Kentucky quarterback Andre? Woodson is currently holding the Southeastern Conference record for best interception ratio in league history for a minimum of 400 pass attempts.
Woodson (Radcliff, Ky.) has thrown 11 interceptions in 556 pass attempts, a ratio of one pickoff for every 50.5 passes. The SEC keeps three career records in this category, for players with a minimum of 200, 400, and 600 pass attempts. Randy Campbell of Auburn has record for min. 200 attempts with a ratio of 1-to-60 (five interceptions in 300 career passes). Woodson has the mark for minimum 400 passes. David Greene of Georgia is the recordholder for min. 600 attempts with a ratio of 1-to-45 (32 pickoffs in 1,440 career passes).
Woodson also holds the Kentucky school record for consecutive passes without interception. He threw 153 passes without a pick in a span that bridged the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
Parilli Honored as ?Man of the Year? by the Boston Gridiron Club: Former Kentucky and long-time pro football quarterback Vito ?Babe? Parilli has been chosen as the 2006 Man of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston.
Parilli will be honored on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the club?s 11th-annual NFL Legends Dinner in Burlington, Mass. More than 50 former NFL players are expected to attend. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Italian Home for Children and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Parilli played for Kentucky from 1949-51 under Coach Paul ?Bear? Bryant, leading the Wildcats to the Orange, Sugar, and Cotton bowls in consecutive seasons. Parilli was first-team All-America as a junior and senior. At the time of his graduation, he held NCAA career records for most touchdown passes, 50; most completions, 331; and most yards gained passing, 4,351. His 23 touchdown passes in 1950 was also a record.
Parilli was a first-round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers in 1952. He spent two seasons there, then went into military service for two years and was traded to the Cleveland Browns. After spending 1956 with the Browns, he returned to Green Bay for two more seasons and then played one year with the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.
When the American Football League (AFL) was formed in 1960, Parilli joined the Oakland Raiders for a season before coming to Boston in 1961. During his Patriots career he established nearly every passing record and is still the second leading passer in Patriots history with 2,413 attempts and 1,140 completions for 6,747 yards and 131 touchdowns. He still holds the Pats? single-season touchdown pass record with 31.
In 1963, Parilli completed 153 of 337 passes for 2,345 yards and 13 touchdowns to lead the Patriots to the 1963 AFL Eastern Division championship. They lost 51-10 to the San Diego Chargers in the AFL title game.
Traded to the New York Jets for his final two seasons, Babe was Joe Namath’s mentor and backup. He earned a Super Bowl ring when the Jets upset the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.
Parilli passed for over 20,000 yards during his NFL career, was voted to three AFL All-Star teams, and was the league?s Comeback Player of the Year in 1966. After retiring as a player, he was an assistant coach with several professional teams. He also served as head coach of the World Football League’s New York Stars in 1974 and the Chicago Fire in 1975.
Now living in Denver, Parilli has returned to Lexington several times over the years for various UK-related events.
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