Jim Sorgi

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Jim Sorgi
Date of birth	December 3, 1980
Place of birth	Fraser, Michigan
Position(s)	QB
College	Wisconsin
NFL Draft	2004 / Round 6
Statistics	NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
2004–Present	Indianapolis Colts

Jim Sorgi (born December 3, 1980 in Fraser, MI) is an American football quarterback playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He is the backup to Peyton Manning.

[edit] High School Years

Sorgi attended Fraser High School (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. Sorgi's nickname in High School was "String Bean" for he was a light weight and slim.

[edit] College Years

Jim Sorgi played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers. On October 11th, 2003, in a 17-10 win against Ohio State, Buckeye linebacker Robert Reynolds strangled Jim Sorgi after a play was over and Sorgi was on his back. The incident resulted in bruised vocal cords for Jim Sorgi, caused him to be barely able to speak.[1]

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

[edit] NFL 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 backup to star QB Peyton Manning. Sorgi finally found some decent playing time against the Denver Broncos in which he threw for 175 yards and 1 TD.

As of the end of the 2005 regular season, he has five career touchdown passes and one interception.