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  1.                                  Jim Kelly of the Buffalo 
  2.                                  Bills is one of the top 
  3.                                  quarterbacks in the NFL 
  4.                                  today. He has directed the 
  5.                                  Bills to a record four 
  6. consecutive Super Bowls (all losses) in 
  7. 1991-94. 
  8.  
  9. Jim grew up with five brothers. He played 
  10. quarterback and linebacker for his high 
  11. school team. He was so good on defense, 
  12. he was recruited to play linebacker for Penn
  13. State University. But Jim wanted to play 
  14. quarterback, and enrolled at the University
  15. of Miami (Florida), where he broke a 19-
  16. year-old school passing record with 5,228
  17. career yards. 
  18.  
  19. Jim was one of six quarterbacks