Kerry Joseph

Sport: Football

Induction Year: 2024

University: McNeese

New Iberia native is regarded as perhaps the top quarterback in McNeese State history, leading the Cowboys to a 43-10 record and a pair of Southland Conference titles. Joseph helped the Cowboys to their first-ever playoff win (1992) and first Division I-AA national semifinal appearance (1995). He threw for 7,874 yards with 67 TDs and had 9,674 yards of total offense.

Joseph remains McNeese’s all-time career leader in touchdown passes and is second in career passing yards and total offense. He earned All-SLC honors twice (1994-95) and was named the SLC Player of the Year and Louisiana Player of the Year in 1995 after leading the Cowboys to a 13-1 overall record and No. 1 national ranking.

Joseph played with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins before winning a World Bowl championship with the NFL Europe’s Rhein Fire in 1998. He later played safety for the Seattle Seahawks before getting a chance to play quarterback with Ottawa of the CFL in 2003. Joseph became just one of three CFL players to exceed 4,000 yards passing (4,466) and 1,000 yards rushing (1,006) in a single season in 2005. He went on to be named a CFL all-star and was the Most Outstanding Player when he helped the Saskatchewan Roughriders win the Grey Cup in 2007.

Joseph was inducted into the McNeese Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, the Southland Hall of Honor in 2012, the Roughriders Hall of Honour in 2019 and was named to McNeese State’s 75th anniversary team in 2018. He is an assistant coach for Pete Carroll’s Seahawks… Born 10-4-1973 in New Iberia.