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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Tim Couch
| image       = Tim Couch.png
| alt         =
| caption     = Couch in 2018
| number      = 2
| position    = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hyden, Kentucky]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 4
| weight_lbs  = 220
| high_school = Leslie County (Hyden)
| college     = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]] (1996–1998)
| draftyear   = 1999
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|1999}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|2004}})*
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{NFL Year|2007}})*
| highlights  =
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1999|1999]])
* [[Kellen Moore Award|Quarterback of the Year]] (1998)
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1998 College Football All-America Team|1998]])
* [[SEC Male Athlete of the Year]] (1999)
* [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards|SEC Player of the Year]] (1998)
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1998 All-SEC football team|1998]])
* Second-team All-SEC ([[1997 All-SEC football team|1997]])
| statlabel1  = Pass attempts
| statvalue1  = 1,714
| statlabel2  = Pass completions
| statvalue2  = 1,025
| statlabel3  = Completion percentage
| statvalue3  = 59.8
| statlabel4  = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4  = 64–67
| statlabel5  = Passing yards
| statvalue5  = 11,131
| statlabel6  = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6  = 75.1
| pfr         = CoucTi00
| CollegeHOF  = 2527 
}}

'''Timothy Scott Couch''' (born July 31, 1977) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for five seasons with the [[Cleveland Browns]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]], winning [[Kellen Moore Award|Quarterback of the Year]] in 1998 after setting the [[Southeastern Conference]] record for single-season passing yards. Selected [[list of first overall National Football League draft picks|first overall]] by the Browns in the [[1999 NFL draft]], Couch was the franchise's first draft pick following their reactivation as an [[expansion team]].

Couch threw for over 11,000 passing yards and helped the Browns qualify for the postseason in 2002, but his career would be cut short by injuries. Following attempted comebacks with the [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], he retired after failing to make the final roster for either team. Although Couch was unable to duplicate his college success, he was the first quarterback to lead the Browns to the playoffs since their NFL return and the only to do so between 2002 and 2019. He was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2024.

==Early life==
Couch was born in [[Hyden, Kentucky]]. As a [[high school football|prep]] quarterback at Leslie County High School in Hyden, he set a number of national high school records: most pass completions (872), passing yardage (12,104), touchdown passes (132), and passing percentage for a season (75.1).<ref name = "espnHS"/> After his senior season in 1995, he was the recipient of Kentucky's "[[Kentucky "Mr. Football" Award|Mr. Football]]" award. [[ESPN]] ranked Couch as the sixth-best high school athlete ever.<ref name = "espnHS">{{cite web|url =https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/highschool.html|title = The List: Best high school athletes ever |website=ESPN |date = May 20, 2003 |access-date = March 25, 2011}}</ref> Couch also starred on the Leslie County High School basketball varsity team. He scored 36 points per game as a junior, which was the highest average in the state.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15919268/the_akron_beacon_journal/ | title=Who are these guys? | work=[[The Akron Beacon Journal]] | date=April 18, 1999 | access-date=December 21, 2017 | pages=D15}}</ref><ref name = KHSAA/> Couch finished his high school career with 3,023 points.<ref name = KHSAA>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081001055522/http://khsaa.org/records/basketball/boysbkrecords.pdf Kentucky high school boys' basketball records] (PDF). KHSAA. Retrieved on April 9, 2010.</ref>

==College career==
Couch attended the [[University of Kentucky]], where he played for the [[Kentucky Wildcats football]] team from 1996 to 1998. During his 1996 freshman year under head coach [[Bill Curry]], he split time as the starting quarterback with [[Billy Jack Haskins]]. Curry was fired after a 1–6 start that season, and replacement [[Hal Mumme]] announced early that Couch would be the starter in his new pass-oriented [[air raid offense]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/11547946/why-nick-saban-college-football-afraid-hal-mumme|title = Why Nick Saban and college football are afraid of Hal Mumme|first = Kevin|last = van Valkenburg|work = ESPN|date = September 29, 2014|access-date = September 1, 2016}}</ref> In 1997, Couch set several school records as the previously anemic Kentucky offense topped national offensive rankings and finished 5–6 on the season, including a win over #20 [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]].<ref>{{cite news |author = The Associated Press |author-link = The Associated Press |title = College Football; After 75 Years, Kentucky Knocks Off Alabama|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/05/sports/college-football-after-75-years-kentucky-knocks-off-alabama.html|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = October 5, 1997|access-date = April 1, 2017}}</ref> During the [[1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1998 season]], Couch led Kentucky to seven wins (including a win on the road at #21 [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]])<ref>{{cite web|title = Kentucky vs LSU (Oct 17, 1998)|url = http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/98stats/kent-98.htm|website = lsusports.net|date = October 17, 1998|access-date = April 2, 2017|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160316162043/http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/98stats/kent-98.htm|archive-date = March 16, 2016}}</ref> and a spot in the [[Outback Bowl]] (in which Couch completed 30 of 48 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns, though Kentucky lost to [[Penn State]] 26–14).<ref>{{cite news|title = College Football: Outback Bowl; Penn State Finds Ways to Confuse Couch|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/02/sports/college-football-outback-bowl-penn-state-finds-ways-to-confuse-couch.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date=January 2, 1999|access-date = April 2, 2017}}</ref> Following his junior season in 1998, Couch announced he would leave Kentucky to enter the NFL Draft early.

Couch's career totals at Kentucky included completing 795 of 1,184 passes (67.1% completion rate) for 8,435 yards (including 4,275 passing yards during the 1998 season alone) and 74 touchdowns (including a 97-yard touchdown pass to [[Craig Yeast]] against Florida on September 26, 1998). Couch still holds the [[NCAA]] record for completion percentage in one game (minimum of 40 completions) at 83.0% against [[1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]] (44 of 53) in 1998 and for completions per game (36.4, 400 in 11 games) that same season. He also left Kentucky holding NCAA records for most completions in a season (400 in 1998), most completions in a two-year period (793 in 1997–1998), most completions per game in a two-year period (34.7, 1997–1998) and career completion percentage (67.1%). His 1998 record of 4,151 offensive yards in a season stood for nine years as a [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) record until [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] quarterback [[Tim Tebow]] broke it with 4,181 yards in [[2007 Florida Gators football team|2007]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Southeastern Conference Single Season Total Yards Leaders|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/leaders/tot-yds-player-season.html|website = sports-reference.com|access-date = September 22, 2019}}</ref> His 1998 total of 4,275 passing yards was an SEC record, until broken by [[Joe Burrow]] of LSU.<ref>{{cite web|title = Southeastern Conference Single Season Passing Yards Leaders|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/sec/leaders/pass-yds-player-season.html|website = sports-reference.com|access-date = April 2, 2017}}</ref>

===College statistics===
{| class = wikitable style = "text-align:center;"
! colspan="11" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Kentucky Wildcats football}}"| Kentucky Wildcats
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="7"| Passing
! colspan="3"| Rushing
|-
! Cmp !! Att !! Yds !! Pct !! TD !! Int !! Rtg !! ATT !! Yds !! TD
|-
! [[1996 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1996]]
| 32 || 84 || 276 || 38.1 || 1 || 1 || 67.2 || 24 || -26 || 0
|-
! [[1997 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1997]]
| 363 || 547 || 3,884 || 66.4 || 37 || 19 || 141.4 || 66 || -125 || 3
|-
! [[1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team|1998]]
| 400 || 553 || 4,275 || 72.3 || 36 || 15 || 153.3 || 64 || -124 || 1
|-
! Career<ref name = "Stats">{{cite web |title = Tim Couch |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tim-couch-1.html |website=sports-reference.com|access-date = April 2, 2017}}</ref> || 795 || 1,184 || 8,435 || 67.1 || 74 || 35 || 141.7 || 154 || -275 || 4
|}

===Awards and honors===
*Second-team All-SEC (1997)
*First-team All-SEC (1998)
*First-team All-American (1998)
*SEC Player of the Year (1998)
*[[Heisman Trophy]] finalist (1998)

==Professional career==
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Couch's college success culminated in his selection as the number one overall selection in the NFL draft by the [[Cleveland Browns]], who were returning to the NFL as an [[expansion team]] in 1999 following the original team's [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|1996 relocation to Baltimore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1999 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1999/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Couch took over for [[Ty Detmer]] as the team's starting quarterback in the second game of his rookie season. He spent five seasons as a starting quarterback for Cleveland, eventually facing competition from journeyman backup [[Kelly Holcomb]] during his final two seasons.

Couch's tenure in Cleveland ranged from leading the team to a playoff appearance, to boos and inconsistent play, which was partially a result of being constantly plagued by injuries. He managed only one 300-yard passing game in his professional career. He missed the final nine games of the 2000 season with a broken thumb. The high point of Couch's career came in 2002, when he threw for 2,842 yards and 18 touchdowns in leading the upstart Browns to a 9–7 record and a playoff appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/CoucTi00.htm |title = Tim Couch Statistics |publisher = Pro-Football-Reference.com |date = July 31, 1977 |access-date = March 25, 2011}}</ref> However, he suffered a broken leg in the final game of the regular season and was forced to watch as Holcomb threw for over 400 yards in a loss to the [[2002 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the [[Wild card (sports)|Wild Card]] round of the playoffs. This was the beginning of a quarterback controversy in Cleveland that would not be resolved until a year later when head coach [[Butch Davis]] tapped Holcomb as his starter. Couch's 2003 season often included playing behind an offensive line hampered by injury.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2004 |title=Couch now free to sign with any team |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=1818941 |access-date=March 25, 2011 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Couch is considered by [[Fox Sports]] to be one of the NFL's biggest draft busts in its history after being taken #1, immediately ahead of fellow quarterback [[Donovan McNabb]], only to falter through most of his career. However, Couch's career has been defended by former Browns offensive coordinator [[Bruce Arians]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/bruce-arians-tim-couch-cleveland-browns-110614|title = Bruce Arians defends former Brown Tim Couch: 'Tim was no bust'|first = Rick|last = Grayshock|date = November 6, 2014}}</ref>

===Notable moments and achievements===

====Hail Mary passes====
Couch had several notable moments for the Browns, including two "Hail Mary" passes. In 1999 against the [[New Orleans Saints]], his last-second touchdown pass to [[Kevin Johnson (wide receiver)|Kevin Johnson]] gave the Browns their first win.<ref name="HailMary">{{cite magazine |last1=Staff |first1=S. I. |title=Hail Mary Finishes |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2011/10/24/24-0hail-mary-finishes |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> Three seasons later, in [[Jacksonville Jaguars|Jacksonville]] he tossed a game-winning pass on the last play of the game to [[Quincy Morgan]].<ref name="HailMary"/> Couch holds the distinction of being the only quarterback in NFL history to throw two [[walk-off touchdown]] passes of 50 yards or more with 0:00 left on the clock.<ref>{{cite web|last = Kuharsky |first = Paul|url =https://www.espn.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/17920/further-examining-jags-hail-mary-winner |title = Further examining Jags' Hail Mary winner - AFC South Blog|website=ESPN|date = November 15, 2010|access-date = October 18, 2021}}</ref>

====2002 season====
Although the 2001 Browns had raised eyebrows with their defense, having recorded 43 sacks and a league-best 33 interceptions, the offense was once again moribund. The run game was pitiful and the offensive line was porous. At the start of the 2002 preseason, star linebacker [[Jamir Miller]] went down with a career-ending Achilles tendon injury. However, the team, led by Couch, won 9 games, including five in the final two minutes and seven by 10 points or less, and made a wildcard playoff spot.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-09-sp-browns9-story.html|title=A Hail Mary by Couch Is Well-Met by Morgan|agency = Associated Press|date = December 9, 2002|via = LA Times}}</ref> Those thrillers included a 31–28 overtime win over [[2002 Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee]] in which Couch threw for 326 yards and 3 touchdowns, a last minute touchdown and two-point conversion passes from Couch to [[Dennis Northcutt]] against the Jets, the "Hail Mary" against the Jaguars, and a final-minute drive against [[2002 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore]] where Couch threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to tight end [[Mark Campbell (tight end)|Mark Campbell]] after being pinned inside his own 5-yard line with 0 timeouts and 1:30 left in regulation.

====Attempted comebacks====
After the Browns released Couch in 2004, he signed as a [[free agent]] with the [[Green Bay Packers]]. Couch went on to have a disappointing training camp.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zilavy |first1=Gary |title=4 After 4: Tim Couch, The Prodigy |url=https://thepowersweep.com/blog/4-after-4-tim-couch-the-packers-prodigy |website=The Power Sweep |access-date=October 18, 2021 |date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Couch struggled with a [[rotator cuff]] injury, that would eventually require surgery, and was sidelined for the entire year.

Couch was released by the Packers during their final cutdown to 53 players prior to the season.  Couch filed a grievance with the [[NFLPA|NFL Players Union]] against the Packers because they failed to attempt an injury settlement prior to his release.

After undergoing shoulder surgery in February 2005, Couch auditioned for the [[Chicago Bears]] midway through the 2005 season and the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] in December 2005. The Bears observed that his arm was not back to NFL shape during their workout and did not sign him. The Bengals did not pursue Couch, although [[Jon Kitna]] was not re-signed after his contract expired in early 2006.

Couch participated in tryouts with the [[Tennessee Titans]] in January 2006. He also had workouts with the [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], and the [[Houston Texans]]. All three teams stated that despite good workouts, they were not interested in pursuing him. Couch ended up missing the entire 2006 season due to another shoulder surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/NEWS/607030364 |title = Couch Already Out for 2006 |publisher = TheLedger.com |date = July 3, 2006 |access-date = March 25, 2011}}</ref>

ESPN reported on July 20, 2007, that Couch had contacted all 32 NFL teams to see if any teams were interested in him for the 2007–2008 season. On July 29, 2007, Couch agreed to a two-year contract with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]].

Couch was brought in to compete for the third-string quarterback position with [[Quinn Gray]] and [[Lester Ricard]]. He played in one preseason game against the [[2007 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] and was 2-of-4 for 11 yards. On August 18, Couch failed to make the third string and was released. The next week, the Jaguars released former starter [[Byron Leftwich]] and Lester Ricard, leaving them without a third-string quarterback.

====All-time Browns rankings====
As of the end of the 2022 NFL season, Couch's career passing ranking among other Cleveland Browns quarterbacks with at least 700 pass attempts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/career-passing.htm |title=Cleveland Browns Career Passing Leaders |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |access-date=September 12, 2023}}</ref>

* Pass attempts - 6th
* Pass completions - 5th
* Completion percentage - 2nd
* Yardage - 6th
* Touchdowns - 9th
* Interceptions - 7th
* Wins - 9th

==NFL career statistics==
{| class = wikitable style = "text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="7"| Passing
! colspan="3"| Rushing
|-
! GP !! GS !! Cmp !! Att !! Pct !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Rtg !! Att !! Yds !! TD
|-
! [[1999 NFL season|1999]] || [[1999 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| 15 || 14 || 223 || 399 || 55.9 || 2,447 || 15 || 13 || 73.2 || '''40''' || '''267''' || '''1'''
|-
! [[2000 NFL season|2000]] || [[2000 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| 7 || 7 || 137 || 215 || '''63.7''' || 1,483 || 7 || 9 || 77.3 || 12 || 45 || 0
|-
! [[2001 NFL season|2001]] || [[2001 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 272 || '''454''' || 59.9 || '''3,040''' || 17 || '''21''' || 73.1 || 38 || 128 || 0
|-
! [[2002 NFL season|2002]] || [[2002 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| 14 || 14 || '''273''' || 443 || 61.6 || 2,842 || '''18''' || 18 || 76.8 || 23 || 77 || 0
|-
! [[2003 NFL season|2003]] || [[2003 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]
| 10 || 8 || 120 || 203 || 59.1 || 1,319 || 7 || 6 || '''77.6''' || 11 || 39 || '''1'''
|-
! colspan="2"| Career || 62 || 59 || 1,025 || 1,714 || 59.8 || 11,131 || 64 || 67 || 75.1 || 124 || 556 || 2
|}

===Awards and honors===
*NFL Rookie of the Month (October 1999)
*AFC Offensive Player of the Week (9/22/02)

==Broadcasting career==
In 2002, Couch played himself in an episode of ''[[The Jersey]]'' called "Cheers, Jeers and Tears"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-jersey/cheers-jeers-and-tears-205499/ |title=The Jersey Season 3 Cheers, Jeers and Tears |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> where cheerleading captain Hillary Lighter uses a magical jersey as she jumps into Couch's body to get advice/lessons from professional cheerleaders on new cheers, shocking his coach and fellow players.

Couch worked for [[Fox Sports South]] for five years as an analyst on the weekly show ''SEC Gridiron Live''.<ref name=nation1>{{cite web |url=https://www.brownsnation.com/tim-couch/ |title=Tim Couch: What Happened To The Former No. 1 Pick? |first=Ben |last=Donahue |date=January 16, 2021 |website=brownsnation.com |access-date=September 12, 2023}}</ref> He also served as the color analyst for the SEC Regional Network football package, typically found on Fox Sports Net affiliates in most SEC territories. Affiliates included [[Sun Sports]], Fox Sports South, [[Fox Sports Southwest Plus]], [[Fox Sports Houston]], [[Fox Sports Midwest|Fox Sports Midwest Plus]], [[Fox Sports North|Fox Sports North Plus]], and [[Fox Sports San Diego]].

On April 11, 2018, the Browns announced that Couch would be calling their 2018 preseason games alongside [[Jay Crawford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Jay-Crawford-Tim-Couch-to-call-Browns-preseason-games-on-News-5/07b9ea2e-8d4e-49ef-b822-d9a09251fc37 |title=Jay Crawford, Tim Couch to call Browns preseason games on News 5 |first=Andrew |last=Gribble |date=April 11, 2018 |website=clevelandbrowns.com |access-date=April 11, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082316/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Jay-Crawford-Tim-Couch-to-call-Browns-preseason-games-on-News-5/07b9ea2e-8d4e-49ef-b822-d9a09251fc37 |archive-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Couch was previously married to Playboy Playmate [[Heather Kozar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/gallery/gisele_wears_number_nine?pg=6}}</ref>

Couch's son Chase graduated from high school in the spring of 2024. In January 2023, Chase received a verbal scholarship offer to play football at Kentucky.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aol.com/tim-couch-son-lands-scholarship-230313333.html |title=Tim Couch's son lands scholarship offer from Kentucky football for 2024 class |last=Hale |first=Jon |date=January 20, 2023 |work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]] |via=aol.com |access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>

Currently Couch and an older brother Greg are part owners of Meridian Wealth Management, a nationwide company based in Lexington.<ref name=nation1 /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meridianwealthllc.com/meet-the-team |title=Meridian Wealth Management: Meet the Team |website=meridianwealthllc |access-date=September 12, 2023}}</ref>

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