55 Facts About Blake Bortles

Robby Blake Bortles was born on April 28,1992 and is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eight seasons, primarily with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Blake Bortles played college football at UCF, where he received AAC Offensive Player of the Year honors as a junior and was MVP of the 2014 Fiesta Bowl.

However, Blake Bortles led the league in interceptions during 2015 and had a league-high 75 interceptions by the end of his five years with Jacksonville.

Blake Bortles attended Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida, where he excelled in football and baseball for the Lions.

Blake Bortles finished his high school career with a Seminole County record 5,576 career passing yards and 53 touchdowns.

Blake Bortles chose UCF over offers from Colorado State, Purdue, Tulane, and Western Kentucky.

Blake Bortles accepted the offer from UCF, which was the first college to offer him a scholarship and was located near his home.

Blake Bortles was redshirted as a true freshman in 2010.

Blake Bortles completed 251 of 399 passes for 3,059 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Blake Bortles rushed for 285 yards and scored eight touchdowns.

Blake Bortles was the MVP of the 2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl after completing 22 of 32 passes for 271 yards with three touchdowns and 79 rushing yards against the Ball State Cardinals.

In 2013, Blake Bortles led the Knights to the inaugural championship of the American Athletic Conference, earning the league's automatic berth to a BCS bowl, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Blake Bortles was named the Offensive MVP of the game, which was UCF's first major bowl win in school history.

Blake Bortles added 87 rushes for 272 yards and six rushing touchdowns.

On January 5,2014, Blake Bortles announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL Draft.

On May 8,2014, at the 2014 NFL Draft, Blake Bortles was chosen in the first round with the third overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Blake Bortles was the first of an eventual 14 quarterbacks to be drafted.

Blake Bortles went on to complete 14-of-24 passes for 223 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions.

Blake Bortles completed 13 of 26 passes for a touchdown and no interceptions along with 50 rushing yards.

Blake Bortles established himself as a dual-threat quarterback in his rookie season by rushing for 20 or more yards seven times in 2014, second only to Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks.

Blake Bortles threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.

Blake Bortles was seventh in the NFL in passing yards with 4,428, behind Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Brady, Palmer, Matt Ryan, and Manning.

Blake Bortles was ranked 56th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.

Blake Bortles finished the 2016 season with 3,905 yards passing and a 58.9 completion percentage, 23 touchdown passes, 16 interceptions, but just 34 sacks, and five 300+ yard games.

Blake Bortles broke 300 yards passing just once in Week 7 with 330 passing yards, one passing touchdown and no interceptions for a 124.7 rating against the Indianapolis Colts.

Blake Bortles finished the regular season with 3,687 passing yards, 21 touchdowns to 13 interceptions, and an 84.7 quarterback rating.

Blake Bortles completed 12 of 23 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown.

Blake Bortles had a game-high 88 yards rushing on 10 carries.

Blake Bortles joined Michael Vick as the only quarterbacks with more rushing than passing yards in a postseason game since the 1970 merger, and the 75 net passing yards was the lowest by a winning postseason quarterback since Joe Flacco in the 2009 postseason.

Blake Bortles completed 14 of 26 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown to stifle a Steelers comeback.

Blake Bortles finished the game completing 23 of 36 passes for 293 yards and a touchdown.

Blake Bortles was benched for Cody Kessler after he lost the second fumble, finishing the day with a career-low 61 yards on 12 attempts.

At the time, the Jaguars had the league's second-best defense but had lost three games in a row; Blake Bortles was tied for second-worst in the league with four sub-200-yard passing games, third-worst with eight interceptions, and seventh-worst with five fumbles.

Blake Bortles fumbled the opening snap, but played through a shoulder injury to finish with 286 yards and a touchdown.

Blake Bortles finished the game with 320 yards and two touchdowns.

The next day, Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone announced that Blake Bortles would be benched in favor of Cody Kessler for the Week 13 matchup against the Colts.

Blake Bortles was then 30th of 34 qualified quarterbacks in completion percentage, quarterback rating, and yards-per-attempt, and second-worst only to Oakland's Derek Carr with eight losses.

Blake Bortles started the season finale against the Texans, but was ineffective with just 107 yards and an interception on 28 attempts.

Blake Bortles was released by the Jaguars on March 13,2019, after the team signed quarterback Nick Foles.

Over his five years with the Jaguars, Blake Bortles led the league in interceptions and second among quarterbacks in fumbles to Russell Wilson.

On March 18,2019, Blake Bortles signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams to be Jared Goff's backup.

Blake Bortles played three snaps of a Week 7 blowout of the Atlanta Falcons with a 20-point lead late in the fourth quarter.

Five days prior, Blake Bortles was reunited with his former Jaguars teammate Jalen Ramsey in a trade that sent Ramsey to the Rams in exchange for first round picks in 2020 and 2021, as well as a fourth round pick in 2021.

Blake Bortles saw action in a seven-play drive and completed his first pass of the season.

On September 24,2020, Blake Bortles was signed by the Denver Broncos after an injury to starter Drew Lock.

Blake Bortles was released by the Broncos on October 17,2020, after Lock recovered from his shoulder injury.

Blake Bortles was re-signed to Denver's practice squad two days later.

On December 29,2020, Blake Bortles was signed by the Los Angeles Rams off the Broncos' practice squad following an injury to starter Jared Goff.

On May 24,2021, Blake Bortles signed a one-year deal with the Green Bay Packers worth $1 million.

On November 4,2021, Blake Bortles was re-signed to the Packers practice squad as the backup for Jordan Love after starter Aaron Rodgers was unavailable for Week 9 due to a COVID-19 diagnosis.

On December 24,2021, Blake Bortles was signed by the New Orleans Saints to back up rookie quarterback Ian Book after starter Jameis Winston tore his ACL in week 8.

On January 6,2022, Blake Bortles was placed on the Saints COVID-19 protocol list and was inactive for their Week 18 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons.

Blake Bortles announced his retirement on the podcast Pardon My Take on October 5,2022.

Blake Bortles' brother, Colby, was a third baseman with the Ole Miss baseball team, and was drafted in the 22nd round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.

Blake Bortles was the subject of a long-running gag on the NBC TV comedy The Good Place, where Jason Mendoza, a former Jacksonville resident, continues his fandom of the Jaguars, and Blake Bortles in particular, into the afterlife.