 Glenn with theTom Pate Memorial Award | |||||||||||
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born | (1979-06-12)June 12, 1979 (age 46) Detroit,Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| College | Illinois State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2001: undrafted | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Toronto Argonauts* | ||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | ||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | ||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Calgary Stampeders | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Ottawa Redblacks* | ||||||||||
| 2014 | BC Lions | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | ||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Montreal Alouettes | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Edmonton Eskimos | ||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
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Kevin Glenn, Jr. (born June 12, 1979) is an American former professionalfootballquarterback who played in theCanadian Football League (CFL) from 2004 to 2018. He was originally signed by theSaskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL as anundrafted free agent in 2001. He playedcollege football for theIllinois State Redbirds and high school football atDetroit St. Martin de Porres. Glenn is ajourneyman quarterback who is the only player to ever have had his rights held by every team in the CFL.[1]
Glenn playedcollege football for theIllinois State Redbirds, where he set 25 school records during his four years there. He completed 663 of 1,164 pass attempts (57.0%) for 8,251 yards, 62 touchdowns, and 39 interceptions, and also rushed 259 times for 611 yards and eight scores during his college career. He once tossed 101 straight passes without aninterception and, in 1998, he led theGateway Football Conference in passing yards per game, passer efficiency, and total offence. Glenn led Illinois State to its first playoff appearance in 1998.[2]
| Illinois State Redbirds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1997 | 191 | 361 | 2,265 | 12 | 13 | 99 | 90 | 1 | |||
| 1998 | 249 | 407 | 3,037 | 26 | 11 | 77 | 258 | 3 | |||
| 1999 | 110 | 174 | 1,200 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 160 | 4 | |||
| 2000 | 113 | 222 | 1,749 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 103 | 0 | |||
| Career | 663 | 1,164 | 8,251 | 62 | 39 | 259 | 611 | 8 | |||
Glenn originally signed with theSaskatchewan Roughriders on June 8, 2001. He appeared in 18 regular season games for Saskatchewan in the2001 season, starting for six of those games. Glenn completed 70 of 154 pass attempts (45.5%) for 938 yards, two touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He recorded 28 carries for 152 yards (5.4 yard average) and two touchdowns.[3]
Glenn played in 11 regular season games in the2002 season as well as the 2002 East Division Semifinal. He started three games on the season. He completed 60 of 95 passes (63.2%) for 777 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions. He rushed 21 times for 83 yards and one touchdown.
Glenn entered free agency on February 17, 2003, but re-signed with the Roughriders on March 21, 2003. He dressed for all 18 regular-season games in the2003 season plus the 2003 West Division Semifinal and the 2003 West Division Final. Glenn completed 40 of his 73 pass attempts (54.8%) for 508 yards, one touchdown, and four interceptions. He also rushed 13 times for 48 yards and a 3.7 yard average.
On May 19, 2004, the Roughriders traded Glenn to theToronto Argonauts for their best selection (third overall) in the2005 CFL draft, however later in the day, Glenn was traded to theWinnipeg Blue Bombers for their best selection in that draft (also the third overall selection).
In the2004 season, Glenn played back-up toKhari Jones until Jones was traded mid-season. In 8 games that season, Glenn passed for 2,329 yards, 14 touchdowns, and eight interceptions on 274 attempts and 166 completions. He also rushed 30 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns. That season the Bombers finished with a disappointing record of 7-11, missing the playoffs
The2005 season was more successful for Glenn. Despite missing three games due to injury, Glenn had his best season as a Bomber. He completed 231 of 403 pass attempts (57.3%) for 3,571 yards and 27 touchdowns. His 27 TD passes was third best in the CFL. He also rushed for one touchdown on October 10 versus theB.C. Lions. That October 10 game atCanad Inns Stadium was arguably Glenn's best single-game performance of his CFL career. He passed for 410 yards and five touchdowns, including four TD completions to slotbackMilt Stegall. Glenn would go on to surpass the 300-yard passing mark on five occasions in 2005. Despite impressive numbers from Glenn, the Bombers finished 5-13.
The2006 season was a year of great growth for Kevin. Though working in a brand new offensive system under new head coachDoug Berry, Glenn performed admirably. In a Week 8 game, Glenn slightly tore hisACL, but returned to the field to play his former team theSaskatchewan Roughriders in their Labour Day tilt. Glenn managed to lead the Bombers to their first playoff appearance in two years.
Glenn emerged as one of the CFL's elite quarterbacks during the2007 season. By week 7, Glenn had the league's best quarterback rating (107.3), and had thrown for 2078 yards and 11 touchdowns (with only 3 interceptions). However, by the end of the 2007 season, Glenn's quarterback rating had fallen to 93.2, making him 5th amongst starting quarterbacks, in the 8 team CFL. Glenn led Winnipeg to the95th Grey Cup with a win in the East Division final defeating Toronto 19–9 before leaving the game due to a broken arm and causing him to miss the Grey Cup game, which the Bombers would ultimately lose.
The2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season started out poorly for Glenn with 976 yards, 2 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, a QB Rating of only 65.9, and 4 losses in 4 starts. He then lost his job toRyan Dinwiddie who guided the team to their first win. After Dinwiddie led the team to its first win, he started struggling and lost his next game and Glenn was given his job back. Glenn and the Bombers became the first team in CFL history to host and lose a playoff-crossover match.[citation needed] In the off-season, quarterbackStefan LeFors was traded by Edmonton to Winnipeg in exchange for draft picks. Glenn was subsequently released on March 9, 2009.[4]
Glenn signed with theHamilton Tiger-Cats on March 20, 2009.[5] He began the2009 season as the backup toQuinton Porter, but after Porter struggled during the season, Glenn took over as the starting quarterback. Glenn led the Ti-Cats to their first postseason appearance since 2004 with a record of 9-9. Hamilton was eliminated in overtime in the first round by the crossoverBC Lions. In his second year as the starter Glenn led the Tiger-Cats to another 9-9 season this time to lose to the Toronto Argonauts in the first round.
After a very strong year in2010, Glenn saw his production decrease in2011, throwing the same number of interceptions (17), but 13 fewer touchdowns. Head coachMarcel Bellefeuille elected to use a two-quarterback system for portions of the season which had Glenn sharing snaps withQuinton Porter. However, Glenn managed to lead theHamilton Tiger-Cats to the playoffs for the third consecutive season with a record of 8-10 by starting 17 regular season games.
On January 3, 2012, Glenn was traded to theCalgary Stampeders along withMark Dewit and a conditional draft pick forHenry Burris.[6] Glenn was brought in by the Stamps to serve as a backup for starterDrew Tate. When Tate went down with a major injury in week 2 Glenn became the starter. Kevin Glenn went on to start the next 15 games for the Stampeders, winning 10 of them. His 67.9 percent completion rate during the 2012 campaign was the best of his career to that point.[7] Tate returned from injury and went back to starting status for the final two games of the regular season and the Western Division Semi-Finals. When Tate sustained a different injury in the Western Semi-Final, Glenn became the starter for the remainder of the 2012 playoffs. Glenn led the Stamps to victory over theBC Lions in the Western Final, but was unable to defeat theToronto Argonauts in the100th Grey Cup, losing 35-22.[8] During the2012 season, Glenn passed Dieter Brock on the CFL's all time passing yardage chart, surpassing Brock's total of 35,025 yards.[9]
Glenn returned to the Stamps for the2013 CFL season once again as a backup toDrew Tate. In similar fashion to the previous year Glenn came in relief of an injured Tate in Week 2 and was named the starter for Week 3 against the Alouettes due to Tate's injury.[10] Kevin Glenn started in Week 3 and 4 against theMontreal Alouettes, however, he was unable to finish the Week 4 game due to sustaining an elbow injury in the 3rd-quarter, sustained while taking a hit completing a 45-yard pass toMarquay McDaniel. On October 18, 2013, Glenn passedTom Clements to become the 10th all-time leading quarterback in terms of passing yards.[11] Glenn played a total of 15 of the 18 regular season games in 2013, leading the Stamps to a league best record of 14-4, earning a first round bye. In the West-Final Glenn was pulled after the first half after struggling against the Roughriders. The Stamps lost the game, ending their season.
On December 16, 2013, Glenn was drafted by theOttawa Redblacks in the2013 CFL Expansion Draft. Prior to the start of CFL free agency, the RedBlacks signedHenry Burris and named him the starter, leaving Glenn once again relegated to a backup role. On March 6, 2014, Glenn announced that he had requested to be traded, something he had discussed with the RedBlacks front office since the signing of Burris on February 4. Ottawa GMMarcel Desjardins had said that he would not release Glenn.[12]
On May 13, 2014, Glenn was traded to theBC Lions during the2014 CFL draft in exchange for the fifth overall pick in that draft.[13] WithTravis Lulay suffering a major injury, Glenn started in 17 of the 18 regular season games, and also in the Eastern Semi-Final. Based on QBpasser rating statistic, the 2014 season was Glenn's worst passing season since his 2008 campaign with the Blue Bombers. The Lions finished the season fourth in the West Division, but qualified for the playoffs by virtue of the "crossover" rule and the fact their 9-9 record was better than the 3rd-best team in the East. The Lions lost the East Division Semi-Final by a score of 50-17 and head coachMike Benevides was fired less than a week later despite having had his contract extended to 2016. Glenn was not re-signed by the Lions and became afree agent on February 10, 2015.
On February 19, 2015, Glenn signed with theSaskatchewan Roughriders, returning him to the team where he began his professional career.[14] Glenn was the backup quarterback on the depth chart and saw action in the first game of the season, when starting quarterbackDarian Durant suffered a leg injury. It was revealed after the game that Durant had suffered a torn Achilles tendon, ending his season and making Glenn the starter. Glenn learned Chapdelaine's offensive scheme quickly and excelled, making Saskatchewan's offense the best in the league though the first four games of the season (all losses). Glenn played in 9 games for the Riders but the team struggled and quickly fell out of playoff contention.
On trade deadline day for the 2015 season (October 14, 2015), Glenn was traded by the Roughriders to theMontreal Alouettes, in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the2016 CFL draft.[15] At the time of the trade, the Alouettes had a record of 5-9 tying them for the crossover playoff spot; whereas the Roughriders season was over after they had been officially eliminated from post-season contention. Glenn played in three of the final four games for the Alouettes to close out the season, however, he was not able to earn Montreal a playoff berth, losing the crossover to theBC Lions.[16]
Glenn began the2016 season as the starting quarterback on a crowded depth chart that included the likes of;Rakeem Cato,Vernon Adams,Brandon Bridge andJonathan Crompton. Glenn started the first two games of the season of the Alouettes, had a bye for the third week and missed the fourth week with an eye infection.[17] Glenn started nine of the team's first ten games of the season, but only managed to win three of them. As a result, head coach Jim Popp announced Rakeem Cato would be the starting quarterback in Week 12, relegating Glenn to the backup role.[18]
On September 11, 2016, Glenn was traded to theWinnipeg Blue Bombers to serve as the back-up forMatt Nichols.[19] He dressed for seven games for the Bombers while playing in one, completing two of his four pass attempts for 16 yards. Unable to come to terms on a new contract, the Bombers released Glenn about a month before he was set to become afree agent.[20]
On January 23, 2017, Glenn signed a contract with theSaskatchewan Roughriders.[21] During training camp and preseason Glenn beat out Canadian quarterbackBrandon Bridge, second year quarterbackBryan Bennett and former NFL quarterbackVince Young for the starting job: The latter two were released before the start of the season.[22] Glenn was the Riders starting quarterback for most of the2017 season, however in the last third of the season he began splitting snaps with Brandon Bridge. In early August Glenn surpassedRon Lancaster moving into sixth place on the CFL's all-time passing yards list.[23] On September 29, 2017, in his 197th game as a starting quarterback, Glenn recorded his 100th win (tyingMatt Dunigan for the eight most all-time).[24] Overall Glenn had a solid season for the Riders, leading the team to a 10-8 record and qualifying for the East division playoff via crossover.[25] On January 3, 2018 the Riders acquired quarterbackZach Collaros, the following day they announced they had released Kevin Glenn.[26]
On January 15, 2018, theEdmonton Eskimos announced that they had signed Glenn to a one-year contract.[27] Glenn's rights had now been held by every team in the Canadian Football League. On September 29, 2018, while serving as the backup quarterback toMike Reilly, Glenn dressed for his 300th CFL game; trailing onlyDamon Allen (370) andAnthony Calvillo (329) for most games dressed by a quarterback.[28]
On June 12, 2019, his 40th birthday, Glenn retired from his playing career.[29]
With the potential revival of theAtlantic Schooners as the 10th CFL team, Glenn has joked that he may want to come out of retirement to sign a one-day contract with them to continue to hold on to his unique claim of having been part of every CFL team.[30] In astraw poll, Schooner fans (in advance of the teams 2018 revival announcement prior to the106th Grey Cup) said that they would want Glenn as a QB selection in anexpansion draft if the team's revival comes to fruition.[31] Mid-way through the2019 season the Blue Bombers (7–2 at the time) contacted Glenn to see if he was interested in coming out of retirement following an injury to starting quarterbackMatt Nichols; however, Glenn declined the offer although he did consider it "very tempting".[32]
From 2020 to 2022 Glenn was an assistant coach atDetroit Catholic Central High School.[33] While an assistant coach at CC, the team had an overall record of 25-7. In May 2023 it was announced that Glenn had been hired as the head coach of the football team atUniversity Liggett School.[34] He led Liggett to a 7-3 record and a playoff appearance. About a year later, in May of 2024, Glenn was announced as the head coach of the football team atUniversity of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy.[35]
| Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G[a] | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Fumb |
| 2001 | SSK | 18 | 6 | 70 | 154 | 45.5 | 938 | 2 | 9 | 45.3 | 28 | 152 | 5.4 | 20 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | SSK | 11 | 3 | 60 | 95 | 63.2 | 777 | 3 | 3 | 86.2 | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | SSK | 18 | 2 | 40 | 73 | 54.8 | 508 | 1 | 4 | 58.5 | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | WPG | 18 | 9 | 166 | 274 | 60.6 | 2,329 | 14 | 8 | 92.9 | 30 | 125 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | WPG | 15 | 15 | 231 | 403 | 57.3 | 3,571 | 27 | 17 | 91.5 | 30 | 103 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | WPG | 16 | 16 | 249 | 430 | 57.9 | 3,427 | 17 | 13 | 84.1 | 40 | 194 | 4.9 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | WPG | 18 | 18 | 388 | 621 | 62.5 | 5,117 | 25 | 13 | 93.2 | 41 | 132 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | WPG | 18 | 15 | 293 | 454 | 64.5 | 3,637 | 20 | 20 | 85.6 | 29 | 102 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | HAM | 18 | 7 | 241 | 389 | 62.0 | 3,077 | 18 | 7 | 94.6 | 21 | 134 | 6.4 | 22 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | HAM | 18 | 18 | 388 | 602 | 64.5 | 5,100 | 33 | 17 | 97.6 | 27 | 185 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | HAM | 18 | 17 | 307 | 488 | 62.9 | 3,963 | 19 | 17 | 86.8 | 21 | 112 | 5.3 | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | CGY | 18 | 15 | 325 | 487 | 66.7 | 4,220 | 25 | 16 | 97.2 | 20 | 120 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | CGY | 18 | 13 | 223 | 335 | 66.6 | 2,710 | 18 | 7 | 100.5 | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | BC | 18 | 17 | 302 | 479 | 63.0 | 3,918 | 17 | 17 | 85.7 | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | SSK | 9 | 8 | 171 | 257 | 66.5 | 2,174 | 9 | 10 | 88.2 | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| MTL | 3 | 3 | 71 | 106 | 67.0 | 756 | 7 | 4 | 93.9 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | MTL | 10 | 9 | 222 | 314 | 70.7 | 2,547 | 13 | 11 | 94.0 | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| WPG | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | SSK | 17 | 17 | 318 | 468 | 67.9 | 4,038 | 25 | 14 | 100.0 | 21 | 75 | 3.6 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | EDM | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CFL totals | 304 | 208 | 4,068 | 6,434 | 63.2 | 52,867 | 294 | 207 | 90.8 | 395 | 1,858 | 4.7 | 22 | 13 | 56 | |
| Playoffs | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Game | GP | GS | Att | Cmp | Yards | TD | Int | Att | Yards | TD |
| 2002 | *East Semi-Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| 2003 | West Semi-Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| 2003 | West Final | 1 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 2006 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| 2007 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 31 | 19 | 161 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 2007 | East Final | 1 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 201 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 2008 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 233 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 51 | 31 | 434 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 314 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| 2011 | East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 2011 | East Final | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | West Semi-Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| 2012 | West Final | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 303 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2013 | West Final | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| 2014 | *East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| 2016 | West Semi-Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - |
| 2017 | *East Semi-Final | 1 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2017 | *East Final | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| CFL totals | 18 | 13 | 363 | 220 | 3054 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 67 | 1 | |
*Team qualified for Crossover
| Grey Cup | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Att | Cmp | Yards | TD | Int | Att | Yards | TD |
| 2007 | WPG | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | CGY | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 222 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| CFL totals | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 222 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
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