Steve Bellisari

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.

Steve Bellisari

No. 8
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1980-04-21) April 21, 1980 Boca Raton, Florida
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	Boca Raton (FL)
College:	Ohio State
NFL Draft:	2002 / Round: 6 / Pick: 205
Career history
St. Louis Rams (2002)* Dayton Warbirds (2005) Manchester Wolves (2005) Kansas City Brigade (2006)* New Orleans VooDoo (2007–2008)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Career Arena statistics
Comp. / Att.: 215 / 350 Passing yards: 2,547 TD–INT: 52–15 QB rating: 102.88 Rushing TD: 8
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

College career

Bellisari, a special teams player and a defensive back his first year, replaced Joe Germaine as the Ohio State starting quarterback in 1999. He had a stellar prep career at Boca Raton High School, but had a disappointing career at Ohio State.

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 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
		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 St. Louis Rams in the 2002 NFL Draft and converted to safety. After being out of football, in 2005 Bellisari played for the Dayton Warbirds of the NIFL, an indoor football league, and later moved up to the Manchester Wolves in the second half of the 2005 af2 season, leading them into the playoffs with four straight victories to finish out the year. Seldom turning the ball over in his stay with the Wolves, Bellisari was driving the Wolves down the field late in the fourth quarter when he threw his last pass as a Wolf, a game-sealing interception to the Florida Firecats. The final score was Florida 40, Manchester 39.

AFL statistics

Year	Team	Passing							Rushing
		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:[5]

See also

• List of Arena Football League and National Football League players

References

1. Sullivan, Lucas (November 19, 2001). "Bellisari reinstated, apologizes; Tressel names Krenzel starter". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
2. Estle, Sarah; O'Neil, Dave (November 28, 2001). "Bellisari sentenced to three days in jail". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
3. Sullivan, Luke (December 31, 2001). "Buckeyes show fight in bowl rematch". The Lantern. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
4. "Steve Bellisari". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
5. "Steve Bellisari". arenafan.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

External links

• AFL stats