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Quarterback, Vanderbilt, 2001–⁠05

Jay Cutler

Born: Apr 29, 1983, in Santa Claus, Indiana

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Jay Cutler played quarterback at Vanderbilt (2001–⁠05). The Denver Broncos took Cutler in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

Best season: 3,073; Passing yards, 2005 (Vanderbilt, 5–⁠6)
Best game: 395 yards; Vs. Kentucky, week 11, 2005: No. 2 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 11; Overall, 2006 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

395passing yards, best game on filevs. Kentucky, 2005 5touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Kentucky, 2005 89rushing yards, best game on fileat Wake Forest, 2005

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,642

3,073

2–⁠95–⁠6

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2004‡	Vanderbilt	131	209	62.7	1,642	7.9	9	5
2005	Vanderbilt	273	462	59.1	3,073	6.7	21	9
On file (2004–⁠05)		404	671	60.2	4,715	7.0	30	14

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2004‡	Vanderbilt	101	324	3.2	6	55
2005	Vanderbilt	106	215	2.0	1	19
On file (2004–⁠05)		207	539	2.6	7	55

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2004 (Nov 13 at Kentucky): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2005 Vanderbilt 11 games, 3,073 passing yards, 21 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	atWake Forest	W 24–⁠20	25	36	276	1	1	89
Sep 10	atArkansas	W 28–⁠24	23	45	278	2	1	−1
Sep 17	vs.Ole Miss	W 31–⁠23	24	41	314	0	0	58
Sep 24	vs.Richmond	W 37–⁠13	28	40	263	3	0	14
Oct 1	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 15–⁠17	26	44	245	1	1	21
Oct 8	vs.LSU	L 6–⁠34	11	32	113	0	2	−20
Oct 15	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠34	15	28	174	1	1	2
Oct 22	atSouth Carolina	L 28–⁠35	27	49	339	1	1	25
Nov 5	atFlorida	L 42–⁠49	28	42	361	4	2	−2
Nov 12	vs.Kentucky	L 43–⁠48	39	66	395	5	0	38
Nov 19	atTennessee	W 28–⁠24	27	39	315	3	0	−9

2004 Vanderbilt 10 games, 1,642 passing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	vs.South Carolina	L 6–⁠31	24	38	270	0	2	22
Sep 18	atOle Miss	L 23–⁠26	9	17	131	1	1	60
Sep 25	atNavy	L 26–⁠29	15	20	176	2	0	17
Oct 2	vs.Mississippi State	W 31–⁠13	10	17	91	1	0	49
Oct 9	vs.Rutgers	L 34–⁠37	14	18	260	1	0	56
Oct 16	atGeorgia	L 3–⁠33	12	22	133	0	0	−1
Oct 23	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 19–⁠7	15	21	156	1	0	73
Oct 30	atLSU	L 7–⁠24	10	20	111	0	0	34
Nov 6	vs.Florida	L 17–⁠34	0	3	0	0	0	12
Nov 20	vs.Tennessee	L 33–⁠38	22	33	314	3	2	2

No box score in the source for Nov 13 at Kentucky, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2006
Height	6′3¼″
Weight	226 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9⅜″
40-yard dash	4.77 s
10-yard split	1.62 s^W
Bench press	23 reps
3-cone drill	7.10 s
20-yard shuttle	4.26 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

12 seasons, 153 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

Pro Bowl: 2008

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2006	Denver Broncos	5	1
2007	Denver Broncos	16	1
2008	Denver Broncos	16	1
2009	Chicago Bears	16	3
2010	Chicago Bears	15	1
2011	Chicago Bears	10	1
2012	Chicago Bears	15	2
2013	Chicago Bears	11	–
2014	Chicago Bears	15	1
2015	Chicago Bears	15	1
2016	Chicago Bears	5	–
2017	Miami Dolphins	14	–
NFL career		153	12

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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At a glance

Career highs