PRO CAREER: Has compiled 17th highest passer rating in NFL history (84.5) with 1,481 completions on 2,350 attempts for 16,564 passing yards, 104 TDs and 80 INTs…39-33 career record as a starter in 9 NFL seasons with 1 passer rating title and 1 Pro Bowl selection… He and his father, Hall of Famer Bob Griese, are the only father-son combination to win NFL passing titles in league history… His career totals in passing yards, pass attempts and completions are more than any QB in Bears history… Owns 16 career 300-yard performances, 33 multiple TD pass outings and 16 games of compiling a completion percentage of over 70.0 percent… Recorded superb totals during 2 seasons with Tampa Bay (2004-05), registering a passer rating of 91.4 while completing 67.6-percent of his passes for 3,768 yards, 27 TDs and 19 INTs… Began NFL career with 5 seasons in Denver (1998-2002) during which he became the highest-rated passer in team history at 84.1 (min. 500 passes)… Moved into 2nd in Broncos history in career completions (1,044), attempts (1,678) and completion percentage (62.2%), trailing only Hall of Famer John Elway in all 3 categories… Finished Denver career 3rd in passing yards (11,763) and TD passes (71), trailing only Elway and Craig Morton… Led Broncos to victory with a 4th-quarter or OT game-winning drive 5 times… Voted an offensive co-captain for Denver from 2000-02… Earned Pro Bowl honors in 2000 as he led the NFL and set a Broncos team record with a 102.9 passer rating while posting the 2nd-best TD-to-INT ratio (19/4) for a season in NFL history… Twice named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week (10/17/99, 9/10/01) and named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Month (9/01).

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a third-round selection (91st overall) by Denver in the 1998 NFL Draft… Signed 3-year contract with Broncos (7/24/98)… Re-signed with Denver (4/11/01)… Cut by Broncos (6/2/03)… Signed 2-year contract with Miami (6/9/03)… Cut by Dolphins (3/3/04)… Signed by Tampa Bay (3/19/04)… Cut by Buccaneers (3/10/06)… Signed 5-year contract with Chicago (3/22/06). SIGNED through 2010

2006 SEASON: Played in 6 games as a backup quarterback completing 18-of-32 passes for 220 yards, 1 TD and 2 INTs for a 62.0 passer rating… Saw action in Games 2, 4, 5, 7, 15 and 16 … Completed longest pass of Bears season, a 75-yard TD strike to Mark Bradley during the regular season finale vs. GB (12/31). GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 6-0

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2005 - Led Tampa Bay to 5-1 record to open the season before being placed on injured reserve for the final 10 games due to a knee injury… Completed 112-of-174 pass attempts for 1,136 yards, 7 TDs and 7 INTs for a passer rating of 79.6… Set team record with 12 consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass at MIN (9/11)… Registered 100th overall TD of his career at GB (9/25)… Recorded 16th career 300-yard passing game with 302 yards vs. DET (10/2), while his 80-yard TD pass was tied for 6th-longest pass in team history… Placed on injured reserve (10/20). 2004 – Began Buccaneers career by leading NFL with a 69.3 completion percentage while setting team records for single-season passer rating (97.5) and yards per pass attempt (7.83) while starting 10-of-11 games played… Played in Games 5-15 – starting Games 6-15; Inactive Games 1-4 and 16… Tied team record with at least 1 TD pass in 11 consecutive games (10/10 at NO to 12/26 vs. CAR)… Completed 15 consecutive passes over 2 games (10/10 at NO and 10/18 at STL) to tie for the 2nd-longest streak in team history… Completed 233-of-336 pass attempts for 2,632 yards, 20 TDs and 12 INTs for a passer rating of 97.5 and caught a deflected pass (-4 yards)… Made his Bucs debut at NO (10/10) in relief of injured Chris Simms and had a season-high 126.8 passer rating; his 84.2 completion percentage was the 3rd-best single-game effort in club history… Made first start with Bucs at STL (10/18), his 3rd career starting debut with a team on Monday Night Football… Career highs of 392 passing yards and 36 completions at SD (12/12) while completing passes to 10 different receivers, including himself. 2003 – Started all 5 games in which he played during his season with Miami, leading Dolphins to a 3-2 record in his starts while completing 74-of-130 passes for 813 yards with 5 TDs and 6 INTs… Started as QB in Games 7-11; DNP in Games 5-6 and 12-16; Inactive Games 1-4 while recovering from toe injury sustained in third preseason game… Faced QB Peyton Manning in the second time that sons of NFL QBs squared-off vs. IND (11/2). 2002 – Set Denver team-record while ranking 3rd in NFL with a 66.7 completion percentage while starting all 13 games in which he played in his final season with the Broncos… Totaled 3,214 yards passing to go along with 15 TDs and 15 INTs… Ranked 8th in AFC and tied for 11th in NFL with an 85.6 passer rating, 5th in AFC and 6th in NFL in yards per pass attempt (7.37) and 8th in AFC in completions and yards… Started Games 1-10 and 13-15; DNP in Games 12 and 16; Inactive Game 11… Set a franchise record with his fourth straight 300-yard passing game with season-high 376 yards at KC (10/20) while becoming 3rd Broncos QB to surpass 10,000 career passing yards, joining J. Elway (51,475) and C. Morton (11,895). 2001 – Started career-high 15 games for Broncos, completing 275-of-451 passes (61.0%) for 2,827 yards and a career-best 23 TDs with 19 INTs… Also posted career highs in rushing attempts (50) and yards (173) and scored 1 rushing TD… His 23 TD passes were 6th-most ever thrown in a single season by a Bronco and ranked 3rd in AFC and 8th in NFL… Started Games 1-13 and 15-16; Inactive in Game 14 due to a concussion… Threw at least 1 TD pass in all 15 games that he played, including 7 in the first 3 games while compiling 763 passing yards (60-of-93, 64.5%) with 7 TDs, 2 INT and a passer rating of 106.2 en route to earning AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Month honors… Began season by achieving a career-best 144.3 passer rating with season highs of 330 yards, a 72.4 completion percentage (21-of-29) and 3 TDs vs. NYG (9/10) on Monday Night Football, earning AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week and Miller Lite/NFL Player-of-the-Week honors while beginning a club-record streak of 23 consecutive contests with at least 1 TD pass that ended 11/11/02 vs. OAK… Completed 17 straight passes during contest at ARIZ (9/23), longest streak of his career and 3rd-longest in team history. 2000 – Received first career Pro Bowl selection after leading NFL in passer rating, TD-to-INT ratio and third-down passing while starting all 10 games played for Denver… Played majority of season with a shoulder injury suffered in the third game of the year… Missed 6 regular season games, 1 postseason contest and declined invitation to Pro Bowl due to that injury… Started Games 1-3, 5-10 and 16; Inactive Games 4 and 11-15… Connected on 216-of-336 passes for 64.3 completion percentage, while totaling 2,688 passing yards with 19 TDs and just 4 INTs for a career-high 102.9 passer rating… His 4.75-1 TD-to-INT ratio was the 2nd-best in NFL history behind Kansas City’s QB Steve DeBerg (5.75-1 ratio (23-4) in 1990)… Completed more than 60 percent of his passes in 9 games and a passer rating of better than 100.0 in 6 outings… Led AFC and was 2nd in NFL in completion percentage while leading AFC and ranking 4th in NFL in yards per pass attempt (8.00)… Ranked 6th in AFC in TDs, 8th in AFC in passing yards, 9th in AFC in completions and 10th in attempts… Led NFL with a third-down passer rating of 109.6 and ranked 2nd with 4th-quarter passer rating of 112.6 while leading Broncos to a 7-3 record… Threw an INT in contest vs. NE (10/1) that ended his string of 181 consecutive passes without an INT, the 2nd-longest such streak in Broncos history (Elway, 189 in 1997)… Became fastest Bronco ever to record 5 career 300-yard games, doing so in his 19th start vs. CLE (10/15) (Frank Tripucka, 31st; Elway, 40th)… Earned NFL.com All-Heart Player-of-the-Week Award and All-Heart Performance-of-the-Year Award for game vs. OAK (11/13) in which he engineered a 4th-quarter game-winning drive despite playing most of the contest with a separated AC joint in his right shoulder… Underwent right shoulder surgery on 1/10/01. 1999 – Completed 261-of-452 (57.7%) passes for 3,032 yards with 14 TDs, 14 INTs and a long of 88 in his first season as the Broncos starting QB, starting 13 of his 14 games played… With 3,032 passing yards, became just the 8th NFL QB since 1970 to pass for more than 3,000 yards in his first year as a full-time starter… First first-year starter in Denver history to record consecutive 300-yard passing games… Participated in Games 1-8 and 11-16 -- starting Games 1-8 and 12-16; DNP in Games 9-10 due to a sore shoulder… First NFL start came on Monday Night Football vs. MIA (9/13), completing 24-of-40 for 270 yards with 3 TDs and a passer rating of 105.2; first NFL TD pass came on his 6th attempt of the season, a 61-yard strike to WR Ed McCaffrey… Recorded first win as an NFL starter at OAK (10/10) by directed his first career game-winning 4th quarter drive with an 11-play, 63-yard drive that resulted in a 26-yard field goal with 10:18 remaining in the contest… Named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week for achieving season highs of 110.0 passer rating and 363 yards on 19-of-31 passing (61.3%) with 2 TDs, 1 INT and his first career rushing TD (2 yards) vs. GB (10/17); had an 88-yard shovel pass to TE Byron Chamberlain, the longest completion of his career, the longest non-scoring pass play in franchise history … Underwent right shoulder surgery on 1/5/00. 1998 – Designated Broncos 3rd QB for 14 of 16 games in his rookie season… Played in Game 5; DNP in Game 10; Inactive Games 1-4, 6-9 and 11-16… Saw first NFL action vs. PHI (10/4), replacing Bubby Brister in 4th quarter and completing 1-of-3 passes for 2 yards with 1 INT; first NFL completion was good for 2 yards to RB Vaughn Hebron … Inactive as 3rd QB for all 3 of postseason contests, including Super Bowl XXXIII win vs. ATL (1/31/99).

COLLEGE: Four-year letterman at Michigan (1993-97) finished career with 355 completions in 606 attempts (58.6%) for 4,383 yards, 33 TDs and 18 INTs, ranking 5th in school history in completions, 6th in passing yards, attempts and TD passes… Helped lead Wolverines to first national championship in 49 years as a senior in 1997, earning first-team all-Big 10 honors while leading them to a 12-0 mark and a share of the national title with Nebraska… Capped championship season with a win over Washington State in the Rose Bowl, earning MVP honors by completing 18-of-30 passes for 251 yards with 3 TDs and 1 INT… Finalist for Davey O'Brien Award and recipient of the National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award… As a senior, completed 193-of-307 passes (62.9%) for 2,293 yards with 17 TDs and 6 INTs, setting school records for completions and pass attempts that both now rank 4th in UM history… Academic all-Big Ten pick as a junior, playing mostly in a reserve role and completing 35-of-61 passes (57.4%) for 513 yards with 3 TDs and 2 INTs… Started his last 9 games as a sophomore, completing 127-of-238 passes (53.4%) for 1,577 yards with 13 TDs and 10 INTs… Saw action only as a holder for placements and field goals for the last 9 games of his freshman season after red-shirting his true freshman season of 1993… Graduated with degree in political science.

PERSONAL: Named Prep Football Report All-Southeast, Miami Herald all-city second-team and all-state third-team selection as a senior at Columbus (Miami, Florida) H.S., connecting on 194-of-335 career pass attempts for 2,356 yards and 19 TDs… As a senior, completed 101-of-183 passes for 1,387 yards and 7 TDs… Averaged 10.0 points per game in basketball and added another letter in golf… Father, Bob Griese, played 14 years with the Dolphins (1967-80), helping Miami to 3 Super Bowl appearances (1971-73 seasons) and 2 titles (1972-73); inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990… Established the Judith Ann Griese Foundation in 2001 in memory of his mother, the cornerstone of which is Judi’s House in Denver, a safe and comfortable place where grieving children and their families can express the thoughts and feelings associated with the loss of a loved one; since November of 2002, Judi’s House has served over 1,500 children, teenagers and their adult caregivers… Holds an annual golf tournament in Michigan to benefit C.S. Motts Children’s Hospital by helping kids attend sporting events, purchase wheelchairs and provide housing for the parents of some of the children… Participated in the All Children’s Hospital 2004 Fall Carnival for pediatric patients… Actively involved in fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, serving as the honorary chairman for the 2001 Race for the Cure in Denver… Served as the 2002 honorary chairman for PUSH for the Cure, a fund-raising effort to benefit spinal cord and brain injury research at Denver’s Craig Hospital… Born Brian David Griese in Miami, Florida… He and his wife, Brook, have 1 daughter.