1. Kyle Raymond Orton was born on November 14,1982 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback.
57 Facts About Kyle Orton
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Kyle Orton played college football for Purdue, where he started four straight bowl games.
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Kyle Orton was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL draft.
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Kyle Orton did not play at all in 2006, and sparingly in 2007.
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Kyle Orton lost his starting role to Tim Tebow during the 2011 season and was released by the team.
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Kyle Orton was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Kyle Orton spent the next three seasons as a back-up quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.
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Kyle Orton's career passing statistics were 208 for 450,3,176 yards with 24 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions.
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Kyle Orton earned honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference his senior year, after completing 95 of 192 attempts, 1,366 yards with 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions.
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Kyle Orton wore uniform No 18 in honor of former Nebraska Cornhuskers' quarterback Brook Berringer who died in a plane crash in 1996.
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Kyle Orton committed to Purdue, but considered attending Colorado before ultimately deciding on the former.
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Kyle Orton started in the 2001,2002 and 2004 Sun Bowl, and the 2003 Capital One Bowl.
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Kyle Orton is the only Purdue quarterback to start four consecutive bowl games.
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In 2004, Kyle Orton was the preseason third-team All-American quarterback, behind USC's Matt Leinart and Oklahoma's Jason White as well as a Heisman Trophy hopeful early in the season.
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Kyle Orton was able to return to the field in the 4th quarter against Ohio State to help the Boilermakers get the go ahead TD to overcome the Buckeyes and snap their losing streak.
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Kyle 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.
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Kyle Orton was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
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Kyle Orton started 15 games of the season, but was replaced by Grossman after halftime during the Bears' Week 15 victory against the Atlanta Falcons.
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The coaching staff asked Kyle Orton to minimize mistakes and to let the rushing attack and the defense win ballgames rather than employing an aggressive passing attack.
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Kyle Orton's 15 starts and 10 victories are both rookie records for Bears quarterbacks.
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Kyle Orton, now demoted, became the Bears' third-string quarterback, and did not see any action throughout the entire 2006 season.
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Leak struggled in training camp, while Kyle Orton, who had trained in the off-season, excelled but was placed at third string.
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Kyle Orton continued to show signs of improvement in the preseason.
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Kyle Orton 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.
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Kyle Orton made his first start in nearly two seasons on December 17,2007, against the Minnesota Vikings.
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Kyle Orton finished with 22 completions on 38 attempts, 184 yards, and 1 interception.
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Kyle Orton 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.
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On February 25,2008, the Bears and Kyle Orton agreed to a one-year contract extension running through the 2009 season.
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Kyle Orton finished the game with a career-high, at that time, passer rating of 121.4.
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Kyle Orton sustained an ankle injury against the Detroit Lions in Week 9 of the NFL season, and did not start the next week.
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Kyle Orton rushed himself back into the starting lineup a week after Grossman had a solid outing coming off the bench against the Titans.
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Kyle Orton 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.
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Kyle Orton led another drive for the game-winning field goal in overtime.
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On October 13,2009, Kyle Orton was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week, for that effort.
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Kyle Orton came out of the game at halftime with a career-high passer rating of 134.7.
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Kyle Orton did return partway through that game, replacing Chris Simms.
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Kyle Orton signed a one-year contract extension, on August 19,2010.
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On September 26,2010, Kyle Orton threw for 476 yards against the Indianapolis Colts, a career-high.
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Later in the season, with the Broncos eliminated from playoff contention, Kyle Orton played poorly against the Arizona Cardinals on December 12,2010.
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Kyle Orton finished the season with 3,653 yards, 20 touchdowns, and nine interceptions.
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Kyle Orton entered the 2011 season as the Broncos starting quarterback.
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Kyle Orton 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.
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Kyle Orton was waived on November 22,2011, officially ending his tenure with the Denver Broncos.
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Kyle Orton was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs on November 23,2011, after a season-ending injury to starting quarterback Matt Cassel.
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On December 4,2011, in a game against his former team, the Chicago Bears, Kyle Orton came into the second quarter to relieve Tyler Palko, but was injured on his first pass attempt.
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Kyle Orton completed 23 of 31 passes for 299 yards with no interceptions and no passing touchdowns.
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On March 14,2012, Kyle Orton signed a three-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys to replace former backup quarterback Jon Kitna, who retired after the Cowboys' 2011 season.
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On December 27,2013, head coach Jason Garrett announced that Kyle Orton would be the starting quarterback for the week 17 game against the Philadelphia Eagles after Tony Romo underwent back surgery.
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Kyle Orton threw for 30 completions and 358 yards on 46 attempts and two touchdowns.
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Besides accumulating $70,000 in fines, quarterback coach Wade Wilson reported that Kyle Orton did not maintain any communications with the Cowboys during this period.
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Kyle Orton, who risked losing part of his signing bonus by holding out, eventually showed up to training camp.
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Kyle Orton would follow Jeremiah Ratliff as the second player in two straight years to force the Cowboys to waive him.
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On September 29,2014, at the beginning of week 5, Bills head coach Doug Marrone announced that Kyle Orton would become the new starting quarterback for the Bills in relief of EJ Manuel.
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Kyle Orton finished the season with 3,018 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, 10 interceptions and an 87.8 quarterback rating.
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On December 29,2014, Kyle Orton announced his retirement from the NFL.
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Kyle Orton intends to mentor high school and college-level football players in Louisiana.
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Kyle Orton is currently coaching for his high school alma mater, Southeast Polk in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, as an assistant coach.