Blake Shell

Blake Shell (born August 12, 1991) is an American football Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Virginia Tech. The Bengals selected him with the ninth overall pick in the 2015 NFLHC Draft.
==College Career==
Blake Shell attended Virginia Tech for 2 years, declaring for the NFL Draft his senior year.
===College statistics===
Year 	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing
Year 	GP 	GS 	Rating 	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yards 	TD 	Int
2013 	1 	1 	256.7 	23 	25 	92 	333 	4 	0
2014 	12 	12 	156.3 	269 	409 	65.8 	3,378 	24 	1
Totals	13 	13 	- 	292 	434 	67.3 	3,711 	28 	1
==Professional Career==
Shell ran the 40-yard dash in 4.88 seconds at the Scouting Combine. He was considered anywhere from the best to third best quarterback prospect in the 2015 NFLHC Draft along with Thomas Wheeler and Brian Brown. In the 2015 NFLHC Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected Shell with the 9th overall pick. He was the first quarterback selected by the Bengals in the first round. He became the 2nd ever starting quarterback after Nu Battles was cut in the offseason, and beating out Robert Aikman for the starting job in the preseason.
The day after the draft, Shell signed a five-year contract with the Bengals worth approximately $50 million.
Before the first game of the 2015 preseason, Shell was declared the starter.
===Cincinnati Bengals===
Blake Shell was named the starter for the 2015 NFL Season.
====Regular season====
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Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Wins	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Passing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rushing	Rating
Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Wins	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yds 	YPA 	TD 	Int 	Att 	Yds 	Avg 	TD 	Fumbles	Rating
2015 	CIN 	14 	14 	3 	182 	310 	58.71% 	2,306 	7.44 	13 	15 	1 	-8 	-8.0 	0 	1 	76.39
2016 	CIN 	8 	8 	5 	142 	226 	62.83% 	1,890 	8.36 	17 	6 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	102.63
2017 	CIN 	16 	16 	5 	355 	604 	58.77% 	3,913 	6.48 	27 	13 	6 	-18 	-3.0 	0 	2 	84.00
2018 	CIN 	6 	6 	4 	67 	110 	60.91% 	941 	8.55 	5 	3 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	92.26
Career	Career	44 	44 	17 	746 	1,250 	59.68% 	9,050 	7.24 	62 	37 	7 	-26 	-3.71 	0 	3 	86.18
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