 timothy scott couch (born july 31, 1977) is a former american college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the national football league (nfl) for five seasons. he played college football for the university of kentucky and earned all-america honors. he was selected first overall by the cleveland browns in the 1999 nfl draft, and he threw for over 11,000 passing yards during his nfl career. ==early years== couch was born in hyden, kentucky. as a prep quarterback at leslie county high school in leslie county, kentucky, he set a number of national high school records â most pass completions (872), passing yardage (12,104), touchdown passes (132), and passing percentage for a season (75.1). following his senior 1995 season, he was recognized as kentucky's mr. football. espn ranked couch as the no. 6 of the best high school athletes ever. couch also starred on the leslie county high school basketball varsity team. he scored 35 points per game as a junior, which was the highest average in the state. couch scored 3,023 points in his career,kentucky high school boys' basketball records (pdf). khsaa. retrieved on april 9, 2010. which as of april 2010 is good for the 26th highest total in kentucky state history. ==college career
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