Alex Tanney
Alex Tanney (born November 11, 1987) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Monmouth College and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012. Tanney played in the NFL for nine seasons with the Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants before retiring in 2020. Tanney began his coaching in 2021 as an offensive quality control coach with the Eagles under head coach Nick Sirianni. Early life Tanney was a three-sport high school standout athlete at Lexington High School in Lexington, Illinois, where he finished as the school's all-time leading point scorer. He was a two-time first-team Illinois All-State quarterback. He led his team to the IHSA state semi-finals his senior year. He was also named an All-State basketball player. Tanney also placed at the IHSA State Track and Field Finals his junior and senior years. College career Tanney broke nearly every school record during his time at Monmouth College. As a freshman in 2007, his career began when he threw for 2,678 yards and 24 touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2008, he broke the schooll record of single-season touchdown passes with 50. For his junior campaign, Tanney threw for 3,856 yards and 44 touchdowns which led him to be named the Melberger Award winner as NCAA D-III's top player. As a junior in 2009, he collected 3,856 passing yards, 44 passing toucdowns and one rushing score. He was responsible for more than 24 points per game, while also averaging 350.55 passing yards and 348.73 total yards per contest. Tanney redshirted during the 2010 season, with a shoulder injury he suffered in the second game against Grinnell College. In February 2011, he became famous after posting in YouTube a football trick-shot video that went viral. In July, History Channel's Stan Lee's Superhumans filmed an episode featuring Tanney. As a senior, he came back and threw for a career-high 3,867 yards along with 38 touchdowns. On October 29, 2011, in a game against Carroll University, Tanney set the NCAA record for all-time all-division career touchdown passes with 150, surpassing Jimmy Terwilliger's record of 148. Tanney finished his collegiate career with 157 touchdown passes and has the second most passing yards in NCAA D-III history with 14,249. He won three Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year Awards along with numerous All-American Awards. National Football League Kansas City Chiefs Tanney signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on June 5, 2012. He was placed on injured reserve with a finger injury on September 1, 2012. Dallas Cowboys On July 21, 2013, the Cowboys signed Tanney to their roster. On August 4, Tanney played the entire second half of the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. On August 29, he played all but one series in the 24-6 loss