James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh) was an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Kelly is typically considered one of a elect quarterbacks in the history of the National Football League.

Kelly led a Bills to quaternity sequentially Super Bowls in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. Within 2002, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Kelly holds a tons-period NFL record for virtually all yards gained by the completiin around one game (44), established on September 10, 1995 in the Bills' game against the Carolina Panthers.

Nicknamed "Machine Gun Kelly", Kelly was maybe better known for running off a Bills' "No-Huddle Offense", which was a convenient-paced offense that denied opposing defenses a chance to produce well-timed substitutions. This led to mismatches & defensive communication breakdowns &, in the 1990s, established a Bills when one of a NFL's virtually all successful & unsafe offenses.

Drafted per Bills away from a University of Miami, where Kelly's teams were among a better NCAA programs nationally, he opted instead to join the fledgling United States Football League (USFL), where he played for the Houston Gamblers. Kelly was among a USFL's better passers, however a league folded due to fiscal troubles & its players were after dispersed among existent NFL teams. Getting retained Kelly's draft rights, a Bills welcomed Kelly using open arms upon a USFL's collapse.

Kelly helped lead a Bills to emergence when one of a NFL's greatest teams of the Nineties. Kelly's primary wide receiver by using a Bills, Andre Reed, also placed many NFL records & is required to enter a Hall of Fame below his eligibility for induction around 2006.

Kelly devoted very much of his post-football life to his boy, Hunter, world health organization was diagnosed sustaining Krabbe Leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) and passed away because of it in August 5, 2005 at the age of eight. Kelly established an organization, [http://www.huntershope.org/ Hunter's Hope], to raise funds to fight a disease. His protagonism in behalf in Krabbes' patients has immensely increased national awareness of the disease. Kelly & his married woman, Jill, founded a annual Hunter's Day of Hope, which is held each year in February 14, which is the birthday of both Jim & Hunter Kelly.

Kelly continues to reside within Buffalo, New York, with his wife & tykes.