Jay Christopher Cutler was born on April 29,1983 and is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 12 seasons.
108 Facts About Jay Cutler
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Jay Cutler was named among the 100 greatest Bears of All-Time in 2019.
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Jay Cutler attended Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Indiana.
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Jay Cutler started at safety for three years, intercepting nine passes as a senior, 12th overall in the state.
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Jay Cutler played strong safety in the state championship and made 19 tackles.
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Jay Cutler was named a first-team All-State selection by the Associated Press as a senior.
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Jay Cutler grew up as a Chicago Bears fan during his youth in Indiana.
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Jay Cutler redshirted in his 2001 freshman season, and subsequently started all 45 career games that he played for the Commodores, the most starts by a quarterback in school history.
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Jay Cutler did not miss a game in college due to injury.
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In 2002, Jay Cutler set the school record for touchdowns and rushing yards by a freshman and rushed for more yards than any other Southeastern Conference quarterback that year.
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In 2004, as a junior, Jay Cutler completed 61.0 percent of his passes, setting a school record, while throwing for 1,844 yards with 10 touchdowns and a career-low five interceptions.
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Jay Cutler led the Commodores to victories over Wake Forest, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Richmond and Tennessee.
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Jay Cutler passed for three touchdowns and 315 yards, becoming the first quarterback in school history to record four consecutive 300-yard passing performances.
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Jay Cutler graduated from Vanderbilt in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in human and organizational development.
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In 2016, Jay Cutler was inducted into the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Jay Cutler was ranked by many experts as the third-best quarterback prospect in the 2006 NFL Draft, after Matt Leinart of USC and Vince Young of Texas.
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At the 2006 NFL Scouting Combine, Jay Cutler completed 23 repetitions of a 225-pound bench press and ran a 40-yard dash in 4.77 seconds.
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Jay Cutler was selected, with the 11th pick of the first round of the draft, by the Denver Broncos, who traded their 1st and 3rd round picks to the St Louis Rams to move up.
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Many believed Jay Cutler was chosen by the Broncos due to the lackluster performance in the previous season's AFC Championship Game of Jake Plummer.
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Jay Cutler is the third first-round pick to come from Vanderbilt, preceded by Will Wolford and Bill Wade.
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On July 27,2006, Jay Cutler agreed to terms on a six-year $48 million contract, which included $11 million in bonuses.
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Jay Cutler passed for more yards than any other rookie in the preseason.
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Jay Cutler had two interceptions and took three sacks in the loss.
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Jay Cutler finished the game 21-of-31 with 261 yards, two touchdowns, an interception and a QB rating of 101.7, the highest for a Broncos rookie since John Elway in 1983.
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Jay Cutler went 12-of-23 with 179 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
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Jay Cutler directed the Broncos on a 99-yard drive in the third quarter that culminated on a Mike Bell two-yard touchdown run.
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Jay Cutler became the second rookie in league history to throw at least two touchdown passes in each of his first four starts.
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Jay Cutler posted the second-highest touchdown percentage and third-highest TD-to-INT ratio among NFL rookies since 1970 with at least 125 passing attempts.
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Jay Cutler's pass attempts, completions, and yards for the game were career-highs at the time.
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Jay Cutler led Denver to their second straight comeback win the next week in the home opener against the Oakland Raiders.
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Late in regulation, Jay Cutler moved the team 78 yards in 15 plays for the game-tying field goal with 2:18 remaining.
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Jay Cutler had a touchdown pass during the game, making him the first Broncos passer to begin his Broncos career with at least one touchdown pass in his first seven starts.
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In that game, Jay Cutler passed for four touchdowns and a then-career-best rating of 141.0.
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Jay Cutler started all 16 games, completing 297-of-467 passes for 3,497 yards, 20 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
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Jay Cutler was the NFL's 12th-ranked passer and had the tenth-most passing yards.
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Furthermore, Jay Cutler was the league's ninth-best third-down passer, with a 92.1 passer rating.
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In late 2007, various experts suggested Jay Cutler was the young quarterback most likely to reach the elite status along the lines of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
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Jay Cutler went 36-of-50, with 350 yards passing and a career-best-tying four touchdowns, including one to Eddie Royal on 4th and Goal with 0:24 left, followed by a game-winning two-point conversion again to Royal.
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Jay Cutler finished the game going 24-of-42 with 447 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, and received AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career.
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Jay Cutler did reach 3,000 yards on the season, tying John Elway by reaching this mark in 11 games.
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Jay Cutler finished the season with career-highs in passing completions, passing attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, interceptions, rushing attempts and rushing touchdowns.
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Jay Cutler had the most 300-yard passing games in team history.
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Jay Cutler was selected as the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performances during Weeks 10,13 and 14.
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Jay Cutler finished third in fan voting for AFC quarterbacks in the 2009 Pro Bowl, and was officially selected as a reserve.
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Jay Cutler was traded with the Broncos' fifth-round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft pick to the Chicago Bears for quarterback Kyle Orton, the Bears' first- and third-round selections in 2009, and first-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft on April 3,2009.
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Jay Cutler was the subject of most of the praise and criticism during the Chicago Bears' mercurial season.
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Jay Cutler began the season with 4 INTs in a loss to Green Bay, followed by seven touchdowns to one interception in three straight wins with a 100+ QB Rating.
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Jay Cutler earned Offensive Player of the Week for his effort against the Vikings.
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Jay Cutler then ended the season with another four-touchdown outing and win over Detroit.
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Jay Cutler finished the season with 27 touchdowns, league-leading 26 interceptions, 3,666 yards passing, and career-worst passer rating of 76.8.
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However, in week 4, Jay Cutler was sacked nine times in the first half against the New York Giants, missing the rest of that game and the next with a concussion.
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Martz retooled the offensive line and showed more commitment to the running game, allowing Jay Cutler to escape the next three games with just six sacks total.
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The Bears did not make an immediate announcement about Jay Cutler's condition, allowing speculation to grow.
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In possibly the NFL's first player-on-player social media attack, Jay Cutler was being criticized seconds after the injury by Maurice Jones-Drew, Darnell Dockett, Deion Sanders, and Mark Schlereth.
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Bears coach Lovie Smith later clarified that he, and not Jay Cutler, made the decision after consulting the medical and training staff.
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In Week 2 against the New Orleans Saints, Jay Cutler was sacked 6 times and kicked in the throat.
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Jay Cutler played through the final drive for the win, but the injury required season-ending surgery.
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Unlike Martz, Tice allowed Jay Cutler to call audibles at the line of scrimmage.
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Jay Cutler started his season by throwing an interception returned for a touchdown by the Colts' Jerrell Freeman.
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In Week 10 against the Houston Texans, Jay Cutler joined Michael Vick and Alex Smith as the third NFL quarterback out with a concussion that day.
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Jay Cutler returned for a Week 12 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
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Jay Cutler finished the season with two solid performances in easy wins over the Cardinals and Lions.
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Jay Cutler again finished the season in the top 5 for times sacked, but nevertheless, led the league in fourth-quarter passer rating with 114.7.
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New head coach Marc Trestman developed a successful strategy to better protect his quarterback, and in the first six games Jay Cutler was sacked only 9 times compared to 23,19, and 19 in the previous three seasons.
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Under the new scheme, Jay Cutler began the season with three consecutive games with a 90+ passer rating for the first time since 2009.
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Jay Cutler threw three interceptions in a week 4 loss to Detroit.
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In week five, Jay Cutler was sacked three times and fumbled in the first 16 minutes of the game, then rebounded for 358 yards, two touchdowns, and a season-high 128.1 passer rating in defeat.
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Jay Cutler threw 2 touchdowns in a Week 6 win over the New York Giants.
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However, against the Washington Redskins the following week, his 100th career start, Jay Cutler tore a groin muscle when sacked by Chris Baker, breaking Jim Harbaugh's franchise record for most times sacked.
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Jay Cutler was medically cleared to return early for the week 10 game against Detroit, where he had 250 yards, one touchdown, and one interception before a hit from Stephen Tulloch in the second quarter finally drove him from the game on the Bears last drive.
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Jay Cutler missed the next four games with his injury and McCown played well in his absence, leading to some controversy when Jay Cutler was reinstated as the starting QB in Week 15.
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Jay Cutler threw two interceptions in the first half against the Cleveland Browns, one returned for a touchdown, but ended with a 102.2 passer rating and three touchdowns.
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Jay Cutler ended the season completing 224 of 355 passes for 2,621 yards, 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, and a career-high 89.2 passer rating.
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On January 2,2014, Jay Cutler signed a seven-year deal, keeping him with the Bears through the 2020 NFL season.
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In both weeks 4 and 5, Jay Cutler threw two touchdowns and two interceptions in defeats to the Packers and Panthers.
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Jay Cutler threw three touchdowns, two interceptions, and 330 yards against the Vikings, and 130 yards and one passing touchdown against Tampa Bay.
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Jay Cutler finished the game with two touchdowns, two interceptions, and 280 yards.
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The Bears suffered their eighth loss of the season to the Dallas Cowboys, in which Jay Cutler threw 341 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, mathematically eliminating the Bears from the playoffs.
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The next week, Jay Cutler threw two touchdowns, three interceptions, and just 194 yards for a season-low 55.8 passer rating in a loss to the Saints.
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Jay Cutler accrued 3,812 passing yards, a career-high 28 passing touchdowns, but led the NFL with 18 interceptions.
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Jay Cutler began the season with a lackluster 225 yards in a loss to Green Bay, tossing a last-minute touchdown to Bennett to bring his rating up to 67.5.
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Jay Cutler began Week 2 against the Cardinals with 8 straight completions, but then threw an interception and injured his hamstring failing to stop safety Tony Jefferson from returning it for a touchdown.
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Jay Cutler returned against Oakland, throwing two first half touchdowns, and drove 48 yards in the last 2:05 to set-up a game-winning field goal.
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In Week 6, Jay Cutler was just short of a third consecutive comeback: despite a season-best 353 yards, a 4th quarter touchdown and 2-point conversion, followed by a 69-yard drive in 17 seconds for a game-tying field goal, the Bears lost in overtime to the Lions.
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Jay Cutler had three unremarkable games in narrow losses to Denver and San Francisco and a narrow win at Green Bay.
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On third down, Jay Cutler had a 103.2 passer rating after completing 91 of 141 passes for 1,242 yards, seven touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Jay Cutler fumbled and threw two interceptions in a loss to Tampa Bay.
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Jay Cutler sustained a labrum injury in his throwing shoulder on November 20,2016, in a loss to the Giants, and missed the rest of the season.
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On March 9,2017, Jay Cutler was released by the Bears through a $2 million buyout clause, after the guaranteed years in his seven-year contract had run out.
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In May 2017, Jay Cutler announced his retirement from professional football and was hired by Fox Sports to be a commentator.
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Jay Cutler was 24-of-33 for 230 yards with a touchdown to wide receiver Kenny Stills in the road victory.
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Jay Cutler was replaced by Matt Moore during the game and was ruled out for the following week's game against the Baltimore Ravens.
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Jay Cutler returned in Week 9 to face the Oakland Raiders.
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Jay Cutler had his best performance of the year in a Monday Night Football game against New England where he outplayed Tom Brady and the Dolphins upset the Patriots.
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In 2011, after the Bears lost five straight games while Jay Cutler was out with a thumb injury, Chicago recording artist Magic 1 recorded "Cutty Come Back", a parody of the song "Baby Come Back".
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An internet meme, called "Smokin' Jay Cutler", portrays pictures of Cutler in an apathetic state with a cigarette photoshopped into his mouth.
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Jay Cutler commented he is aware of the meme and "gets a kick out of that".
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In 2013, Jay Cutler played himself in an episode of the comedy show The League alongside his ex-wife, Kristin Cavallari, who appeared in one other episode of the show.
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Jay Cutler supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, and Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
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Jay Cutler posted and then deleted an Instagram post in November 2020 that supported the conspiracy that Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate.
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Jay Cutler regularly appeared on the show Very Cavallari between 2018 and 2020.
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Jay Cutler began dating Kristin Cavallari in September 2010 and became engaged to her in April 2011.
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On May 1,2008, Jay Cutler announced that he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and needs daily insulin shots.
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Jay Cutler works with Dedicated to Diabetes, which is a Denver-based organization that aims to improve public knowledge about diabetes.
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For every pass Jay Cutler completed in 2009, Lilly donated $100 to the ADA Camp Scholarship fund to allow even more kids the chance to attend camp the following summer.
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In 2012, Jay Cutler visited Perspectives Charter School in Chicago, and talked about diabetes awareness.
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In 2021, Jay Cutler launched a meat subscription service called CUTS and his podcast "Uncut" a few months later.
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In 2022, Jay Cutler launched Gratis Brewing, which is based in Nashville.