James Sorgi (born December 3, 1980 in Fraser, Michigan) is an American football quarterback playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He is the backup to Peyton Manning. On April 13, 2007 he signed a one year contract worth $850,000 ($53,125 per game). On October 29, 2007 the Colts extended his contract for another three years. In 2009 he will earn $900,000 and in 2010 he will earn $1.08M. He will be a free agent in 2011. ^[1]

[edit] High school career

Sorgi attended Fraser High School in Fraser, Michigan and was a letterwinner in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was the two-time Team Most Valuable Player, and as a senior, he garnered All-League honors, All-County honors, and All-State honors, and was a USA Today Honorable Mention All-USA selection. In baseball, he posted a batting average of .450 as a senior. Jim Sorgi graduated from Fraser High School in 1999 with a 3.7 grade point average.

[edit] College career

Jim Sorgi played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.

Sorgi is Wisconsin's career pass efficiency leader (141.2), co-holder of most passing TD's in one game (5) and 6th in career passing yards in Wisconsin history.

[edit] Pro career

Jim Sorgi was drafted in the sixth round in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Since then, Sorgi has proved to be an adequate back-up to starting QB Peyton Manning. While Manning gets the vast majority of the playing time, in his first season, Sorgi found some playing time against the Denver Broncos in which he threw for 175 yards and 1 TD. In the 2004 NFL season, Jim Sorgi completed 17 of 29 attempts and threw for 175 yards. In the 2005 NFL season, he gained slightly more playing time, and completed 42 of 61 attempts for 444 yards. The bulk of his playing time in 2005 came in the game against the Seattle Seahawks at the end of the regular season when he played for most of the game.

In the 2008 season, he saw no playing time until the final regular-season game. ^[2] He had a majority of the playing time in the 2008 preseason, as Peyton Manning was recovering from knee surgery. As of the end of the 2008 regular season, he has six career touchdown passes and one interception.

On December 9, 2009, Sorgi was placed on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury in his throwing arm.

[edit] Personal

Sorgi and his wife, Lana, reside with their sons, James III and Jackson, in Brownsburg, Indiana.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Jim Sorgi
• Indianapolis Colts bio
• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • Yahoo! Sports