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PRO CAREER: Enters sixth season with Chicago after re-signing with the Bears in the offseason... Has guided Bears to a 19-11 (.633) record as starter, the fifth best regular season winning percentage of any Chicago QB dating back to 1961, while starting 30-of-32 career games played… Helped lead Chicago to Super Bowl XLI in first full season as team's top signal caller in 2006… Since entering the NFL in 2003, has the 7th highest yards per completion average in the league at 12.08… Has completed 489-of-900 career regular season passing attempts for 5,907 yards with 31 TDs and 33 INTs… Has 8 career starts with a passer rating over 100.0, 7 of which came in 2006, the 2nd most in the NFL that season (Marc Bulger, STL, 8)… Ranks seventh in Bears history with a QB rating of 70.9 (min. 900 attempts) and ninth with 489 completions... Started every Bears game at quarterback in 2006 to become the 1st Bears QB since Erik Kramer in 1995 to start all 16 regular-season contests and just the 4th since the 16-game schedule was instituted in 1978… Became first Bears QB since Jim McMahon in 1985 to win back-to-back postseason contests… Ranks 2nd in Bears postseason history with 783 career passing yards (McMahon, 967), 69 completions (McMahon, 70) and ranks 1st with 133 attempts… Registered first passing TD in Bears Super Bowl history, a 4-yard strike to Muhsin Muhammad in the 1st quarter of Super Bowl XLI… Became first Bears quarterback ever and just the second player overall in franchise history to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Month honors (September, 2006)… Earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors vs. TB (12/17/06) and twice earned FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors (vs. DET, 9/17/06; vs. SEA, 10/1/06)… Just the 8th QB ever drafted by the Bears in the first round and the 4th since 1951… Dating back to 1952, he and Craig Krenzel are Chicago's only rookie QBs to win their first 2 starts (Krenzel, 3 in 2004) and Grossman is the only one during that time to start and win while making his NFL debut… Recipient of 2006 Ed Block Courage Award as voted by teammates.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a first-round selection (22nd overall) by Chicago in the 2003 NFL Draft… Signed contract (7/25/03)…Signed 1-year contract (2/23/08). SIGNED through 2008
2007 SEASON: Appeared in 8 games, making 7 starts, while completing 122-of-225 passes for 1,411 yards, 4 TDs and 7 INTs... Played in Games 1-3 and 9-13, starting Games 1-3 and 10-13; Did not play in Games 4-8; Inactive for Games 14-16... Coming off the bench, engineered come-from-behind victory at OAK (11/11) , highlighted by game-winning 59-yard TD pass to Bernard Berrian, finishing with a QB rating of 109.8... Tossed game-tying TD with :28 remaining in regulation vs. DEN (11/25)... Registered season highs in completions (25), attempts (46) and yards (296) vs. NYG (12/2). GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 8-7
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2006 - Started every game, including all 3 postseason contests, while compiling 3,193 gross passing yards, the 2nd most in team history (Erik Kramer, 3,838, 1995) on 262-of-480 passing with 23 TDs and 20 INTs during the regular season… His 23 TD passes were tied for 4th most in franchise history while he ranked 2nd in attempts and 4th in completions… His 12.19 yards per completion average was 7th highest in the NFL… Just the 6th passer in franchise history with 20 or more TDs in a season… Had 47 passes of 20+ yards, 7th most in the NFL, including 11 that went for TDs (tied for 4th most)… Directed the Bears to a 13-3 regular season record, the most wins by a Bears starting QB in a single-season dating back to 1935… Earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month honors in September after throwing for 250+ yards in all three games during the season-opening month with 6 TDs and an overall passer rating of 100.0… Earned FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors vs. DET (9/17/06) after completing 20-of-27 passes for 289 yards with a career-high 4 TDs and 148.0 passer rating… Earned 2nd FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award in 3 weeks after completing 17-of-31 passes for 232 yards and 2 TDs for a 100.5 passer rating vs. SEA (10/1)… Threw for 339-gross passing yards vs. TB (12/17) for the 10th 300-yard passing effort in franchise history at Soldier Field, ending the Bears streak of 72 straight regular season games without a 300-yard passer, while earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
2005 - Finished season by playing in 2 regular season games and starting the Divisional Playoff after missing first 13 games while recovering from a broken ankle sustained during the preseason… Completed 20-of-39 passes for 259 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs during the regular season and led Bears by averaging 6.64 yards per pass attempt… Inactive Games 1-12; Played in Game 14; Started Game 15; DNP in Games 13, 16… Suffered broken ankle in preseason game at STL (8/12)… Appeared for first time in 27 games when he opened the 2nd half vs. ATL (12/18), leading Bears on two 3rd-quarter scoring drives on 9-of-16 passing for 93 yards… Made first start in 15 months at GB (12/25) and helped Bears clinch the NFC North title and first-round bye in playoffs by completing 11-of-23 passes for 166 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.
2004 - Started first 3 games of the season and led Chicago in yards per pass attempt (7.23) and ranked 2nd among Bears QBs in completion pct. (56.0%), passing yards (607) and QB rating (67.9)… Sustained season-ending ACL injury in Week Three while diving for the goal line on his first career TD run… Became Chicago's 7th different opening-day starting QB in as many seasons throwing for 227 yards on 16-of-35 passing with 0 TDs and 2 INTs vs. DET (9/12)… Connected on 10-of-18 passes for 132 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT to win his first opening-day start at GB (9/19)… Completed career-high 21-of-32 passes for 248 yards and finished with a 91.9 QB rating at MIN (9/26); rushed 3 times for 20 yards including 6-yard TD run in 4th quarter on which he suffered a season-ending knee injury.
2003 - Started final 3 games of the season for Chicago, becoming the first Bears rookie QB to win his first NFL start in 22 seasons and the franchise's first player to do so in his first 2 career starts dating back to 1952… Led Chicago in yards per pass attempt (6.07), INTs per attempt ratio (1.4%), passer efficiency rating (74.8) and tied for the team lead in TDs per attempt ratio (2.8%)… In 10 quarters of action he generated 7 plays of 20 or more yards… Led all rookie signal-callers drafted in 2003 with a .667 winning percentage and passer rating of 74.8 while helping the Bears post a 2-1 ledger in his starts… Started Games 14-16; DNP as backup QB in Games 6-8, 12-13; Inactive as third QB in Games 1-5, 9-11… Made NFL debut as starting QB vs. MIN (12/14), throwing for 157 yards on 13-of-30 passing with his first completion going to Desmond Clark for 11 yards; led Chicago to a FG on his first drive… Passed for 249 yards on 19-of-32 passing vs. WAS (12/21) with 2 TDs and 1 INT, including a season-long 59-yard completion to Marty Booker for his first career TD pass; completed passes to 9 different receivers, 6 different on first 6 completions.
COLLEGE: Finished career at Florida (1999-2002) among the all-time passing leaders at UF and the SEC while leading the Gators to 3 bowl games and a 23-9 overall record in 3 years as a starter… The 2001 Heisman trophy runner-up and AP National Player-of-the-Year concluded his career with 9,164 passing yards (3rd at UF, 5th in SEC), 677 completions (3rd at UF), 1,110 attempts (4th at UF), 77 TD passes (2nd at UF, 3rd in SEC) and the lowest career INT percentage in Gator history (3.24)… Also 2nd at UF with a 61.0 career completion percentage… Fifth sophomore in NCAA history to finish in the top two in Heisman voting… Led SEC in passing as a sophomore and junior while tossing an NCAA-record 55 TD passes… Started 32-of-37 games played at UF and threw for 300 yards a school-record 17 times… Second-team all-SEC as a junior started all 13 games and set school records with 287 completions and 503 attempts… Finished career with 21-of-41 passing for 323 yards and 2 TDs vs. Michigan in the Outback Bowl… Heisman runner-up earned recognition as a finalist for the Walter Camp National Player-of-the-Year Award, Maxwell College Player-of-the-Year Award and Davey O'Brien National QB-of-the-Year Award as a sophomore… Earned first-team all-SEC honors and SEC Offensive Player-of-the-Year award while throwing for a Gator-record 3,896 yards (2nd in SEC) and career-high 34 TDs (6th in SEC) while starting 11-of-12 games… Led NCAA in pass-efficiency rating (170.8), passing yards per game (354.2), yards per pass attempt (9.86) and yards per play (9.10)… Threw for over 300-plus yards in 10-of-11 games, the most 300-plus games in a season in UF history, and at least 3 TD passes in 7-of-11 games… As a redshirt freshman, became first freshman QB in UF history to be named first-team all-SEC while starting 8-of-12 games, including the Nokia Sugar Bowl… First freshman named MVP of SEC Championship Game following a regular season in which his pass-efficiency rating led the SEC, ranked 3rd nationally, ranked 3rd by a freshman in NCAA history and was the third-highest season total in UF history… Led SEC in TD passes, tying for most in the nation by a freshman and ranking as the second-best season total for a freshman in SEC history… Practiced on the scout team and did not see any game action as a true freshman… Majored in travel and tourism.
PERSONAL: Passed for 7,518 yards and 97 TDs at Bloomington South (Ind.) H.S. during his prep career… Led team to the 1998 state 5A title, passing for 3,080 yards and 44 TDs as a senior… Honored as the 1998 Indiana Player-of-the-Year by USA Today and Parade All-America team… Tabbed by several recruiting magazines as the top prep QB in the Midwest and among the top 15 in the nation… Ranked by National Recruiting Advisor among the top-5 players in the nation in its "pro-style QB" rating… Son of Daniel and Maureen Grossman… He and wife, Alison, married prior to the 2005 season… Father and grandfather, Rex, both played football at Indiana University.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a first-round selection (22nd overall) by Chicago in the 2003 NFL Draft… Signed contract (7/25/03)…Signed 1-year contract (2/23/08). SIGNED through 2008
2007 SEASON: Appeared in 8 games, making 7 starts, while completing 122-of-225 passes for 1,411 yards, 4 TDs and 7 INTs... Played in Games 1-3 and 9-13, starting Games 1-3 and 10-13; Did not play in Games 4-8; Inactive for Games 14-16... Coming off the bench, engineered come-from-behind victory at OAK (11/11) , highlighted by game-winning 59-yard TD pass to Bernard Berrian, finishing with a QB rating of 109.8... Tossed game-tying TD with :28 remaining in regulation vs. DEN (11/25)... Registered season highs in completions (25), attempts (46) and yards (296) vs. NYG (12/2). GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 8-7
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2006 - Started every game, including all 3 postseason contests, while compiling 3,193 gross passing yards, the 2nd most in team history (Erik Kramer, 3,838, 1995) on 262-of-480 passing with 23 TDs and 20 INTs during the regular season… His 23 TD passes were tied for 4th most in franchise history while he ranked 2nd in attempts and 4th in completions… His 12.19 yards per completion average was 7th highest in the NFL… Just the 6th passer in franchise history with 20 or more TDs in a season… Had 47 passes of 20+ yards, 7th most in the NFL, including 11 that went for TDs (tied for 4th most)… Directed the Bears to a 13-3 regular season record, the most wins by a Bears starting QB in a single-season dating back to 1935… Earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month honors in September after throwing for 250+ yards in all three games during the season-opening month with 6 TDs and an overall passer rating of 100.0… Earned FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week honors vs. DET (9/17/06) after completing 20-of-27 passes for 289 yards with a career-high 4 TDs and 148.0 passer rating… Earned 2nd FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award in 3 weeks after completing 17-of-31 passes for 232 yards and 2 TDs for a 100.5 passer rating vs. SEA (10/1)… Threw for 339-gross passing yards vs. TB (12/17) for the 10th 300-yard passing effort in franchise history at Soldier Field, ending the Bears streak of 72 straight regular season games without a 300-yard passer, while earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
2005 - Finished season by playing in 2 regular season games and starting the Divisional Playoff after missing first 13 games while recovering from a broken ankle sustained during the preseason… Completed 20-of-39 passes for 259 yards with 1 TD and 2 INTs during the regular season and led Bears by averaging 6.64 yards per pass attempt… Inactive Games 1-12; Played in Game 14; Started Game 15; DNP in Games 13, 16… Suffered broken ankle in preseason game at STL (8/12)… Appeared for first time in 27 games when he opened the 2nd half vs. ATL (12/18), leading Bears on two 3rd-quarter scoring drives on 9-of-16 passing for 93 yards… Made first start in 15 months at GB (12/25) and helped Bears clinch the NFC North title and first-round bye in playoffs by completing 11-of-23 passes for 166 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.
2004 - Started first 3 games of the season and led Chicago in yards per pass attempt (7.23) and ranked 2nd among Bears QBs in completion pct. (56.0%), passing yards (607) and QB rating (67.9)… Sustained season-ending ACL injury in Week Three while diving for the goal line on his first career TD run… Became Chicago's 7th different opening-day starting QB in as many seasons throwing for 227 yards on 16-of-35 passing with 0 TDs and 2 INTs vs. DET (9/12)… Connected on 10-of-18 passes for 132 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT to win his first opening-day start at GB (9/19)… Completed career-high 21-of-32 passes for 248 yards and finished with a 91.9 QB rating at MIN (9/26); rushed 3 times for 20 yards including 6-yard TD run in 4th quarter on which he suffered a season-ending knee injury.
2003 - Started final 3 games of the season for Chicago, becoming the first Bears rookie QB to win his first NFL start in 22 seasons and the franchise's first player to do so in his first 2 career starts dating back to 1952… Led Chicago in yards per pass attempt (6.07), INTs per attempt ratio (1.4%), passer efficiency rating (74.8) and tied for the team lead in TDs per attempt ratio (2.8%)… In 10 quarters of action he generated 7 plays of 20 or more yards… Led all rookie signal-callers drafted in 2003 with a .667 winning percentage and passer rating of 74.8 while helping the Bears post a 2-1 ledger in his starts… Started Games 14-16; DNP as backup QB in Games 6-8, 12-13; Inactive as third QB in Games 1-5, 9-11… Made NFL debut as starting QB vs. MIN (12/14), throwing for 157 yards on 13-of-30 passing with his first completion going to Desmond Clark for 11 yards; led Chicago to a FG on his first drive… Passed for 249 yards on 19-of-32 passing vs. WAS (12/21) with 2 TDs and 1 INT, including a season-long 59-yard completion to Marty Booker for his first career TD pass; completed passes to 9 different receivers, 6 different on first 6 completions.
COLLEGE: Finished career at Florida (1999-2002) among the all-time passing leaders at UF and the SEC while leading the Gators to 3 bowl games and a 23-9 overall record in 3 years as a starter… The 2001 Heisman trophy runner-up and AP National Player-of-the-Year concluded his career with 9,164 passing yards (3rd at UF, 5th in SEC), 677 completions (3rd at UF), 1,110 attempts (4th at UF), 77 TD passes (2nd at UF, 3rd in SEC) and the lowest career INT percentage in Gator history (3.24)… Also 2nd at UF with a 61.0 career completion percentage… Fifth sophomore in NCAA history to finish in the top two in Heisman voting… Led SEC in passing as a sophomore and junior while tossing an NCAA-record 55 TD passes… Started 32-of-37 games played at UF and threw for 300 yards a school-record 17 times… Second-team all-SEC as a junior started all 13 games and set school records with 287 completions and 503 attempts… Finished career with 21-of-41 passing for 323 yards and 2 TDs vs. Michigan in the Outback Bowl… Heisman runner-up earned recognition as a finalist for the Walter Camp National Player-of-the-Year Award, Maxwell College Player-of-the-Year Award and Davey O'Brien National QB-of-the-Year Award as a sophomore… Earned first-team all-SEC honors and SEC Offensive Player-of-the-Year award while throwing for a Gator-record 3,896 yards (2nd in SEC) and career-high 34 TDs (6th in SEC) while starting 11-of-12 games… Led NCAA in pass-efficiency rating (170.8), passing yards per game (354.2), yards per pass attempt (9.86) and yards per play (9.10)… Threw for over 300-plus yards in 10-of-11 games, the most 300-plus games in a season in UF history, and at least 3 TD passes in 7-of-11 games… As a redshirt freshman, became first freshman QB in UF history to be named first-team all-SEC while starting 8-of-12 games, including the Nokia Sugar Bowl… First freshman named MVP of SEC Championship Game following a regular season in which his pass-efficiency rating led the SEC, ranked 3rd nationally, ranked 3rd by a freshman in NCAA history and was the third-highest season total in UF history… Led SEC in TD passes, tying for most in the nation by a freshman and ranking as the second-best season total for a freshman in SEC history… Practiced on the scout team and did not see any game action as a true freshman… Majored in travel and tourism.
PERSONAL: Passed for 7,518 yards and 97 TDs at Bloomington South (Ind.) H.S. during his prep career… Led team to the 1998 state 5A title, passing for 3,080 yards and 44 TDs as a senior… Honored as the 1998 Indiana Player-of-the-Year by USA Today and Parade All-America team… Tabbed by several recruiting magazines as the top prep QB in the Midwest and among the top 15 in the nation… Ranked by National Recruiting Advisor among the top-5 players in the nation in its "pro-style QB" rating… Son of Daniel and Maureen Grossman… He and wife, Alison, married prior to the 2005 season… Father and grandfather, Rex, both played football at Indiana University.
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