The Minnesota Vikings have acquired veteran backup QB Kelly Holcomb via trade with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Holcomb is entering his 12th NFL season and has 21 career starts and 34 career games played under his belt. Holcomb has a career completion percentage of 64.7% and has thrown for 5,401 yards and 37 career TDs. Holcomb started a career-high 8 games in 2003 for Cleveland and again in 2005 with Buffalo. In 2002 he started the AFC Wild Card Playoff game for Cleveland against Pittsburgh.
Holcomb originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent out of Middle Tennessee State in 1995 with Tampa Bay.
HOLCOMB’S NFL TOTALS PASSING
Year GP/GS Att. Comp. Pct. Yards TD INT LG Sk/Yds Rating 1995 (TB) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
1996 (Ind) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
1997 (Ind) (5/1) 73 45 61.6 454 1 8 8 11/76 44.3
1998 (Ind) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
1999 (Ind) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
2000 (Ind) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
2001 (Cle) (1/0) 12 7 58.3 114 1 0 25 0/0 118.1
2002 (Cle) (4/2) 106 64 60.4 790 8 4 44t 5/40 92.9
2003 (Cle) (10/8) 302 193 63.9 1,797 10 12 68t 21/166 74.6
2004 (Cle) (4/2) 87 59 67.8 737 7 5 55t 5/31 96.8
2005 (Buf) (10/8) 230 155 67.4 1,509 10 8 65 17/140 85.6
2006 (Buf) (0/0) - - - - - - - - -
Totals 34/21 810 523 64.7 5,401 37 37 68t 59/453 79.9
Other Roster Moves
The Minnesota Vikings released eight players on Monday. The Vikings’ roster currently stands at 79 players.
WAIVED
PLAYER ..................... POS. ......... SCHOOL ........................ EXPERIENCE
Joe Bradley.................. DT............ Louisiana-Lafayette ........ Rookie
Josh Day........................G............ Colorado State................ Rookie
Alex Guerrero .............. DT............ Boise State ..................... 1st Year
Drew Henson...............QB............ Michigan ......................... 3rd Year
John Kerr ......................LB ............ Ohio State....................... Rookie
Todd Lowber...............WR............ Ramapo .......................... Rookie
Alex Reyes......................P............ Texas Tech ..................... Rookie
Jerron Wishom.............CB............ Lousiana Tech ................ 2nd Year