Tim Couch

Tim Couch
Position (s): Quarterback	Jersey number (s): 2
born July 31, 1977 in Hyden , Kentucky
Career information
Active : 1999 - 2007
NFL Draft : 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st
College : Kentucky
Teams
Cleveland Browns ( 1999 - 2003 )
Career statistics
Thrown passports	1,714
Completed passports	1,025
Completion rate	59.8%
TD - INT	64-67
Thrown space gain	11,131 yards
Passer rating	75.1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
SEC Player of the Year (1998) Consensus All-American (1998)

Timothy Scott Couch (* 31 July 1977 in Hyden , Kentucky ) is a retired American American football poker players. He played five seasons on the position of quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL).

Career

High school and college

Career

Couch played high school football at Leslie County High in Hyden, where he was one of the most successful quarterbacks of all time. He set the records for the most completed passes (872), the most space gained by passing (12,104), the most touchdown passes (133) and the highest completion rate in one season (75.1%).

In 1996 he came to the University of Kentucky , where he played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats under Head Coach Bill Curry . Under Curry, Couch was given few opportunities to throw the ball, as Curry's offense was based on the run-intensive offense option . However, after a 1-6 start, Curry was fired and later replaced by Hal Mumme . In the first game under Mumme during the 1997 season, Couch threw against local rivals Louisville for 398 yards and four touchdowns. Three weeks later, he equalized the SEC record with seven touchdown passes in one game. That same season, Couch led the Wildcats to their first win against Alabama since 1922. He finished the season with 363 of 547 passes completed, 3,884 yards thrown and 37 touchdown passes. He led the nation in pass attempts, passports completed, yards thrown and completion rate. However, due to poor defense, the Wildcats were only able to win five of their eleven games. Couch was elected to the second team All-SEC and was ninth in the selection of the Heisman Trophy winner.

As a junior, Couch completed 400 of 553 passes for 4,275 yards and 36 touchdowns. He led the nation in completed passes and had the second best completion rate, second most yards thrown and second most touchdown passes. After the season, the Wildcats got the chance to play in the Outback Bowl , the team's first bowl participation since 1993. In the election of the winner of the Heisman Trophy, he was fourth, but won the election for SEC Player of the Year and became the first team All-American elected. After his junior season, he decided to leave college. In total, he threw for 74 touchdowns and 8,835 yards. He had broken seven NCAA, 14 SEC, and 26 school records in his three years in college.

statistics

season	Passing game						Running game
	Completions	Pass attempts	Yards	Completion rate	TD	INT	Runs	Yards	TD
1996	32	84	276	38.1	1	1	24	−26	0
1997	363	547	3,884	66.4	37	19th	66	−125	3
1998	400	553	4,275	72.3	36	15th	64	−124	1
total	795	1,184	8,435	67.1	74	35	154	−275	4th

NFL

Cleveland Browns

Couch was able to attract the attention of the re-established Cleveland Browns through his performance in Mumme's Quick Read-and-Throw Offense , particularly finding the second and third receivers . He was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft as the overall first of these. After the Browns lost their first game 0:43, Couch was named the starter. He achieved the Browns' first victory on October 31, 1999, when Couch led the Browns to a 21:16 victory over the New Orleans Saints after a Hail Mary pass to receiver Kevin Johnson . He had to pocket 56 sacks in his first season , the highest in the league. In the 2000 season , Couch started seven games before he was out with a thumb injury. In 2001 he was able to lead the Browns to a 7-9 record.

Couch's most successful season came in 2002 , when he led the Browns into the first play-offs since 1994, throwing 18 touchdowns in just 14 games. Among them was a winning Hail Mary on Quincy Morgan in the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars . In the final regular season game, however, Couch broke his leg and was therefore out for the play-offs. For the 2003 season he lost his starting job during training camps to Kelly Holcomb , but won it again, only to lose it again. After Holcomb got injured, Couch became a starter again. However, behind an offensive line weakened by injuries , he could not lead the Browns into the play-offs. With the Browns, he lost five of their last six games, ending the season with a 5-11 record. His future in Cleveland became unclear. In March 2004, the Browns signed Jeff Garcia as their new quarterback and Couch was back again. Since he would have made $ 7.6 million in the 2004 season , more than the Browns wanted to spend on a backup quarterback, Cleveland tried to swap Couch for the Green Bay Packers . After this failed, he was released on June 9, 2004.

According to the Browns

After his release, the Packers signed him for a year. Couch, however, had shoulder problems and problems taking up the Packers' West Coast Offense . In three preseason games he only got 11 of 34 passes for 96 yards. He was released before the start of the season. Couch then underwent surgery because his labrum, biceps, and rotator cuff were torn. During the ongoing healing process, he injured his rotator cuff again in 2006. In 2007 he sent a memo to all NFL teams informing them that he was healthy again. The Jacksonville Jaguars then signed him for two years. At the beginning of August 2007, however, he was released again. In October 2007, Couch was banned from the NFL for six games for steroid abuse.

After retiring, he went to television. He began annotating SEC games for Fox Sports South. In 2018, Couch returned to the Browns to comment on the preseason games.

statistics

season	Passing game									Running game
	Games	Starts	Completions	Pass attempts	Yards	Completion rate	TD	INT	Rating	Runs	Yards	TD
1999	15th	14th	223	399	2,447	55.9	15th	13	73.2	40	267	1
2000	7th	7th	137	215	1,483	63.7	7th	9	77.3	12	45	0
2001	16	16	272	454	3,040	59.9	17th	21st	73.1	38	128	0
2002	14th	14th	273	443	2,842	61.6	18th	18th	76.8	23	77	0
2003	10	8th	120	203	1,319	59.1	7th	6th	77.6	11	39	1
total	62	59	1,025	1,714	11,131	59.8	64	67	75.1	124	556	2

Individual evidence

1. ^ The List: Best high school athletes ever. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
2. ↑ YODA OF THE AIR RAID OFFENSE, HE IS. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Tim Couch (2005). Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 20 years ago today, Tim Couch and Peyton Manning wrought Air-mageddon in Lexington. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
5. ^ Frank M. Henkel: Cleveland Browns History . Arcadia Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7385-3428-2 , pp. 118 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Tim Couch . In: The Akron Beacon Journal . April 18, 1999, p. 50 .
7. ↑ ^{a b} Tim Couch. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Couch now free to sign with any team. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
9. ^ ^{A b c} Cleveland Browns Quarterbacks: Revisiting Every Starting QB Since Tim Couch. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Where is Tim Couch? Catching up with the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterbacks since 1999. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
11. ^ A Hail Mary by Couch Is Well-Met by Morgan. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Couch signs with Jaguars, hopes to revive career. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
13. ^ Report: Couch had doping regimens calling for steroids, HGH. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Two Players, Not Active, Suspended by NFL.Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Tim Couch returns to Browns as a broadcaster - 17 years after he led the expansion franchise to its only playoff appearance. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .