Drew Willy (born November 13, 1986) is an American former professional Canadian football quarterback.
Willy has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Las Vegas Locomotives, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, and most notably the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts, and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
[1] At Randolph High, Willy set school records for career passing yards (5,387) and touchdowns (51).
[2] In 2008, he took Buffalo to their first MAC Championship Game, where they upset heavily favored and previously undefeated Ball State Cardinals led by Nate Davis.
Willy signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League in August 2010.
He made his UFL debut on October 23 in the place of injured Locos starting QB, Tim Rattay.
[11] Willy earned his first CFL win as a starter on July 27, 2013, against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he completed 14 of 25 pass attempts for 269 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions in relief of the injured Darian Durant.
On February 6, 2014, Willy was traded to the Blue Bombers for non-import wide receiver Jade Etienne.
[21] Willy appeared in 12 games for the Alouettes in 2017, completing 54 of 79 pass attempts for 547 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
[23] Willy started the first three games of the season before suffering a concussion in the third quarter in the team's Week 3 victory over the Roughriders.
[25][26] Following Montreal's 2018 season, which saw the team trade for Johnny Manziel, and sign backup quarterbacks Matthews, Antonio Pipkin and Vernon Adams to extensions,[27] Willy was released in December.