Kyle Orton

Kyle Orton

Orton in 2009.
No. 18     Dallas Cowboys
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1982-11-14) November 14, 1982
Place of birth: Altoona, Iowa
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 228 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school: Runnels (IA) Southeast Polk
College: Purdue
NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 4 / Pick: 106
Debuted in 2005 for the Chicago Bears
Career history
Chicago Bears (2005–2008) Denver Broncos (2009–2011) Kansas City Chiefs (2011) Dallas Cowboys (2012–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Honorable mention All-Big Ten (2003) First-team All-Big Ten (2004) AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 5, 2009) NFC Champion (2006)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2013
Pass attempts 2,265 Pass completions 1,326 Percentage 58.5 TD–INT 83-59 Passing yards 15,019 QB Rating 79.9 Stats at NFL.com

Kyle Raymond Orton (born November 14, 1982) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football for Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. After an injury to Bears starter Rex Grossman, Orton was pressed into service as the starting quarterback during his rookie year, starting the first 14 games of the 2005 season, but was replaced by Grossman for the playoffs that year. Orton did not play at all in 2006, and sparingly in 2007. Orton regained his starting job from Grossman in 2008, but the team finished a disappointing 9-7 and out of the playoffs. In the offseason of that year, he was traded to the Denver Broncos.

Orton started his Broncos career by winning his first six games in the 2009 season, but injuries hobbled him in the second half of the season. Though Orton threw 21 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions, the team finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs. Orton started 2010 season as the starting quarterback, though the team was not competitive most of the season, finishing 4-12. After throwing 3 interceptions versus the Arizona Cardinals on December 12 and with the Broncos eliminated from the playoffs, Orton was replaced by Tim Tebow for the final three games of the 2010 season. In 2011 he again began the season as a starter, but he was replaced by Tebow again after a disappointing start to the season. Following several weeks on the bench, in which he did not take a snap for the Broncos, he was released by the Broncos on November 22, and claimed off of waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs the next day. His contract expired and the Dallas Cowboys signed him on March 14, 2012 off of free agency.^[1]

Early years

Orton attended Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, where he also participated in basketball, tennis, and track and field.

At the end of his high school career, Orton was the No. 2 ranked quarterback in the nation by SuperPrep and No. 7 by Rivals.com. His career passing statistics were 208 for 450 (46.2%), 3,176 yards with 24 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. He earned honorable mention all-state and first team all-conference his senior year, after completing 95 of 192 attempts (49.5%), 1,366 yards with 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions.^[2]

Orton wore uniform No. 18 in honor of former Nebraska Cornhuskers' quarterback Brook Berringer who died in a plane crash in 1996.^[3]

College career

Orton grew up a Husker fan, but chose to attend a program with a stronger passing attack. He committed to Purdue, but considered attending Colorado before ultimately deciding on the former.^[4] Orton tied former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees' record for number of passing yards in a game (522 vs. Indiana Hoosiers), and is the only Purdue quarterback to start four consecutive bowl games (Brees and Mark Herrmann started three straight). Orton started in the 2001, '02 and '04 Sun Bowl, and the 2003 Capital One Bowl. During his undergrad years at Purdue, Orton is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

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. He was a Heisman Trophy hopeful until a late 4th quarter Orton fumble was run back for a Wisconsin touchdown against the undefeated 12th ranked Wisconsin Badgers, giving the 5th ranked Purdue its first of several losses that season. Later that season, he received multiple injuries, in consecutive games against Michigan and Northwestern forcing him to lose his starting position for a month. Brandon Kirsch then replaced him during that time.

Orton makes a cameo in NCAA Football 2006, where he says, "EA Sports, it's in the game", along with Derek Anderson in the game's introduction.

Statistics

^[5][5]

			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team	GP	Rating	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Sack	Att	Yds	TD
2001	Purdue	6	90	142	69	49	686	2	3	NA	27	-63	0
2002	Purdue	13	128	317	192	61	2257	13	9	NA	43	47	0
2003	Purdue	13	128	414	251	61	2885	15	7	NA	112	237	3[5]
2004	Purdue	11	151	389	236	61	3090	31	5	NA	80	112	3[5]
	Totals	43	131	1262	748	59	8918	61	24	NA	262	333	6

Note: NCAA passer rating formula is different from NFL passer rating.

Professional career

Chicago Bears

2005

Orton was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. In the 2005 NFL season, he 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, Week 17, against the Minnesota Vikings. The outcome of this game, for the Chicago Bears, did not have any effect on their post-season hopes. The Bears had already clinched the NFC North championship and a first-round bye in the 2005-06 playoffs with their Week 16 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Grossman then started for the Bears in their only post-season game. They lost to the Carolina Panthers.^[6]

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).^[7] 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's victories, his rookie season was successful. His 15 starts and 10 victories are both rookie records for Bears quarterbacks, and the 10 victories are the fourth most in the NFL, since 1970, behind Ben Roethlisberger's 14 victories in '04, Joe Flacco's and Matt Ryan's 11 victories in '08 and Russell Wilson's 11 victories in '12.

2006

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 action throughout the entire 2006 season.

2007

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 but was placed at third string.^[8] According to the Chicago Tribune, Orton was en route to overtake Griese's (then) second string position.^[9] 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.^[10]

After the Bears lost their chances of making a post-season berth, Lovie Smith chose to start Orton over Griese.^[11] Orton made his first start in nearly two seasons on December 17, 2007 against the Minnesota Vikings. The Bears lost the game 20-13. Orton finished with 22 completions on 38 attempts, 184 yards, and 1 interception.^[12] He improved in the final two games of the season, leading the Bears to two consecutive victories, passing for 294 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.^[13]

2008

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 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 QB for the 2008 season in Week 3 of the preseason, despite not throwing a pass over 17 yards or for a touchdown in the first two preseason games.^[14]

On September 7, 2008, Orton led the Bears to a 29-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in the first regular season game of the season. He 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.^[15] He finished the game with a career high, at that time, 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 ankle injury against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 of the NFL season,^[16] and did not start the next week. He rushed himself back into the starting lineup a week after Grossman had a solid outing for someone coming off the bench against the Titans. After 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.^[13]

The Bears finished the season with a 9-7 record, while missing the playoffs by one game.^[17] Coach Lovie Smith was pleased with Orton's performance and believed he would be the team's starting quarterback for the following season.^[18] However, Jerry Angelo, the team's general manager, stated he wished to further solidify the quarterback position in the long run.^[19]

Denver Broncos

2009

On April 2, 2009, the Bears traded Orton (along with their first and third-round draft picks in 2009 and their first-round pick in '10) to the Denver Broncos for Pro Bowl quarterback Jay Cutler and the Broncos' fifth round pick in '09.^[20]

On June 13, Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels declared Orton the starting quarterback for the season. Orton led the Broncos to a 12-7 victory in the 2009 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. The game was won on a deflected pass that landed in the arms of Brandon Stokley who took it 87 yards for a touchdown.^[21] This play has been called "The Immaculate Deflection" in many media sources.

Over the next five weeks, Orton led the Broncos to a surprising 6-0 record to begin the season. His most impressive effort in that streak came against the New England Patriots, when he completed 35-48 passes for 330 yards and orchestrated a 98-yard drive to tie the game and send it into overtime. He threw his first interception of the season to Randy Moss, who came in to help on the attempted Hail Mary pass, at the end of the first half. It was his first in 173 pass attempts which dated back to 2008 when he was with the Chicago Bears. He led another drive for the game-winning field goal in overtime.^[22] On October 13, 2009, Kyle Orton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week, for that effort.^[23]

On Nov. 15, Orton suffered an ankle injury on the road against the Washington Redskins. He came out of the game at halftime with a career high passer rating of 134.7. The injury kept him from starting the next game against the Chargers. He did return partway through that game, replacing Chris Simms.

For the 2009 season (playing in 16 games with 15 starts), Orton threw 21 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions with an 86.8 QB rating.

2010

Orton was named the Broncos starting quarterback for 2010. He signed a one-year contract extension (through the 2011 season), on August 19, 2010. On September 26, 2010, Orton threw for 476 yards against the Indianapolis Colts, a career-high. Less than two months later, November 14, Orton threw a career-high four touchdown passes against the Kansas City Chiefs. Later in the season, with the Broncos eliminated from playoff contention, Orton played poorly against the Arizona Cardinals on December 12, 2010. Tim Tebow was named the starter the following week by interim coach Eric Studesville and played the last three games of the season.^[24] Orton finished the season with 3,653 yards, 20 touchdowns, and nine interceptions

2011

Orton entered the 2011 season as the Broncos starting quarterback. The team had a 1–4 start with Orton throwing 8 touchdowns and 7 interceptions as the starter, accumulating 979 yards and completing 58.7% of his passes.^[25] He was replaced as the starter by Tim Tebow during the week 5 contest against the San Diego Chargers, and Orton never took another snap for the Broncos. Orton was waived on November 22, 2011, officially ending his tenure with the Denver Broncos. He had a record of 12-21 as a starter during his time with the Broncos, throwing for 8,434 yards, 49 touchdowns, and 28 interceptions.

Kansas City Chiefs

He was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs on November 23, 2011, after a season-ending injury to starting quarterback Matt Cassel.^[26] Kansas City paid $2.5 million remaining on Orton's nearly $8.9 million salary for the year. Chicago (looking to replace injured Jay Cutler) and the Dallas Cowboys (because of concerns of injuries to backup quarterback Jon Kitna) also made claims on him. However, since Kansas City had a worse record than the other two teams it was given priority in claiming him per the NFL's inverse order of the standings rule on the waiver priority list.^[27]

On December 4, 2011, in a game against his former team, the Chicago Bears, Orton came in to the second quarter to relieve Tyler Palko, but was injured on his first pass attempt.^[28] Palko led the Chiefs to a 10-3 win over the Bears, but struggled the following week in a 37-10 loss to the Jets.^[29]

Palko's struggles and Orton's recovery from injury paved way for a quarterback change, and on December 18, Orton was named the starting Chiefs' quarterback by new interim coach Romeo Crennel. In his first game as their starter, he led the Chiefs to a 19-14 upset of the previously undefeated Green Bay Packers ending the defending 2011 Super Bowl champions winning streak at 19 games, dating back to the previous season.^[30] He had completions of 23 for 31 for 299 yards with no interceptions and no passing touchdowns.

In the final two games of the season Orton lost 16-13 in overtime against the Raiders before returning to Denver to defeat the Broncos in the season finale.

Dallas Cowboys

2012

On March 14, 2012, Orton signed a three-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys to replace former backup quarterback Jon Kitna, who retired after the Cowboys' 2011 season. In week 4 against the Bears, his former team, Orton replaced Tony Romo late in the game and threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten, though the Bears still won the contest 34-18. The Cowboys went on to finish the season 8-8, losing to the Washington Redskins in a do-or-die week 17 contest.^[31]

2013

As of week 16 of the 2013 season, Orton had seen minimal time on the field with a total of 40 passing yards which all came during week 14 against the Chicago Bears.

On December 27, 2013, head coach Jason Garrett announced that Orton would be the starting quarterback for the week 17 game against the Philadelphia Eagles after Tony Romo underwent back surgery.^[32] He threw for 30 completions and 358 yards on 46 attempts (65.2%) and two touchdowns. He threw an early interception which was dropped by his tight end, and another interception on the Cowboys' last drive which secured a 24-22 victory for the Eagles.

Statistics

Through the end of 2013 season, his statistics are as follows:^[33]

Season	Team	Games			Passing								Sacks		Rushing
		GP	GS	W-L[34]	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/Att	TD	INT	Rating	#	Yds	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2005	Chicago Bears	15	15	10-5	190	368	51.6	1,869	5.1	9	13	59.7	30	190	24	44	1.8	0
2006		0	0	0-0	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	0
2007		3	3	2-1	43	80	53.8	478	6.0	3	2	73.9	2	12	5	-1	-0.2	0
2008		15	15	9-6	272	465	58.5	2,972	6.4	18	12	79.6	27	160	24	49	2.0	3
2009	Denver Broncos	16	15	8-7	336	541	62.1	3,802	7.0	21	12	86.8	29	159	24	71	3.0	0
2010		13	13	3-10	293	498	58.8	3,653	7.3	20	9	87.5	34	243	22	98	4.4	0
2011		5	5	1-4	91	155	58.7	979	6.3	8	7	75.7	9	49	5	17	3.4	0
	Kansas City Chiefs	4	3	2-1	59	97	60.8	779	8.0	1	2	81.1	1	5	6	-4	-0.7	0
2012	Dallas Cowboys	1	0	0-0	9	10	90.0	89	8.9	1	0	137.1	0	0	0	0	-	0
2013		3	1	0-1	33	51	64.7	398	7.8	2	2	85.3	0	0	1	8	8.0	0
Total		74	69	35-34	1,296	2,219	58.4	14,661	6.6	81	57	79.7	132	818	111	282	2.5	3

See also

• List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 400 or more yards in a game

References

External links

• Dallas Cowboys profile
• Purdue Boilermakers profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brandon Hance	Purdue Boilermakers starting quarterbacks 2001–2004	Succeeded by Brandon Kirsch

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Persondata
Name	Orton, Kyle
Alternative names
Short description	American football quarterback
Date of birth	November 14, 1982
Place of birth	Altoona, Iowa, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death