Kyle Orton (born November 14, 1982) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played college football at Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. After an injury to Bears starter Rex Grossman, Orton was pressed into service as the starting quarterback during his rookie year, starting the first 14 games of the 2005 season, but was replaced by Grossman for the playoffs that year. Orton didn't play at all in 2006, and sparingly in 2007. Orton regained his starting job from Grossman in 2008, but the team finished a disappointing 9-7 and out of the playoffs. In the offseason of that year, he was traded to the Denver Broncos. Kyle Orton started his Broncos career well, winning his first six games in the 2009 season, but injuries hobbled him in the second half of the season. Though Orton played well when ! healthy, throwing 21 touchdowns to only 12 interceptions, the team finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs . Orton started 2010 season as the starting quarterback, though the team was not competitive most of the season, finishing 4-12. Orton was injured again, and replaced by Tim Tebow for the final three games of the 2010 season. In 2011 he again began the season as a starter, but he was replaced by Tebow again after a disappointing start to the season. Following several weeks on the bench, in which he did not take a snap for the Broncos, he was released by the Broncos on November 22, and claimed off of waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs the next day. Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 2.1 Statistics 3 Professional career 3.1 Chicago Bears 3.1.1 2005 3.1.2 2006 3.1.3 2007 3.1.4 2008 3.2 Denver Broncos 3.2.1 2009 3.2.2 2010 3.2.3 2011 3.3 Kansas City Chiefs 3.4 Statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External links [edit] Early years Orton attended Southeast Polk ! High School in Runnells (now Pleasant Hill), Iowa, where he al! so parti cipated in basketball, tennis, and track and field. At the end of his high school career, Orton was the No. 2 ranked QB in the nation by SuperPrep and No. 7 by Rivals.com. His career passing statistics were 208 for 450 (46.2%), 3,176 yards with 24 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. He earned honorable mention all-state and first team all-conference his senior year, after completing 95 of 192 attempts (49.5%), 1,366 yards with 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions.[1] Orton wore uniform No. 18 in honor of former Nebraska Cornhuskers' quarterback Brook Berringer who died in a plane crash in 1996.[2] [edit] College career Orton grew up a Husker fan, but chose to attend a program with a stronger passing attack. Orton tied former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees' record for number of passing yards in a game (522 vs. Indiana Hoosiers), and is the only Purdue quarterback to start four consecutive bowl games (Brees and Mark Herrmann started three straight). Orton started in the 2001, '02 a! nd '04 Sun Bowl, and the 2003 Capital One Bowl. During his undergrad years at Purdue, Orton was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. In 2004, Orton was the preseason third-team "All-American" quarterback, behind USC's Matt Leinart and Oklahoma's Jason White. Orton had a nice start to the season, having led Purdue to a 5-0 start with 18 touchdowns and no interceptions. He was a Heisman Trophy hopeful, until his fumble, caused by an uncalled facemask, was run back for a touchdown late in the 4th quarter against the undefeated 12th ranked Wisconsin Badgers, giving the 5th ranked Purdue its first of several losses that season. Later that season, he received multiple injuries, in consecutive games against Michigan and Northwestern forcing him to lose his starting position for a month. Brandon Kirsch then replaced him during that time. Orton makes a cameo in NCAA Football 2006, where he says "EA Sports, it's in the game", along with Derek Anderson in the game's introduction! . [edit] Statistics [3][3] Passing Rushin! g Season Team GP Rating Att Comp Pct Yds TD INT Sack Att Yds TD 2001 Purdue 6 90 142 69 49 686 2 3 NA 27 -63 0 2002 Purdue 13 128 317 192 61 2257 13 9 NA 43 47 0 2003 Purdue 13 128 414 251 61 2885 15 7 NA 112 237 3 2004 Purdue 11 151 389 236 61 2090 31 5 NA 80 112 3 Totals 43 131 1262 748 59 8918 61 24 NA 262 333 6 [edit] Professional career [edit] Chicago Bears [edit] 2005 In the 2005 NFL season, Orton was rushed into the Bears starting lineup as a rookie after a preseason injury to starter Rex Grossman, and the poor play of back-up Chad Hutchinson. Orton started 15 games of the season, however was replaced by Grossman after halftime during the Bears' Week 15 victory against the Atlanta Falcons. After sitting for Week 16, Orton started the regular season finale, Week 17, against the Minnesota Vikings. The outcome of this game, for the Chicago Bears, did not have any effect on their post-season hopes. The Bears had already clinched the NFC North championship and a first-round bye in! the 2005-06 playoffs with their Week 16 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Grossman then started for the Bears in their only post-season game. They lost to the Carolina Panthers.[4] Overall, the Bears had a record of 10-5 in games that Orton started, including an eight-game winning streak after a 1-3 start. Despite the team's success, Orton finished with the lowest quarterback rating in the NFL (59.7) among all "qualified" quarterbacks (those with 224+ pass attempts).[5] Despite the low rating, the Bears coaches repeatedly insisted that they were pleased with Orton's performance. The coaching staff asked Orton to minimize mistakes and to let the rushing attack and the defense win ballgames rather than employing an aggressive passing attack. Measuring Orton's victories, his rookie season was successful. His 15 starts and 10 victories are both rookie records for Bears quarterbacks, and the 10 victories are the third most in the NFL, since 1970, behind Ben Roethlisberger's 1! 4 victories in '04, and Joe Flacco's and Matt Ryan's 11 victor! ies in ' 08. [edit] 2006 Following the 2005 season, the Bears signed veteran Brian Griese as the team's second string quarterback. Orton, now demoted, became the Bears' third-string quarterback, and did not see any playtime throughout the entire 2006 season. Orton throws a pass to Garrett Wolfe [edit] 2007 The following off-season, the Bears acquired Chris Leak, who had previously led the Florida Gators to a BCS Championship, shortly after the 2007 NFL Draft. Leak struggled in training camp, while Orton, who had trained in the off season, excelled but was placed at third string.[6] According to the Chicago Tribune, Orton was en route to overtake Griese's (then) second string position.[7] Orton continued to show signs of improvement in the preseason. He completed sixteen of twenty-five passes for 151 yards and one touchdown en route to leading the Bears to a comeback victory over the Houston Texans.[8] After the Bears lost their chances of making a post-season berth, Lovie Smith c! hose to start Orton over Griese.[9] Orton made his first start in nearly two seasons on December 17, 2007 against the Minnesota Vikings. The Bears lost the game 20-13. Orton finished with 22 completions on 38 attempts, 184 yards, and 1 interception.[10] He improved in the final two games of the season, leading the Bears to two consecutive victories, passing for 294 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.[11] [edit] 2008 Kyle Orton in 2008 On February 25, 2008 the Bears and Orton agreed to a one-year contract extension running through the 2009 season. Competition for the starting quarterback job was expected to be fierce with Rex Grossman, during training camp. On August 18, after deadlock against Grossman in games with the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks, Bears head coach Lovie Smith named Orton the team's starting QB for the 2008 season in Week 3 of the preseason, despite not throwing a pass over 17 yards or for a touchdown in the first two preseason games.[12] On! September 7, 2008, Orton led the Bears to a 29-13 victory ove! r the In dianapolis Colts in the first regular season game of the season. He threw for a career high 334 yards and two touchdowns, while completing 24 of 34 passes in a 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions.[13] He finished the game with a career high, at that time, passer rating of 121.4. From the start of November 2008, Kyle Orton passed for ten touchdowns, and four interceptions, leading the Bears to a 4-3 record. Orton sustained an ankle injury against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 of the NFL season,[14] and did not start the next week. He rushed himself back into the starting lineup a week after Grossman had a solid outing for someone coming off the bench against the Titans. After his return, Orton threw eight touchdowns, and eight interceptions while averaging a quarterback rating of 66.9, including ratings of 39.1 against Minnesota, 49.2 against New Orleans, and 48.7 against Green Bay.[11] The Bears finished the season with a 9-7 record, while missing the playoffs by one game.[15]! Coach Lovie Smith was pleased with Orton's performance and believed he would be the team's starting quarterback for the following season.[16] However, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated he wished to further solidify the quarterback position in the long run.[17] [edit] Denver Broncos [edit] 2009 Orton coming on to the field On April 2, 2009, the Bears traded Orton (along with their first and third-round draft picks in 2009 and their first-round pick in '10) to the Denver Broncos for Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler and the Broncos' fifth round pick in '09.[18] On June 13, Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels declared Orton the starting quarterback for the season. Orton led the Broncos to a 12-7 victory in the 2009 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. The game was won on a deflecte
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