Kellen Moore Kellen Moore ( born July 12 , 1989 ) is a professional football player , a quarterback who is currently a free agent in the National Football League . Moore was not selected in the 2012 NFL Draft , but signed a free agent contract following the conclusion of the draft . Moore finished his college career with Boise State University in 2011 . Moore holds the all - time record for wins by a starting quarterback in NCAA Division I FBS with a 50 – 3 ( ) record . As a junior , he finished fourth in the balloting for the 2010 Heisman Trophy . Early years . Born and raised in Prosser , Washington , Moore grew up surrounded by the sport . His father Tom was head coach at Prosser High School from 1986 to 2008 , winning 21 league titles and four state championships . During football season , he and younger brother Kirby , who also plays at Boise State as a wide receiver , practiced plays in the backyard after football practice . As his father remembered in a 2011 interview , " He ' d always have a little notepad with him . He was always drawing up plays . " This immersion in football served him well as he developed — in his final two years of high school , his father let him call his own plays . According to his mother , Moore " grew fast , and then he didn ' t grow again " — he was as a high school sophomore , nearly his adult height . His lack of height proved no obstacle to success at Prosser High . Moore was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington . He lettered in football and basketball three times each and was named Velocity / Prep Star All - American and First - team All - state , and Division 2A MVP by the " Seattle Times " . He earned league player of the year honors as well as First - team All - league recognition as a sophomore , junior and senior . He was also Third - team All - state selection as a junior . He set Washington state career records for completions ( 787 ) and touchdown passes ( 173 ) . He also set state single - season records for completions ( 317 as a junior ) , yards ( 4 , 600 as a junior ) and touchdown passes ( 67 as a senior ) . He finished his career completing 787 - of - 1 , 195 passes ( . 659 ) for 11 , 367 yards and 173 touchdowns with 34 interceptions . He led Prosser to a 12 – 1 record in 2006 as a senior and spot in state semifinals , losing to the Centralia Tigers by throwing two interceptions , with one of them being a " Pick 6 " to PLU Great Isaac Moog . As a junior he completed 317 - of - 479 passes ( 66 . 2 percent ) for 4 , 600 yards and 66 touchdowns with 15 interceptions . The year before , as a sophomore , he completed 179 - of - 308 passes ( 58 . 1 - percent ) for 2 , 442 yards and 39 touchdowns with 11 interceptions . Moore ' s teammates at Boise State included his younger brother Kirby and childhood friend Cory Yriarte , a center for the Broncos . Kirby currently holds the national high school record for career touchdown receptions , with 95 . College years . 2007 . During the 2007 season , Moore was redshirted . 2008 . As a redshirt freshman in 2008 , Moore led the Broncos to an undefeated regular season and the WAC championship while throwing 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in 12 games . In the final game of 2008 , Boise State lost to Texas Christian University ( TCU ) in the 2008 Poinsettia Bowl , the first of two consecutive meetings for the non - Automatic Qualifying rivals . He was named WAC Freshman of the Year and Second - team All - conference after spectacular first season , guiding Boise State to 12 – 1 record and was named Boise State ’ s Most Valuable Offensive Player by vote of teammates . He was named to Phil Steele Publications ’ Second team All - WAC and also voted to the Football Writers Association of America ’ s freshman All - America team . He ranked 12th in nation in passing efficiency and 24th in total offense , averaging 265 . 85 yards per game and was first in WAC in passing efficiency ( 157 . 1 ) and second in total offense ( 265 . 8 ) and average passing yards per game ( 268 . 2 ) . He completed 281 of 405 passes for 3 , 486 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions . 2009 . In January 2009 , Moore was ranked as the 37th best returning player in college football by College Football News . Moore threw for a school record 39 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions to lead the Broncos to a 14 – 0 record , another WAC title , and an at large bid to the Fiesta Bowl vs . undefeated # 4 ranked TCU . The 2009 Fiesta Bowl was highly controversial due to the decision to pit the two non - Automatic Qualifying schools against each other instead of having them face Automatic Qualifying teams . The BCS was criticized for the perception that the risk of both , or either , team defeating a " power conference " team was too great , and that the BCS had TCU and BSU face each other so that the damage of their participation would be minimized . He finished the 2009 regular season with the highest passer efficiency rating in Division I - A with a rating of 167 . 3 . In his first two years as a starting quarterback , Moore did not lose a regular season game . Moore started the 2010 Fiesta Bowl against widely favored TCU and played the entire game . He had no interceptions , fumbles , or muffed snaps . He led the team on a 4th quarter 78 - yard touchdown scoring drive to take the lead for good and win the game 17 – 10 . He was named First - team All - American by CBSSportsline . com , a subsidiary of CBS Sports . He was named one of ten finalists for the Manning Award . He was also First - team All - WAC and the WAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2009 and finished 7th in Heisman voting for 2009 . 2010 . Kellen Moore led the Broncos to a 33 – 30 victory over Virginia Tech on September 6 , 2010 . The game was highly anticipated and received a 6 . 8 TV rating , nearly twice that of the next most highly watched game . Moore contributed 3 passing touchdowns in the game with a final game - winning strike to Austin Pettis with 1 : 14 remaining in the game . As a result of the victory , Boise State received 8 first place votes in the week 2 AP Poll , and it moved up to third in the Coaches ' Poll . Moore was also mentioned by major sports media as a top candidate for the 2010 Heisman Trophy . After finishing the season with 3 , 506 yards , 33 TD ' s and only 5 INT ' s , Moore was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and was invited to the ceremony in New York City to become the first ever Boise State player to be a Heisman finalist . Moore finished 4th in Heisman voting . Moore was also a finalist for the Davey O ' Brien Award , the Maxwell Award , and the Manning Award ( all won by Cam Newton ) . Moore was named the Touchdown Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year . Boise State was invited to the 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas , where they defeated Utah 26 – 3 . 2011 . On March 28 , 2011 the Sporting News named Moore as the # 1 player in their annual list of the top 25 players in the nation . He was ranked ahead of Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and Oregon running back LaMichael James who both finished ahead of Moore in the 2010 Heisman voting . He only needed 8 wins during the 2011 season to pass Colt McCoy for most wins by a quarterback in NCAA history . He threw his 100th touchdown pass against Georgia during week one . Following an opening season win against Georgia in the Chick - fil - A College Kickoff , Moore was featured on the cover of " Sports Illustrated " , distributed only in the west . With the Broncos defeat of Air Force on October 22 , he tied former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy for the career wins record with 45 wins . On November 5 , the Broncos defeated UNLV and Moore broke the record to become the FBS leader in career wins for a starting quarterback at 46 . A perfect season , however , was spoiled again by a 36 – 35 loss to TCU . He was one of three finalists for the Maxwell Award along with Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson ( won by Luck ) . For the second year in a row , he was named the Touchdown Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year and it was announced that beginning in 2012 the award will be known as the Kellen Moore Award . He currently is first in the FBS in completion percentage . With the Broncos ' 56 – 24 win over Arizona State in the 2011 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas , Moore became the first quarterback in FBS history to win 50 games in his career . Professional career . 2012 NFL Draft . Despite his success in college , many analysts have doubted Moore ' s professional potential , especially his relatively small stature at slightly shorter than , as well as doubts about his running ability . He was projected as a late draft pick or priority free agent . He was not selected in the 2012 NFL Draft , but was signed immediately post - draft by the Detroit Lions . Upon being signed by Detroit , Moore stated , " I don ' t think there will probably be a more motivated quarterback . " The Lions ' offensive coordinator is Scott Linehan , a former college quarterback at Idaho who was born and raised in Sunnyside , about northwest of Moore ' s hometown of Prosser . Personal life . Moore earned his bachelor ' s degree before his final season of athletic eligibility , and is currently working on a master ' s in kinesiology . During his final season of college football , he was also deeply involved in an independent study project on what he termed as " what highly successful people do to become successful " with Broncos star offensive lineman Nate Potter . In July 2011 , he married Julie Wilson , who had been a three - sport athlete and valedictorian at Prosser High . The two had been dating since high school , when he was a sophomore and she a senior .