Caleb Hanie
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| Born: | September 11, 1985 Dallas, Texas | ||||||
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| College: | Colorado State | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Caleb Jeffrey Hanie (born September 11, 1985) is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played high school football for Forney High School in Forney, Texas and led his team to consecutive top 3 finishes in class 3A in 2002 and 2003. He played college football at Colorado State. He is currently the backup quarterback behind Jay Cutler.
Professional career
Chicago Bears
Hanie was signed by the Chicago Bears as a free agent following the 2008 NFL Draft on April 28, 2008. He made the Bears' 53-man roster prior to the start of the 2008 season.
He made his first regular season contribution as a Bear towards the end of their blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on October 25, 2009. He completed one of two passes for two yards. He went on to make another appearance against the Baltimore Ravens on December 20, 2009, completing two of five passes for eight yards. During that game, he also threw his first career interception on an acrobatic play by Dominique Foxworth. On October 3, 2010 Bears starter Jay Cutler and backup Todd Collins both suffered injuries in a game against the New York Giants, and Hanie entered the game as an emergency quarterback. He went three of four for 36 yards, but the Bears still suffered their first loss of the 2010 season. On October 10, 2010, with Cutler on the bench due to a concussion suffered the previous week, Todd Collins started the game but proved ineffective, throwing four interceptions. Hanie entered the game in the third quarter and went two of three for 19 yards. The Bears won the game 23–6, primarily on points scored in the early part of the first quarter, and scored two fourth-quarter field goals on drives led by Hanie.
2010 NFC Championship Game
Hanie entered the 2010 NFC Championship Game as an emergency quarterback in the third quarter after starter Jay Cutler left with a second-degree sprain of his MCL and second-string quarterback Todd Collins left with a shoulder injury. He led the Bears to a touchdown in his first series on the field but was later intercepted by defensive lineman B. J. Raji, who returned the pick for a touchdown. On the following drive, Hanie led the Bears to a second touchdown in only eighty-one seconds of game time.[1] He later threw another interception, this time to Sam Shields, with 37 seconds left in the game. Overall, Hanie completed 13 passes in 20 attempts for 153 yards and 1 TD, with 2 interceptions. The Bears lost to the Packers 21–14.[2]
2011 Season
After a back and forth preseason and being in a battle for the second position on the depth chart between him and Nate Enderle, Hanie won the backup role. In week 12, against the San Diego Chargers, starting quarterback Jay Cutler started and suffered a broken thumb on his throwing hand. The following day the Bears reported that Cutler would need to have surgery on the thumb possibly ending his season. Following the news Hanie was deemed the starting Quarterback of the Chicago Bears.