DATE: August 30, 2005
NEWARK, DE -- University of Delaware football head coach K.C. Keeler has announced that sophomore quarterback Joe Flacco, a transfer from the University of Pittsburgh, has enrolled at the University of Delaware and will join the Blue Hen football team Tuesday afternoon.

Flacco, a 6-6, 220 lb. native of Audobon, NJ, underwent a physical Monday and is enrolled in classes at Delaware, which started classes for the 2005-06 academic year on Tuesday. He will practice with the Blue Hens for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

Because Flacco was not released from his scholarship at Pittsburgh, he will not be eligible to play in any games this season for Delaware. Flacco sat out the 2003 season at Pittsburgh as a red-shirt before playing in three games for the Panthers last season, and will have two years of eligibility remaining at Delaware beginning in the 2006 season.

Last year Flacco completed one of four passes on the season, completing an 11-yard pass during the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh’s 43-14 win over South Florida on December 4. Flacco, who also played in the Panthers’ games against Ohio University and Nebraska, rushed six times for a net of zero yards last season.

Flacco was a two-time New Jersey All-Group II, two-time All-South Jersey, and two-time South Jersey All-Group II selection at Audobon High School.