003-2004
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New Orleans Saints *
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New York Jets
Cologne Centurions
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Montreal Alouettes *
Winnipeg Blue Bombers:*Inactive and/or practice squad member only
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Kliff Kingsbury (born August 9, 1979 in San Antonio, Texas) is currently on the football staff at the University of Houston in the position of quality control.

High school career

Kingsbury played high school football at New Braunfels High School, where his father was head coach. Kingsbury also excelled in baseball, basketball and track. cite web|url=http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=730&Itemid=285|title=Winnepeg Blue Bombers - Kliff Kingsbury|accessdate=2007-11-26]

College career

Kingsbury played collegiately for the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1998-2002. He assumed the starting role in 2000, starting in 39 games between 2000 and 2002.

Kliff Kingsbury played 43 games as a collegian, completing 1,231 of 1,883 passes for 12,429 yards and 95 touchdowns and 40 interceptions for Texas Tech University. He finished his career as the school's most decorated player. He left Texas Tech as the owner of 39 school records, 13 Big Twelve Conference and seven NCAA 1-A records and is only the third player in college football history to throw for over 10,000 yards, gain over 10,000 yards in total offense and complete over 1,000 passes in a career. He also became just the fourth player in college football annals to throw for over 3,000 yards three times during his career. cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury|title=New York Jets Bio|accessdate=2007-11-26]

Kingsbury also excelled in the classroom as he was one of 14 collegiate football players to receive a post-graduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame as he also garnered Verizon Academic Player of the Year honors in 2002. As a senior he was awarded the Sammy Baugh Trophy, annually presented to the nation's best college quarterback. He was also selected Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American and Player of the Year as well as being a unanimous All-Big Twelve Conference first-team pick and named the Associated Press' Offensive Player of the Year after a season during which he shattered his own school single-season records as he completed 479 of 712 passes (67.3 percent) for 5,017 yards, 45 touchdowns and just 13 interceptions. He also added two rushing scores on 102 carries. cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury|title=New York Jets Bio|accessdate=2007-11-26]

He averaged 350.2 yards per game and his 45 touchdown passes nearly doubled his previous season's mark. As a junior, Kingsbury was a Verizon All-District first-team selection and All-Big Twelve Conference second-team pick by the league's coaches for his performance. He completed 365 of 529 passes for 3,502 yards, 25 touchdowns and only nine interceptions. Kingsbury was an Academic All-Big Twelve Conference choice following his sophomore campaign. He assumed the starting role and connected on 362 of 585 passes for 3,418 yards, 21 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. He added two scores on 78 carries. In his red-shirt freshman year, Kingsbury appeared in six games, starting the season finale against Oklahoma. He completed 25 of 57 passes for 492 yards, four touchdowns and an interception in his initial collegiate season.cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury|title=New York Jets Bio|accessdate=2007-11-26]

He held 39 school, 13 Big 12 and seven NCAA records at the time of his graduation. He was a management major in college. cite web|url=http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=730&Itemid=285|title=Winnepeg Blue Bombers - Kliff Kingsbury|accessdate=2007-11-26] He was also a member of the Epsilon Nu Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity at Texas Tech.

Kingsbury Game-By-Game Statistics

2002 Season

Date	Opponent	GP/GS	Cmp-Att	Yds	Lg	Int	TD
8/24	at Ohio State	1/1	26-44	341	37	1	3
9/7	at SMU	1/1	32-49	369	53	2	3
9/14	Mississippi	1/1	25-38	270	25	0	2
9/21	N.C. State	1/1	27-50	273	29	0	3
9/27	at New Mexico	1/1	41-59	407	35	1	6
10/5	at Texas A&M	1/1	49-59	474	35	1	5
10/12	at Iowa State	1/1	37-50	272	22	1	1
10/19	Missouri	1/1	49-70	510	35	0	5
10/26	Colorado	1/1	36-65	268	30	4	0
11/02	Baylor	1/1	34-41	373	37	0	3
11/09	Oklahoma State	1/1	38-49	425	60	0	4
11/16	Texas	1/1	38-60	473	62	0	6
11/16	Oklahoma	1/1	15-35	187	67	2	1
2002 Totals		13/13	447-669	4,642	67	12	42

2001 Season

Date	Opponent	GP/GS	Cmp-Att	Yds	Lg	Int	TD
9/8	New Mexico	1/1	30-49	364	41	2	3
9/22	at North Texas	1/1	35-46	286	23	0	2
9/29	at Texas	1/1	40-57	260	25	0	0
10/6	Kansas	1/1	23-37	242	35	0	3
10/13	Kansas State	1/1	32-47	409	60	3	4
10/20	at Nebraska	1/1	33-63	353	45	1	1
10/27	at Baylor	1/1	27-41	245	33	1	2
11/3	Texas A&M	1/1	38-46	303	40	0	0
11/10	at Oklahoma State	1/1	44-56	440	43	0	4
11/17	Oklahoma	1/1	23-36	234	68	2	1
11/24	Stephen F. Austin	1/1	39-47	366	25	0	5
2001 Totals		11/11	365-529	3,502	68	9	25

2000 Season

Date	Opponent	GP/GS	Cmp-Att	Yds	Lg	Int	TD
8/25	New Mexico	1/1	21-47	186	23	1	2
9/2	Utah State	1/1	33-47	450	67	1	3
9/9	North Texas	1/1	42-55	238	17	3	1
9/16	UL Lafayette	1/1	24-37	240	71	2	1
9/30	at Texas A&M	1/1	28-50	291	45	2	2
10/7	Baylor	1/1	33-50	322	40	0	2
10/14	Nebraska	1/1	20-37	165	31	2	0
10/21	at Kansas State	1/1	29-60	302	41	2	1
10/28	at Kansas	1/1	32-48	405	41	0	4
11/4	Texas	1/1	28-49	282	43	2	1
11/11	Oklahoma State	1/1	30-43	236	20	0	3
11/18	at Oklahoma	1/1	41-61	295	44	2	1
2000 Totals		12/12	362-585	3,418	71	17	21

1999 Season

Date	Opponent	GP/GS	Cmp-Att	Yds	Lg	Int	TD
9/6	at Arizona State	1/0	2-5	15	8	0	0
9/11	at UL Lafayette	1/0	1-3	19	19	0	0
10/2	Texas A&M	1/0	1-1	10	10	0	0
10/9	at Oklahoma State	1/0	7-12	102	28	1	1
11/13	at Texas	1/0	5-19	87	32	0	0
11/20	Oklahoma	1/1	9-17	259	75	0	3
1999 Totals		6/1	25-57	492	75	1	4

Career Statistics

Season	GP/GS	Att-Cmp	Yds	Lg	Int	TD
1999	6/1	25-57	492	75	1	4
2000	12/12	362-585	3,418	71	17	21
2001	11/11	365-529	3,502	68	9	25
2002	12/12	394-574	4,455	62	10	41
Career Totals	41/36	1184-1805	11,867	75	37	91

Kingsbury's Career Highs

Pass Attempts – 70 vs. Missouri (2002)

Pass Completions – 49 vs. Texas A&M (2002); vs. Missouri (2002)

Completion Percentage – 83.1 vs. Texas A&M (2002)

Yards Passing – 510 vs. Missouri (2002)

Touchdown Passes – 6 vs. New Mexico (2002)

Long Pass – 75 yards to Tim Winn vs. Oklahoma (1999)

Yards Total Offense – 501 vs. Missouri (2002); -9 rush, 510 pass

Professional career

2003 & 2004 (NFL)

Kingsbury, 6-3, 213-pounds, was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2003 Draft with the 201st overall selection. He spent his rookie season of 2003 on the Patriots' injured reserve list with an arm injury and was waived by the Pats on September 6, 2004 and subsequently was signed to the New Orleans Saints' practice squad, where he spent the entire 2004 season. He went to training camp with the Saints this season and completed 10-of-21 passes for 139 yards with a long of 57 yards and two interceptions. cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury|title=New York Jets Bio|accessdate=2007-11-26]

2005 (NFL)

The 26-year old native of San Antonio, TX was signed to the Denver Broncos' practice squad on Sept. 6, 2005 and was released on Sept. 21, 2005. As a Free agent he signed with the New York Jets on September 28, 2005.cite web|url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury|title=New York Jets Bio|accessdate=2007-11-26]

Kingsbury made his NFL debut in the fourth quarter of a game against the Denver Broncos on November 20, 2005, while a member of the New York Jets.

2006 (NFL/NFLE)

The New York Jets assigned Kingsbury to the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe in 2006. He posted the top quarterback rating of any Cologne quarterback (73.7) while completing 58 of 102 passes for 633 yards and two touchdowns. He also led Cologne with a 56.9 completion percentage. Kingsbury was subsequently signed by the Buffalo Bills and attended training camp with the Bills, but did not see any regular season action with the team in 2006.cite web|url=http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=730&Itemid=285|title=Winnepeg Blue Bombers - Kliff Kingsbury|accessdate=2007-11-26]

2007 (CFL)

On March 30, 2007, Kingsbury signed with the Montréal Alouettes. He spent part of training camp in Montréal before being traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on June 20 in exchange for quarterback Brad Banks.

2008

In August 2008, Kingsbury joined the University of Houston football staff in the position of quality control. [Cite news|title=Former Texas Tech Star Kingsbury Joins UH Staff|url=http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=7125462&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1|title=Former Texas Tech Star Kingsbury Joins UH Staff|publisher=Fox26 Houston|date=2008-08-03|accessdate=2008-08-04]

References

External links

* [http://www.newyorkjets.com/players/stats/kliff-kingsbury New York Jets Biography]
* [http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=730&Itemid=285 Blue Bombers Bio]