John Dutton

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This article is about John Dutton, the Arena football player. For the NFL player, see this page.

John Dutton (born September 20, 1975) is an Arena Football League quarterback for the Colorado Crush. In 2005, he led the Crush to the ArenaBowl XIX title. In 2006, he was on the cover of the EA Sports first AFL video game, Arena Football, making him the first player to pose for the cover. He previously was the backup quarterback for the San Jose SaberCats behind Mark Grieb. After Grieb's suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the year, Dutton quarterbacked the SaberCats to a 52-14 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI. He was named Offensive Player of the Game for his performance.

Dutton is the cover man for EA Sports' Arena Football video game.

[edit] High school career

Dutton attended Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, California, and was a letterman in basketball and football. In football, he passed for 2,056 yards and ten touchdowns as a senior.

[edit] Coaching Career

Dutton coached high school football at Linfield Christian High School in Temecula, California during the 2004-2005 season. As the quarterback and wide receiver coach, Dutton helped lead Linfield Christian on to a 10-2-1 overall record.