Barrick Nealy

Barrick Nealy (born August 7, 1983 in Dallas, Texas) is an American and Canadian football quarterback, currently playing for the Calgary Stampeders. A quarterback at Texas State University, Nealy was honored as the 2005 Southland Conference Player of the Year after leading Texas State to its first-ever regular season conference championship. He holds Texas State's career records for passing yards and total yards, and finished fifth in the voting ... more

Barrick Nealy (born August 7, 1983 in Dallas, Texas) is an American and Canadian football quarterback, currently playing for the Calgary Stampeders. A quarterback at Texas State University, Nealy was honored as the 2005 Southland Conference Player of the Year after leading Texas State to its first-ever regular season conference championship. He holds Texas State's career records for passing yards and total yards, and finished fifth in the voting for the 2005 Walter Payton Award. For the twenty previous years, prior to Nealy coming to the institution from the University of Houston, the Bobcats had never made the I-AA playoffs. During his senior season, Nealy led his team to playoff victories over Georgia Southern and Cal Poly before falling in the I-AA semifinals to eventual I-AA runner-up the University of Northern Iowa. All three games were nationally televised by ESPN2 from Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. The playoff dream may have not been realized had the Bobcats fallen in... less