Rod Rutherford entered the National Football League when he was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2004.
12 Facts About Rod Rutherford
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Rod Rutherford won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers the following year in Super Bowl XL as a practice team player over the Seattle Seahawks.
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Rod Rutherford attended Perry Traditional Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a letterman in football.
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Rod Rutherford was named Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Athlete of the Year" in both 1998 and 1999.
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Rod Rutherford was heavily recruited by a number of NCAA Division I schools, including Pittsburgh, Penn State, Miami, Michigan State, Indiana, and Syracuse.
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At Pitt Rod Rutherford led the Panthers to consecutive winning seasons as the starter in 2002 and 2003, winning All-Big East honors for both efforts.
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That season Rod Rutherford set the single-season record for most passing yards in a season at the Pitt with 3,679.
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Rod Rutherford was rated the 12th quarterback in the 2004 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Rod Rutherford was undrafted upon entering the NFL, but was signed to the Carolina Panthers, where he spent the 2004 season on the practice squad.
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Rod Rutherford returned to the University of Pittsburgh as a defensive assistant coach in 2009.
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In 2011, Rod Rutherford was hired by Curt Cignetti to coach wide receivers for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a position he held for five seasons through 2015.
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Rod Rutherford is the quarterbacks coach at Lake Nona High School.