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PRO CAREER: Holds the fourth-highest regular season winning percentage for a Bears quarterback since 1961 (minimum 16 starts) with a .667 winning percentage and a 12-6 record… Completed 233-of-448 career passes for 2,347 yards, 12 TDs and 15 INTs for a 62.2 passer rating… Established Bears rookie records in 2005 for games started, wins, pass attempts, completions, yards and tied for TDs while leading Chicago on an 8-game win streak (10/16-12/4), the 2nd-most wins by a rookie QB since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 (Ben Roethlisberger, 13 in 2004)… His 10 wins set an NFL record for victories by a rookie QB drafted in the fourth round or lower since the common draft was instituted in 1967… Third rookie QB in franchise history to start a season opener (Johnny Lujack, 1948; Zeke Bratkowski, 1954)… The NFL's lowest-drafted QB to start a season opener since 2001 (Chris Weinke, CAR) after rising to the starting spot 2 weeks before opening day after beginning training camp as the third-string QB.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a fourth-round selection (106th overall) by Chicago in the 2005 NFL Draft… Signed 4-year contract with Chicago (7/24/05)… Agreed to terms on 1-year contract extension (2/25/08). SIGNED through 2009
2007 SEASON: Completed 43-of-80 passes (58.3%) for 478 yards, with 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions (73.9 QB Rating)… Led the team to a 2-1 record in three starts at the end of the season… Registered the second-highest QB Rating of his career (103.2) vs. GB (12/23)… Tied a career-high with two touchdown passes along with a career best 55-yard touchdown pass vs. NO (12/30)… Inactive Games 1-9 and 11-13 as teams 3rd QB; DNP in Game 10 and started Games 14-16. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 3-3.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2006 - Inactive all 16 regular season games and 3 postseason contests as team's 3rd quarterback.
2005 - Led Bears to division title by starting 15 games as a rookie while helping Chicago to a 10-5 record in those contests… Set Bears rookie records with 15 starts, 10 wins, 368 pass attempts, 190 completions, 1,869 yards and 9 TD passes (tie)… First Bears QB to start more than 13 games in a season since Erik Kramer started all 16 in 1995… Started Games 1-14, 16; DNP in Game 15 and in Divisional Playoff… Completed 15-of-29 passes for 145 yards with 1 TD vs. BALT (10/23) to earn Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors.
COLLEGE: Three-year starter at Purdue (2001-04) concluded his career 3rd on school's all-time record lists with 9,337 passing yards, 63 TD passes and a completion percentage of 58.8 (786-of-1,336)… Garnered 9,653 yards of total offense to rank 2nd to Drew Brees (12,692) in school history… Finished career ranked 4th in Big Ten history with 9,337 passing yards and 4th in school history with seven 300-yard passing games, including one 500-yard game and two 400-yard games… Had only 2.01-percent of his collegiate passes (28) intercepted… Established personal bests with 3,090 passing yards, a 60.7 completion percentage (completing 236-of-389 passes), 31 TDs and 5 INTs as a senior… Set a school record with 503 passing yards vs. Indiana… Majored in history.
PERSONAL: Attended Southeast Polk H.S. in Runnels, Iowa, playing football for coach Kent Hortsmann… Ranked as the 2nd-best QB in nation by SuperPrep and listed among USA Today's Super 25 prospects… Completed 208-of-450 passes (46.2%) for 3,176 yards with 24 TDs and 18 INTs during his career… Honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference choice as a senior… Received team's Coaches Award (leadership on and off the field) and Fit-to-Hit Award (player who conditioned himself the hardest)… Also lettered in basketball, tennis and track… Named a Student-Sports All-American… An avid Nebraska fan growing up, wears uniform No. 18 in honor of QB Brook Berringer who led the Cornhuskers atop the polls in 1994 and died in a plane crash (4/18/96)… Father, Byron, played football at South Dakota… Named his dog Elaine after the Seinfeld character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a fourth-round selection (106th overall) by Chicago in the 2005 NFL Draft… Signed 4-year contract with Chicago (7/24/05)… Agreed to terms on 1-year contract extension (2/25/08). SIGNED through 2009
2007 SEASON: Completed 43-of-80 passes (58.3%) for 478 yards, with 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions (73.9 QB Rating)… Led the team to a 2-1 record in three starts at the end of the season… Registered the second-highest QB Rating of his career (103.2) vs. GB (12/23)… Tied a career-high with two touchdown passes along with a career best 55-yard touchdown pass vs. NO (12/30)… Inactive Games 1-9 and 11-13 as teams 3rd QB; DNP in Game 10 and started Games 14-16. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 3-3.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2006 - Inactive all 16 regular season games and 3 postseason contests as team's 3rd quarterback.
2005 - Led Bears to division title by starting 15 games as a rookie while helping Chicago to a 10-5 record in those contests… Set Bears rookie records with 15 starts, 10 wins, 368 pass attempts, 190 completions, 1,869 yards and 9 TD passes (tie)… First Bears QB to start more than 13 games in a season since Erik Kramer started all 16 in 1995… Started Games 1-14, 16; DNP in Game 15 and in Divisional Playoff… Completed 15-of-29 passes for 145 yards with 1 TD vs. BALT (10/23) to earn Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors.
COLLEGE: Three-year starter at Purdue (2001-04) concluded his career 3rd on school's all-time record lists with 9,337 passing yards, 63 TD passes and a completion percentage of 58.8 (786-of-1,336)… Garnered 9,653 yards of total offense to rank 2nd to Drew Brees (12,692) in school history… Finished career ranked 4th in Big Ten history with 9,337 passing yards and 4th in school history with seven 300-yard passing games, including one 500-yard game and two 400-yard games… Had only 2.01-percent of his collegiate passes (28) intercepted… Established personal bests with 3,090 passing yards, a 60.7 completion percentage (completing 236-of-389 passes), 31 TDs and 5 INTs as a senior… Set a school record with 503 passing yards vs. Indiana… Majored in history.
PERSONAL: Attended Southeast Polk H.S. in Runnels, Iowa, playing football for coach Kent Hortsmann… Ranked as the 2nd-best QB in nation by SuperPrep and listed among USA Today's Super 25 prospects… Completed 208-of-450 passes (46.2%) for 3,176 yards with 24 TDs and 18 INTs during his career… Honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference choice as a senior… Received team's Coaches Award (leadership on and off the field) and Fit-to-Hit Award (player who conditioned himself the hardest)… Also lettered in basketball, tennis and track… Named a Student-Sports All-American… An avid Nebraska fan growing up, wears uniform No. 18 in honor of QB Brook Berringer who led the Cornhuskers atop the polls in 1994 and died in a plane crash (4/18/96)… Father, Byron, played football at South Dakota… Named his dog Elaine after the Seinfeld character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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