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Alex Van Pelt (born May 1, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a former American Football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. After retiring from football in 2004 he went on to do the color commentary for the radio broadcast of all Bills games until the end of the 2005 season.

When Van Pelt left the University of Pittsburgh, he held school passing records that he had taken from Dan Marino. His single season mark of 3,163 passing yards was broken in 2003, by Rod Rutherford.

In the NFL, Van Pelt spent all of his career as a member of the Bills, mostly as a backup. Alex Van Pelt's first NFL win as a starter would come on November 2, 1997, against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins.

In 2001, he started 7 games, going 2-5, and playing well enough to justify a contract extension that would allow the Bills to release failed Flutie successor Rob Johnson. Van Pelt would never start a game after 2001, due to a Bills trade with the Patriots for Drew Bledsoe.

Alex Van Pelt was a career backup, who had 16 touchdowns, and 24 interceptions in 477 pass attempts.

On February 13, 2006, Van Pelt was hired to Dick Jauron's coaching staff as a quality control coach. He also currently serves as the quarterbacks' coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe.

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