Steve Bellisari
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Position: | Boca Raton (FL) | ||||||||||
College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2002 / Round: 6 / Pick: 205 | ||||||||||
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Steve Bellisari (born April 21, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. He is best known for his time playing football at Ohio State University from 1998 to 2001.
College career
Bellisari, a
In contrast to the accurate Germaine, Bellisari was a more athletic, yet at times erratic thrower. Notably, however, Bellisari's interception rate was 3.82%, lower than more highly recognized Ohio State quarterbacks Art Schlichter, Mike Tomczak, Greg Frey, and Bobby Hoying. Bellisari experienced an increasingly controversial tenure as Ohio State's starting quarterback, culminating in a one-game suspension towards the end of his senior season following an arrest for drunk driving.[1] He was re-instated before the Michigan game, but did not start.[1][2] Bellisari traveled with the team to the 2002 Outback Bowl against South Carolina, where he finished his career as a substitute, leading Ohio State back from a large deficit to tie the game before giving up an interception that allowed South Carolina to kick a winning field goal.[3]
Statistics
Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
1998 |
Ohio State | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
1999 |
Ohio State | 101 | 224 | 45.1 | 1,616 | 7.2 | 12 | 9 | 115.3 | 116 | 332 | 2.9 | 2 |
2000 |
Ohio State | 163 | 310 | 52.6 | 2,319 | 7.5 | 13 | 13 | 120.9 | 107 | 179 | 1.7 | 1 |
2001 |
Ohio State | 98 | 185 | 53.0 | 1,599 | 8.6 | 8 | 6 | 133.4 | 72 | 97 | 1.3 | 2 |
Career | 365 | 724 | 50.4 | 5,558 | 7.7 | 33 | 28 | 122.2 | 295 | 608 | 2.1 | 5 |
Source:[4]
Professional career
Bellisari was drafted by the
AFL statistics
Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
2007 | New Orleans | 190 | 304 | 62.5 | 2,262 | 47 | 12 | 107.37 | 27 | 50 | 7 |
2008 | New Orleans | 25 | 46 | 54.3 | 285 | 5 | 3 | 73.19 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Career | 215 | 350 | 61.4 | 2,547 | 52 | 15 | 102.88 | 29 | 55 | 8 |
Stats from ArenaFan:[6]
See also
- List of Arena Football League and National Football League players
References
- ^ a b Sullivan, Lucas (November 19, 2001). "Bellisari reinstated, apologizes; Tressel names Krenzel starter". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Estle, Sarah; O'Neil, Dave (November 28, 2001). "Bellisari sentenced to three days in jail". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Luke (December 31, 2001). "Buckeyes show fight in bowl rematch". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ "Steve Bellisari". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Steve Bellisari". arenafan.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.