Kyle Orton Bio, Wife, Age, Net Worth, Height, Purdue, Career and Stats

Kyle Orton Biography

Kyle Orton (Full name – Kyle Raymond Orton) is a former American football quarterback in NFL who was born on November 14, 1982, Altoona, Iowa, U.S. He started four straight bowl games when he played college football for Purdue.

Kyle Orton High School

Kyle Orton was a four-sport star in football, basketball, tennis, and track & field at Southeast Polk High School in Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

Orton was the No. 2 ranked quarterback in the nation by SuperPrep and No. 7 by Rivals.com at the end of his high school career. His career passing statistics were 208 for 450 (46.2%), 3,176 yards with 24 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. He earned honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference his senior year, after completing 95 of 192 attempts (49.5%), 1,366 yards with 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions.

Kyle Orton Wife

Orton is married to Bridget Orton. Together, they have a daughter. Kyle Orton and his wife moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to raise their daughter, after retiring from the NFL in 2014. He intends to mentor high school and college-level football players in Louisiana.

Kyle Orton Age

Kyle Orton was born on November 14, 1982, in Altoona, Iowa, USA. He is a former American football quarterback playing professional football in the NFL. Orton is 36 years old as of 2018.

Kyle Orton Height | Weight

Orton is huge a huge who is quite tall in stature. He stands at a towering height of 6 ft 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighs a massive 228 lb (103 kg). Other body measurements are not immediately available but will be updated as soon as they can be verified.

Kyle Orton Career Earnings | Net Worth

Orton earned most of his fortune when he was a professional football player in the NFL. He had an annual salary of $7 million and is estimated to have a net worth of $14 million. He attended Southeast Polk High School in Runnells, Iowa, where he also participated in basketball, tennis, and track and field.

Kyle Orton Purdue | College

Kyle Orton grew up a Husker fan but chose to attend a program with a stronger passing attack. He committed to Purdue but considered attending Colorado before ultimately deciding on the former.

Orton tied former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees’ record for the number of passing yards in a game (522 vs. Indiana Hoosiers). That record was broken in 2018 when David Blough threw for 572 yards in a game against the University of Missouri. He is the only Purdue quarterback to start four consecutive bowl games (Brees and Mark Herrmann started three straight). Kyle Orton started in 2001, 2002 and 2004 Sun Bowl, and the 2003 Capital One Bowl. During his undergraduate years at Purdue, Orton was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Orton was the preseason third-team All-American quarterback in 2004, behind USC’s Matt Leinart and Oklahoma’s Jason White. Kyle Orton had a nice start to the season, having led Purdue to a 5–0 start with 18 touchdowns and no interceptions. He was a Heisman Trophy hopeful until a late 4th quarter Orton fumble was returned for a touchdown by cornerback Scott Starks against the undefeated 12th ranked Wisconsin Badgers, giving the 5th ranked Purdue its first of several losses that season.

He sustained multiple injuries later that season, in consecutive games against Michigan and Northwestern forcing him to lose his starting position for a month. Brandon Kirsch was his replacement during that time.

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.

Kyle Orton Bears | NFL

In the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft, Kyle Orton was drafted by the Chicago Bears. Orton was pressed into service as the starting quarterback during his rookie year after an injury to Bears starter Rex Grossman. He started the first 14 games of the 2005 season but was replaced by Grossman for the playoffs that year.

In 2006, Orton did not play at all and played sparingly in 2007. He regained his starting job from Grossman in 2008, but the team finished a disappointing 9–7 and out of the playoffs. Orton was traded to the Denver Broncos in the offseason of that year.

Kyle Orton Broncos

In the 2009 season, Orton started his Broncos career by winning his first six games but injuries hobbled him in the second half of the season. The team finished 8–8 and out of the playoffs, even though Orton threw 21 touchdowns and only 12 interceptions. He started the 2010 season as the starting quarterback, though the team was not competitive most of the season, finishing 4–12. Orton was replaced by Tim Tebow for the final three games of the 2010 season, after throwing 3 interceptions versus the Arizona Cardinals on December 12 and with the Broncos eliminated from the playoffs.

He again began the season in 2011 as a starter, however, he was replaced by Tebow again after a disappointing start to the season. Orton was released by the Broncos on November 22, and claimed off of waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs the next day, following several weeks on the bench, in which he did not take a snap for the Broncos. The Dallas Cowboys signed him on March 14, 2012, off of free agency after his contract expired.

Kyle Orton Bills

The Cowboys released Kyle Orton prior to the 2014 season, as he would not show up for training camp. He signed with the Buffalo Bills just prior to the 2014 season. On September 29, 2014, Bills head coach Doug Marrone named Orton starting quarterback of the then 2–2 Bills. Orton led the Buffalo Bills to a 9–7 record in 2014 and announced his retirement shortly after the conclusion of the season.

Kyle Orton Number | Jersey

In honor of former Nebraska Cornhuskers’ quarterback Brook Berringer, who died in a plane crash in 1996, Kyle Orton wore uniform No. 18.

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