MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PLAYER
TIM COUCH
Tim Couch Football Bio:
Pro Career (Browns #1 Pick 1999)
Established Browns・all-time rookie records and led All-NFL rookie quarterbacks in 1999 in completions (223), attempts (399), yards (2,447), TDs (15) and quarterback rating (73.2)・is 223 completions ranked third all-time among NFL rookies, while his 399 attempts ranked seventh and his 2,447 yards and 15 TDs were eighth・ecame the ninth rookie quarterback since 1952 and the fifth since 1970 to have 10 touchdown passes and a positive TD/Int ratio (15 TDs/13 Int.).
College Career (Kentucky)
Despite only 24 games as a starter, he shattered Kentucky痴 career passing records, completing 795-of-1,184 attempts for 8,835 yards and 74 touchdowns...His 8,160 yards in total offense broke the old Kentucky all-time record of 5,456 yards by Bill Ransdell (1983-86)・unior year All-America First-Team choice by the Football Writers Association and Walter Camp, earning Second-Team honors from Football News and Associated Press and Third-Team accolades from The Sporting News...Unanimous All-Southeastern Conference First-Team selection...Finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Memorial Trophy・ed the nation with 400 completions (on 553 attempts) while ranking second in pass completion percentage (72.3), yards (4,275) and touchdowns (36)...Ranked fourth in the NCAA Division 1-A with 4,151 yards in total offense...Threw for at least 300 yards and 1 touchdown in every game・is sophomore season named Football News All-America honorable mention...Associated Press All-SEC Second-Team choice...Named Kentucky Sportsman of the Year by the Lexington Herald-Leader... Finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, given to the nation痴 top quarterback...Recipient of the AT&T National Long Distance Award, given for leading the nation in passing yardage...Earned SEC & CNN/SI Player of the Week honors vs. Louisville & Alabama...Completed 363-of-547 passes for 3,884 yards and 37 touchdowns...Led the nation in pass attempts, completions, yardage and completion percentage (66.4%)...Second in touchdown passes to Marshall's Chad Pennington, who surpassed Couch for the national TD title only by playing in a 12th regular-season game... Second in total offense nationally with 341.7 yards per game...Finished ninth in the balloting for the Heisman Memorial Trophy・layed in seven games as a true freshman, starting twice...Completed 32-of-84 passes for 276 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Personal Bio
Gatorade Circle of Champions Kentucky Player of the Year, adding USA Today National Offensive Player of the Year, "Mr. Football" in the state of Kentucky and voted the 1995 Kentucky "Sportsman of the Year" in the Lexington Herald-Leader statewide poll of sportswriters and broadcasters at Leslie County (Hyden, Ky.) High...Won the Associated Press Kentucky High School Male Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior...Four-year starter, leading the Eagles to a four-year record of 38-13 and berths in the state Class AAA playoff semifinals his junior and senior years...First-Team All-State his last three seasons and honorable-mention All-State as a freshman...Career totals include 872 completions in 1,372 attempts for 12,104 yards and 133 touchdowns...Set national career records for most pass completions, passing yardage and touchdown passes...Second in pass attempts...The nation's number one quarterback prospect according to several recruiting analysts and publications...Has an exceptionally strong arm and won a summer camp distance contest with a throw of 66 yards...Also played defensive back on occasion...Named the Most Valuable Player while helping lead his team to a 10-0 win in the 1996 Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game...Completed 19-of-33 passes for 224 yards and 1 touchdown in the all-star game and also punted for a 45.7 avg....Played on the varsity basketball team since the seventh grade and led the state of Kentucky in scoring as a junior, notching 36 points per game...Top scoring games included 60 and 59 points...Set numerous school records for scoring and three-point shooting・articipated in the DARE program at Leslie County, and made speaking appearances at junior high and elementary schools on the danger of substance abuse...Guest speaker for two youth football leagues (1996-97)...Celebrity guest on the 1997 Children's Miracle Network television show, helping raise approximately $600,000 for the UK Children's Hospital・ajored in general studies...Brother, Greg, was a quarterback at Eastern Kentucky (1994-96)...Son of Elbert and Janice Couch...Born Timothy Scott Couch on July 31, 1977 in Hyden, Ky・im has demonstrated his support and community efforts to abused and neglected children in the Greater Cleveland area through the Providence House and The Cleveland Browns Foundation.
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