Curtis Painter life and biography

Curtis Painter is a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.

CAREER

2010: Was active but did not play at Houston 9/12, vs. NY Giants 9/19, at Denver 9/26, at Jacksonville 10/3, vs. Kansas City 10/10, at Washington 10/17, vs. Houston 11/1, at Philadelphia 11/7, vs. Cincinnati 11/14, at New England 11/21, vs. San Diego 11/28, vs. Dallas 12/5, at Tennessee 12/9 and vs. Jacksonville 12/19.

2009: Appeared in two games…was active but did not play games 9-14…was inactive (3rd QB) for first eight games…was 8-28-83, 2 ints. passing and 3-4 rushing…was 4-11-44, 1 int. passing and 1-3 rushing vs. NYJ 12/27…was 4-17-39, 1 int. passing and 2-1 rushing at Buffalo 1/3. POST-SEASON: Was active but did not play vs. Baltimore 1/16 in Divisional Playoffs, vs. NYJ 1/24 in AFC Championship Game and vs. New Orleans 2/7 in Super Bowl XLIV.

COLLEGE

Four-year letterman who started 41 of 46 career games…was 987-1,648-11,163, 67 TDs/46 ints. passing…also was 225-348, 13 TDs rushing and 1-19 receiving…started nine of 10 games as senior…was 227-379-2,400, 13 TDs/11 ints. passing…was 29-55-359, 2 TDs/1 int. at Notre Dame and 38-54-448, 5 TDs vs. Indiana for top performances…started 13 games as junior…was 356-569-3,846, 29 TDs/11 ints. passing and had 3 TDs rushing…had six 300+-yard passing games and six 3+-TD games…ranked 12th in NCAA and 2nd in Big Ten in passing yards per game (295.9)…tied Big Ten seasonal record with 569 passing attempts (Drew Brees, 1998), while seasonal completions total ranks 2nd in conference history and passing yards rank 4th…was 14-30-244, 4 TDs at Toledo and 38-49-348, 6 TDs vs. Eastern Illinois…was 35-54-546, 3 TDs/2 ints. against Central Michigan in Motor City Bowl…was named Most Valuable Player while setting school record for single-game passing yards…started 14 games as sophomore…was 315-530-3,985, 22 TDs/19 ints. passing and had 6 TDs rushing…set Big Ten record in seasonal passing yards (3,983, Drew Brees, 1998)…284.6 passing yards per game ranked 7th in NCAA and led Big Ten…had four 300+-yard games, including two 400+ games…was 30-39-416, 3 TDs/2 ints. vs. Ball State and 35-49-431, 2 TDs/1 int. at Northwestern…was 29-42-357, 4 TDs/2 ints. at Hawaii to earn Big Ten Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors…was 23-36-264, 1 TD/int. against Maryland in Champs Sports Bowl…started five of nine games as freshman…was 89-170-932, 3 TDs/5 ints. passing and had 4 TDs rushing…was redshirted in 2004…holds degree in computer graphics technology.

PERSONAL

Full name is Curtis Jeffrey Painter…born in Watseka, Ill.…attended Lincoln High School…was PrepStar All-American…was 106-207-1,787, 16 TDs as senior…was all-state, all-area and all-conference choice and Mr. Football finalist…led team to 11-2 record and conference and sectional championships…was selected to Indiana All-Star Game…had three-year record of 28-7 with 4,946 passing yards, 49 passing TDs and 17 rushing TDs…set school records for pass attempts (618), completions (304), yards (5,039) and TDs (49)…also played basketball and baseball…single…resides in Yorktown, Ind.

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