Jay Cutler
Jay Cutler at NFL.comJay Cutler (born April 29, 1983 in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA) is an American football player for the Denver Broncos. He played quarterback for the Vanderbilt University Commodores in Nashville, Tennessee from 2002-2005. He is the son of Jack and Sandy Cutler and has two younger sisters.
While at Vanderbilt, he started in over 40 consecutive games as quarterback and has been named Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week and All-SEC several times. For the 2005 season, he earned the SEC Offensive Player of the Year title after completing 273 of 462 attempted passes for 3073 yards and 22 touchdowns. He finished his college career with a total 8697 passing yards.
In 2002, Cutler set the school record for touchdowns and rushing yards by a freshman as well as completing more rushing yards than any other SEC quarterback. By 2004, he had achieved high ranking in nearly every category relevant to his position as quarterback. In that year, he completed over 60% of his passes with over 125 attempts, the highest percentage with 125+ attempts that had ever been achieved by a Commodore.
The 2005 season, his final year of play at Vanderbilt, was his most impressive. He led the Commodores to victories over Wake Forest University and the Universities of Arkansas, Mississippi, Richmond, and Tennessee. The Commodores also scored the second most points ever scored against the University of Florida football team at their current home field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. They nearly upset the 13th-ranked Gators before falling 49-42 in second overtime.
The Commodores ended their season, and Cutler's Vanderbilt career, against the Tennessee Volunteers with a 28-24 win, their first victory over the Volunteers since 1982, the year before Cutler was born. Cutler's final play in college was the game-winning (and streak-ending) touchdown pass to teammate Earl Bennett.
NFL Draft
Cutler was expected to be a high draft pick in the NFL Draft, and was ranked by many experts as the third-best quarterback prospect, after Matt Leinart of USC and Vince Young of Texas. Some mock drafts as recent as April 1, 2006, had projected him as being selected ahead of Young. At the draft combine, he completed 23 repetitions of a 225-pound bench press and ran a 40-yard dash in 4.77 seconds. [1]
He was seen as likely to be considered by the Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, and Baltimore Ravens.
Cutler was selected by the Denver Broncos with the 11th pick in the draft after the Broncos acquired the pick from the St. Louis Rams for their 15th and 68th overall picks.
Cutler is likely to take over as the starting QB, when Jake Plummer is gone/retired.
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