Alex Van Pelt
Van Pelt at Packers training camp in 2014.
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| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterbacks coach | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 1, 1970 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | San Antonio (TX) Churchill | ||||||||
| College: | Pittsburgh | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 8 / Pick: 216 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 16–24 |
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| Passing yards: | 2,985 |
| Passer rating: | 64.1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Gregory Alexander Van Pelt (born May 1, 1970) is an American football coach and former player who is the current quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
Van Pelt attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a star college quarterback for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team. When Van Pelt left Pittsburgh, he held school passing records that he had taken from Dan Marino. His single season mark of 3,163 passing yards was broken in 2003 by Rod Rutherford.
Van Pelt was an eighth round draft pick of his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, but failed to make the opening game roster. After spending six months as the Kansas City Chiefs fourth-string quarterback in 1994, he spent the remainder of his career as a Buffalo Bill. Van Pelt was a career backup in the National Football League, where he had career totals of 16 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in 477 pass attempts.
Van Pelt's first NFL win as a starter would come on November 2, 1997, against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins. In 2001, he started 8 games, going 2-6, and playing well enough to justify a contract extension that would allow the Bills to release failed Doug Flutie successor Rob Johnson. Van Pelt would never start a game after 2001 due to a Bills trade with the New England Patriots for Drew Bledsoe, who became the full-time starting quarterback. Van Pelt remained with the team as Bledsoe's backup for the next two seasons before retiring.
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