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Career Stats
Season	Team	Games		Passing									Rushing				Fumbles
Season	Team	G	GS	Comp	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	SckY	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	FUM	Lost
TOTAL				211	401	2,575	--	13	16	32	227	--	38	177	--	0	7	2
2011	ARI	8	7	151	275	1,913	7.0	11	14	23	162	68.9	28	128	4.6	0	4	1
2010	ARI	5	4	60	126	662	5.3	2	2	9	65	62.3	10	49	4.9	0	3	1

Recent Games
WK	Opp	Result	Passing										Rushing				Fumbles
WK	Opp	Result	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	SckY	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	FUM	Lost
1	CAR	W 28-21	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2	@WAS	L 21-22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
3	@SEA	L 10-13	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
4	NYG	L 27-31	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
5	@MIN	L 10-34	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
7	PIT	L 20-32	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
8	@BAL	L 27-30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
9	STL	W 19-13	20	35	57.1	222	6.3	1	0	3	30	85.7	4	38	9.5	0	1	0
10	@PHI	W 21-17	21	40	52.5	315	7.9	3	2	4	33	82.8	4	15	3.8	0	--	--
11	@SF	L 7-23	6	19	31.6	99	5.2	0	3	1	8	10.5	--	--	--	--	1	0
12	@STL	W 23-20	12	23	52.2	114	5.0	0	2	3	8	30.0	3	18	6.0	0	--	--
13	DAL	W 19-13	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
14	SF	W 21-19	19	28	67.9	282	10.1	3	2	1	5	106.5	6	25	4.2	0	1	1
15	CLE	W 20-17	28	46	60.9	313	6.8	1	1	4	24	79.3	2	7	3.5	0	--	--
16	@CIN	L 16-23	23	44	52.3	297	6.8	2	3	5	40	60.5	4	6	1.5	0	1	0
17	SEA	W 23-20	22	40	55.0	271	6.8	1	1	2	14	74.1	5	19	3.8	0	--	--

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Biography

Pro Career:

The Cardinals fifth-round pick (155^th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft, Skelton appeared in five games (four starts) during his rookie season.

2010: After being the inactive 3^rd QB for the first 11 regular season games, started four of the final five games played … saw first career action vs. StL (12/5), replacing an injured Max Hall with 12:17 left in the fourth quarter and completed three of six passes for 45 yards, including his first career completion—a 22-yard pass to Steve Breaston to convert a 3^rd-n-16 … made first career start vs. Den (12/12), completing 15 of 37 passes for 146 yards while also rushing for nine yards on three carries; the last QB whose team scored 43+ points in his first career start was Tom Brady in 2001; became the first rookie from Fordham to start an NFL game since Kenny Parker started six games for NYG in 1970; dating back to the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, he became the seventh Fordham player to appear in an NFL game; marked fourth Cards 2010 draft choice to start a game in ‘10 and sixth rookie overall … in second career start, threw for a season-best 196 yards, completing 17 of 33 attempts with one INT while recording 10 yards on two carries @ Car (12/19) … completed 11 of 25 attempts for 183 yards with a 74-yard TD and ran the ball three times for 21 yards vs. Dal (12/25); recorded a season-best 82.6 QB rating; led the Cardinals game-winning drive by recording a five-yard run and completing 3 of 5 pass attempts for 51 yards, including a 26-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald on 4^th-n-15; 74-yard TD pass was the longest TD pass by a Cards rookie QB since Gary Keithley @ NYG on 11/18/73 (80-yard TD pass to Mel Gray) … started the season finale @ SF (1/2/11), registering 92 yards on 14 of 25 passing with one TD and one INT while also totaling nine yards on two carries before leaving the game late in the third quarter.

College:

Started 41 of 43 games for Fordham after taking over the starting duties midway through his freshman season … set school career records with 9,923 passing yards, 69 TD passes, 802 completions and 1,363 attempts … the 9,923 career passing yards are also a Patriot League record … led the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision with 3,708 passing yards in 2009 … totaled 12 games with more than 300 yards passing in his career, including four with 400 yards or more … two-time All-Patriot League selection, earning second-team honors in 2007 and first-team honors in ’09 … an All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) first-team choice in ’09 … had at least one TD pass in 30 of the team’s 34 games over his last three seasons and ranked in the top 10 nationally in pass efficiency rating in both ‘08 and ’09 … started all 11 games as a senior in ’09 and was an All-Patriot League first-team choice after leading the NCAA Football Championship Sub-division ranks with 3,708 yards (school record) … finished 10^th in the nation with a 149.9 pass efficiency rating … established school single-season records by completing 284 of 441 passes (64.4%) … his 26 TD passes rank as the second-highest total in school history … added 85 carries for 120 yards and five TDs on the ground which gave him a school single-season record 31 TDs, the fourth-best season total in league history … established Fordham single-game records with 43 completions, 67 pass attempts, 427 passing yards and 473 yards of total offense against Holy Cross (10/31) … started all 11 games for the Rams as a junior and completed 228 of 372 pass attempts (61.3%) for 2,605 yards, 15 TDs and seven INTs … also added 85 yards and two TDs on the ground on 58 carries … ranked second in the Patriot League with an average of 244.5 yards per game in total offense … finished fourth in the nation with a 129.7 pass efficiency rating … as a sophomore, started all 12 games and earned second-team All-Patriot League honors after completing 216 of 383 pass attempts for 2,650 yards, 22 TDs and 11 INTs … added 275 yards and six TDs on 96 carries … ranked second in the league with an average of 220 yards passing and 243.8 yards in total offense per game … appeared in nine games as a true freshman in ‘06, starting the final seven games of the season … completed 74 of 167 pass attempts for 960 yards, six TDs and eight INTs … rushed for 83 yards and a TD on 56 carries.

Personal:

Full name John Michael Skelton … attended Burges (El Paso, TX) High School, where he and his younger brother, Stephen (tight end), played and his father, John, served as an assistant coach … a multi-sport star, excelled in football, basketball, baseball, and track … the first-team all-District I Class-AAAA and all-city selection was named Offensive MVP by the El Paso Times as a senior on the gridiron as he passed for 2,172 yards and 15 TDs … capped off his prep career as the starting QB in the 2006 All-State Game for the city of El Paso … in basketball, garnered all-city, all-district and all-region accolades … earned all-district honors in baseball four times, playing a different position each year … named to the all-city baseball team in 2006.

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