Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | January 30, 1979 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Warwick, Rhode Island | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Warwick (RI) Bishop Hendricken | ||||||||||
College: | Brown | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2001 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Comp. / Att.: | 1,730 / 2,778 |
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Passing yards: | 20,021 |
TD-INT: | 422-98 |
QB Rating: | 107.29 |
Rushing TDs: | 28 |
Kyle Rowley (born January 30, 1979) is a former arena football quarterback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL) and af2 from 2003 to 2015. He played college football at Brown.
Rowley was the first quarterback to win an AFL ArenaBowl and af2 ArenaCup Championship, with Nick Davila being the second. His personal career accolades include 2006 ArenaCup Player of the Game, 2008 Af2 Offensive Player of the Year, and 2010 ArenaBowl XXIII Championship MVP. He was voted by the AF2 coaches and league officials in 2009 as one of the top ten signal callers in league history. During his career he has led the AF2 in single season completion percentage and completions (2004), passer rating and touchdown/interception ratio (2006) touchdowns and touchdown passes (2008) and passing yards (2009). He also holds every Arkansas Twister and Columbus Wardog franchise passing records. He started his Arena Football career in 2003 and has played for numerous AFL and AF2 teams, including the Charleston Swamp Foxes (2003), Columbus Wardogs (2004), Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers (2005), Manchester Wolves (2006, Philadelphia Soul (2007), Grand Rapids Rampage (2007), Arkansas Twisters (2008 & 2009), the Spokane Shock (2006 & 2010-2012) and the Orlando Predators.
Rowley attended Brown University from 1997 to 2001 and was a standout in the Ivy League, leading the league in every statistical passing category in his first and only season as the starter. In his first home start he broke the school's single game passing record with a 474 yards performance and broke the school's single game total offense record with 485 yards. He was part of one of only two Ivy League Championships in school history at the time (1999 Ivy League Champions) and recorded more varsity football wins while at Brown than any other player in school history till that time.