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Kyle Raymond Orton (born November 14, 1982 in Altoona, Iowa) is the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.
[edit] College careerOrton wore uniform No. 18 in honor of former Nebraska Cornhuskers' quarterback Brook Berringer, who died in a plane crash in 1996.[1] 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 the number of passing yards in a game (522 vs. Indiana Hoosiers) and is one of only three Purdue quarterbacks to start at least three consecutive bowl games (Brees and Mark Herrmann being the other two). Orton started in the 2001 Sun Bowl, the 2002 Sun Bowl, the 2003 Capital One Bowl, and the 2004 Sun Bowl. 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. Orton was a Heisman Trophy hopeful, until a late 4th quarter Orton fumble was run back for a touchdown to give undefeated 12th ranked Wisconsin the winning score in West Lafayette and gave 5th ranked Purdue its first of several losses that season. Later that season, he received multiple injuries in consecutive games against Michigan and Northwestern that forced him out of his starting position for a month, while being replaced by Brandon Kirsch during that time. [edit] Professional career[edit] Chicago BearsIn 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 game against the Minnesota Vikings, whose outcome for the Bears would not affect their post-season hopes; the Bears had clinched the NFC North championship and a first-round bye in the playoffs with their Week 16 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Grossman would go on to play in the Bears playoff loss to the Carolina Panthers. 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).[2] 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 by victories, his rookie season was a successful one even by historical standards. Orton's 15 starts and 10 victories are both rookie records for Bears quarterbacks, and the 10 victories are the third most in the NFL since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, behind only Ben Roethlisberger's 14 victories in 2004, and 11 victories by Joe Flacco in 2008. 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.  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.[3] According to the Chicago Tribune, he was en route to overtaking Griese's (then) second string position.[4] 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.[5]  After the Bears lost their chances of making a post-season berth, Lovie Smith chose to start Orton over Griese, who served as Grossman’s back-up.[6] Orton made his first start in nearly two seasons on December 17, 2007 against the Minnesota Vikings, the last team he started against before relinquishing his starting role to Grossman. The Bears lost the game by a score of 20-13, with Orton finishing with 22 completions on 38 attempts, with 184 yards and 1 interception.[7] He improved in the final two games of the season; leading the Bears to two consecutive victories by throwing three touchdowns and an interception for 294 yards.[8] 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 to be 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 quarterback for the 2008 season in week 3 of the preseason, despite not throwing a pass over 17 yards or a touchdown pass in the first two preseason games.[9] On September 7, 2008, Orton lead the Bears to a 29-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in the first regular season game of the 2008 season. Orton 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.[10] He finished the game with a career high 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 injury to his ankle against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 of the NFL season,[11] and missed his subsequent start. Orton rushed himself back into the starting lineup a week after Grossman had a solid outing for someone coming off the bench against the Titans. Since 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.[8] The Bears finished the season with a 9-7 record, while missing the playoffs by one game.[12] Coach Lovie Smith was pleased with Orton's performance, and believed he would be the team' starting quarterback for the following season.[13] However, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated he wished to further solidify the quarterback position in the long run.[14] [edit] Denver BroncosOn April 2, 2009, the Bears traded Orton (along with their first and third-round draft picks in 2009 and their first-round pick in 2010) to the Denver Broncos for Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler. The Bears will also receive the Broncos' fifth round pick in 2009.[15] On June 13, Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels declared Orton the starting quarterback for the season, and Orton led the Broncos to a 12-7 victory in the 2009 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. The game was won on an incredible catch by wide receiver Brandon Stokely after Bengals cornerback Leon Hall attempted to knock the ball to the turf <.ref>"Stokley catches tipped pass, runs 87 yards for winning TD" ESPN.com, 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.</ref> Orton led the Broncos to a surprising 6-0 record to begin the season. His most impressive effort to date came against the New England Patriots, when he threw for 330 yards with a 73% completion rate and orchestrated a 98-yard drive to tie the game and allow it to go into overtime. He led another drive for the game-winning field goal in overtime.[16] Through the first six games of the season, Orton has thrown nine touchdown passes, one interception, ranks eighth in the league in passer rating and seventh in the league in passing yards.[17] On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, Kyle Orton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his week 5 performance in which he completed 35-48 passes for 330 yards in leading the Denver Broncos in their 20-17 victory over the New England Patriots.[18] [edit] Statistics
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