In his NFL career, Jim Kelly put up numbers that place him among the game's greatest passers. He certainly didn't think it would happen in Buffalo. Kelly, who passed for 5,233 yards and 32 touchdowns for the Miami Hurricanes, was selected with the 14th pick of the 1983 draft by the Bills.

	Jim Kelly led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls.

But he opted to play for the USFL's Houston Gambers saying: "you can't be a great quarterback in snow and thirty-mile-per-hour wind." When the USFL folded, he went to Buffalo and proved himself wrong. He quickly made his mark in the NFL. Following the 1988 season, Kelly earned the first of four Pro Bowl selections, while leading Buffalo to a 12-4 record and their first AFC East title since 1980. Beginning in 1988, Kelly led the Bills to six consecutive playoff berths. A spectacular season in 1990 was capped off with a devastating run in the playoffs, including a 51-3 pasting of the Raiders in the AFC Championship Game. Only a missed field goal on the last play of the game kept Kelly from taking Buffalo to the Super Bowl XXV championship. The Bills under the leadership of Kelly continued to dominate the AFC as they went on to compete in three more Super Bowls. Kelly is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to four consecutive Super Bowls. Kelly, who was known for his leadership and toughness, retired in 1997.

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