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Kurtis Warner

 
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Kurtis Warner Profile :
- Arizona Cardinals
 
Kurtis Warner Biography :

CARDINALS HIGHLIGHTS

Playing in his 76th career game on 9/24/06 vs. St. Louis, became the second fastest quarterback to reach 20,000 yards in NFL history, trailing only Dan Marino who did it in 74 games.

Recorded the highest completion percentage in Cardinals history in 2005, completing 64.5% of his passes (242-375).

In 2005, helped the Cardinals rank as the league’s #1 ranked passing offense for the first time in team history.

His five 300-yard passing games in 2005 led the NFL; combined with Josh McCown’s two, the Cardinals had a league-high seven 300-yard games in 2005.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

A two-time NFL MVP (1999 and 2001); was also named Super Bowl XXXIV MVP after leading the Rams to a victory over the Tennessee Titans (1/30/00).

A three-time Pro Bowler, has led the NFL in passing yardage, completion percentage and average gain per attempt three times each, has had the highest quarterback rating and led the league in touchdown passes twice.

Career completion percentage of 65.6% entering 2007 ranks #1 in NFL history ahead of Daunte Culpepper (64.2%), Steve Young (64.3%), Marc Bulger (64.4%) and Chad Pennington (65.1%).

Entering 2007, his career QB rating of 93.8 ranks #3 all-time in NFL history behind only Peyton Manning (94.4) and Steve Young (96.8).

Warner’s 4,830 passing yards in 2001 represent the second-highest single-season total in NFL history (Dan Marino, 5,084 in 1984).

Recorded nine 300-yard passing games in both 1999 and 2001 (NFL single-season record is 10 by Oakland’s Rich Gannon in 2002).

Holds a share of the NFL record for most consecutive 300-yard passing games with six in 2000 (shares with Rich Gannon, 2002, and San Francisco’s Steve Young, 1998).

Has twice posted a perfect passer rating of 158.3 (10/1/00 vs. SD and 10/3/99 @ Cin). Became the first player in NFL history to record two perfect games.

Became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 passing yards, accomplishing the feat in his 36th career game.

Has 37 career 300-yard passing games including two 400-yard passing games.

Pro Career:

One of the greatest success stories in NFL history, Warner signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals as an unrestricted free agent on 3/6/05 and inked a three-year pact with the Cardinals on 2/14/06 following the 2005 season. Originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent on 4/28/94 but was released on 8/17/94. Warner went on to play in the Arena Football League with the Iowa Barnstormers (1995-97) before being signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams on 12/26/97. Signed as an unrestricted free agent by NY Giants on 6/3/04. A two-time NFL Most Valuable Player (1999 and 2001) and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIV, led the Rams to 23-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans. Warner also led St. Louis to Super Bowl XXXVI where the Rams lost to New England 20-17.

2006: Saw action in six games with five starts in his second season with the Cardinals completed 23-of-37 passes for 301 yards, three touchdowns and a 114.8 passer rating in the season opener vs. SF (9/10), his sixth 300-yard day of his Cardinals career and 36th overall; named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance, his sixth career Player of the Week honor and second with the Cardinals ... completed 19-of-28 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown vs. StL (9/24); in 76 career games, became the second fastest quarterback to reach 20,000 yards in NFL history, with only Dan Marino, 74 games, doing it faster saw his first action since Oct. 1, coming in the game after Matt Leinart suffered a shoulder sprain in the second quarter, completing nine-of-13 passes for 105 yards @ SF (12/24) in his first start since week four, completed 22-of-32 passes for 356 yards and one TD @ SD (12/31); his 64-yard completion to Anquan Boldin in the fourth quarter established a new team long for the season while his 68.8% completion percentage also established a season high for a starting QB.

2005: Saw action in 10 games with 10 starts in his first Arizona campaign recorded his first 300-yard passing game since he threw for 342 yards for the Rams @ NYG (9/7/03) completing 28 of 41 passes for 307 yards in the home opener vs. StL (9/18); in the final drive of the game connected on six-of-six passes for 76 yards suffered a groin injury @ Sea (9/25) and did not return in the second half of the game deactivated vs. SF (10/2); vs. Car (10/9) due to the groin injury did not play as the back-up QB vs. Ten (10/23); @ Dal (10/30) recorded his 32nd career 300+ passing day vs. Sea (11/6) connecting on 29 of 48 passes for 334 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions; found WR Bryant Johnson for a six-yard TD pass, Johnson’s first of the season had his second consecutive 300-yard passing day completing 29-of-45 passes for 359 yards and one touchdown for a 96.4 passer rating, his highest since 2004 recorded first win as a Cardinal in a 38-28 victory over his former team @ StL (11/20) completing 27-of-39 passes for 285 yards and three touchdowns and no interceptions completed 10-of-10 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game @ Hou (12/18) with a sprained MCL placed on injured reserve on 12/20 and missed the final two games of the season.

2004: Played in 10 games with nine starts for the Giants before being replaced as the starter, after posting a 5-4 record, by rookie Eli Manning started vs. Was (9/19) and completed 22-of-33 attempts for 232 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions; opened the game with eight straight completions, the seventh of those eight was a 38-yard touchdown pass to WR Tim Carter completed 20 passes on 26 attempts for 187 yards with one touchdown and one interception @ GB (10/3); streak of passes thrown without an interception ended at 126 when he was picked off by safety Darren Sharper late in the first quarter; four-yard touchdown pass to Shockey in the fourth quarter was his second touchdown of the season and gave the Giants a 14-7 lead finished with 18 completions on 33 attempts for 217 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions in a win @ Dal (10/10); became the first Giants quarterback since Danny Kanell in 1997 to win four of his first five starts in his final game as the starter @ Arz (11/14), finished with 19 completions on 30 attempts for 193 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions did not see action for next three games before replacing Eli Manning @ Bal (12/12) in the fourth quarter completing six passes of nine attempts for 127 yards.

2003: Played in two games with one start for the Rams threw for 342 yards while completing 34 of 54 @ NYG (9/7) for one touchdown and an interception; the 54 attempts were a career-high, and second most in Rams franchise history; it marked his 30th career 300-yard passing game; was sacked six times and fumbled and suffered a concussion did not play again until regular season finale @ Det (12/28), completing four-of-11 passes for 23 yards.

2002: Played in seven games with six starts in injury-plagued season in St. Louis started first four games, leaving the game vs. Dal (9/29) with a finger injury that would sideline him for the next five games saw limited action vs. Chi (11/18), returned to starting lineup for the next two games, @ Was (11/24) and @ Phi (12/1) missed final four games with a hand injury, and was placed on injured reserve (12/12) recorded three 300-yard passing games, including a season-high 315 yards @ Den (9/8) reached several milestones @ TB (9/23), where he completed his 1,000th career pass, becoming the fastest to reach the milestone in terms of games (47, one game fewer than Drew Bledsoe and Peyton Manning), and attempts (1,487, 84 fewer attempts than Joe Montana - 1,571); his 17th attempt (an incompletion) was the 1,500th of his career, qualifying him for the NFL’s career list of leading lifetime passers; became the third quarterback to enter the list at No. 1, following Joe Montana (1983) and Dan Marino (1986), and first quarterback to enter the list with a rating of over 100.0 opened game @ Was (11/24) by completing a career-high 15 consecutive passes, tying for third-highest in team history; a 4-yard touchdown pass to Troy Edwards was his 100th career touchdown pass, moving him into 4th place in Rams history, surpassing Hall of Famer Bob Waterfield, and tying Brett Favre for the 5th-fastest to reach the milestone (50 games) in NFL history.

2001: Started all 16 regular season and three postseason games for the Rams earned NFL Most Valuable Player honors for second time in three seasons, edging teammate Marshall Faulk by one vote led the NFL in completions (375), completion percentage (68.7), passing yards (4,830), touchdown passes (36), average yards per attempt (8.85), passer rating (101.4), third down passing (109.5), and was third in the NFC and fourth in the NFL in fourth quarter passing (101.4) while throwing a career-high 564 passes became third quarterback in Rams history to earn three or more consecutive Pro Bowl berths (Norm Van Brocklin 6, 1950-55; Roman Gabriel 3, 1967-69) set team records for completions, completion percentage, passing yards, most seasons with 4,000 or more passing yards (two), and most games with 300 or more passing yards in career (26) tied NFL record for 300-yard passing games in a season (nine) and tied a team record for most games with four or more touchdown passes in career (6) became the fastest player to reach 10,000 passing yards in NFL history, accomplishing the feat vs. Car (11/11), (his 36th game) number of completions ranked 6th on NFL’s all-time single-season list had one of the best games of his career vs. Mia (9/30), completing 24 of 31 passes (77.4 percent) for 328 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions (150.3 rating) in three postseason games, completed 68-of-107 passes for 793 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions led Rams from 14-point deficit in Super Bowl XXXVI vs. NE (2/3), directing two touchdown drives in fourth quarter to tie score at 17-17 before the Rams lost on a last-second field goal by the Patriots’ Adam Vinatieri.

2000: Started all 11 games in which he played, helping Rams set NFL records for passing yards and total yards earned second straight Pro Bowl berth led NFL in completion percentage (67.7) and average gain (9.88) set NFL record for most passing yards after two games with 827 (old record was 823 by Frank Tripucka, Denver, 1962) and after three games with 1,221 (old record was 1,166 by Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994) his 1,557 passing yards after four games set NFL record for most passing yards in four consecutive games, surpassing mark of 1,417 by Bledsoe in 1994 Warner’s 2,260 passing yards after six games were the most in NFL history (Bledsoe, 2,072 in 1994) completed 25-of-35 passes while passing for career high 441 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions vs. Den (9/4) in leading Rams to first Monday Night Football win since 1988; his passing yardage was the third highest opening-game total in NFL history and fourth-highest total in team history set career high and tied team record with 35 completions (in 47 attempts) for 386 yards @ Sea (9/10) became first player in NFL history to record perfect passer rating of 158.3 twice vs. SD (10/1); completed 24-of-30 passes for 390 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors it was the first time in team history and only third time in NFL history a team had a 300-yard passer (Warner), a 100-yard rusher (Justin Watson, 102 yards), and three 100-yard receivers (Isaac Bruce, 167 yards; Marshall Faulk, 116 yards; Az-Zahir Hakim, 104 yards) in the same game as Rams gained 614 yards, second-highest total in team history tied NFL record with sixth consecutive 300-yard passing game vs. Atl (10/15), when he completed 24-of-40 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns; it was the 1st time in NFL history a team had 300- yard passer (Warner) and 200-yard rusher (Faulk, 208 yards) in same game broke pinky finger on right hand on center snap on last play of 1st half @ KC (10/22) started NFC Wild Card Game @ NO (12/30) and completed 24-of-40 passes for 365 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions led the Rams to 21 consecutive points in fourth quarter in which he completed 11-of-14 passes for 198 yards for two touchdowns.

1999: Started all 16 regular season and three postseason games while producing one of the most memorable and improbable stories in NFL history was named the league’s Most Valuable Player and Super Bowl MVP while leading Rams to their first championship since 1951 earned first Pro Bowl invitation re-wrote Rams’ single season passing records by completing 325-of-499 passes for 4,353 yards, 41 touchdowns and 13 interceptions his passer rating of 109.2 was the fifth-highest in NFL history led NFL in touchdown passes, completion percentage (65.1), third down passer rating (137.3), fourth quarter passer rating (116.0), and was second in the league in passing yards set eight team records: quarterback rating, passing yards, completions, completion percentage/season, completion percentage/ game (86.9), most games with 300 passing yards in a season (9), most consecutive 300-yard passing games (4), and most touchdown passes in a season, while tying record for most touchdown passes in a game (5) and tying NFL record for most 300 yards passing games in a season (since passed by Oakland’s Rich Gannon in 2002) threw more touchdown passes in first four starts (14) than any player in NFL history, throwing three touchdown passes in opening victories vs. Bal (9/12), vs. Atl (9/26), and @ Cin (10/3) and throwing a career-high five scoring passes in win vs. SF (10/10) threw for more passing yards (1,217) in first four starts than any player in NFL history led Rams on 19 scoring drives (17 touchdowns) between 71-80 yards (team had four in 1998) and 11 touchdown drives between 81-90 yards (team had five in 1998) threw for then career-high 351 yards in division title-clinching win @ Car (12/5) had streak of 133 consecutive passes thrown without an interception in Games 4-8, third longest in team history completed 27-of-33 passes for 391 yards and 5 touchdowns in NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Min (1/16); threw game-winning 30-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Proehl with 4:44 remaining to give Rams 11-6 win vs. TB in NFC Championship Game (1/23) passed for Super Bowl record 424 yards in win over Tennessee (1/30); threw game-winning 73-yard touchdown pass to Isaac Bruce with 1:54 to play in the game.

1998: Saw first career action in the 4th quarter of Rams’ final game vs. SF (12/27); completed 4-of-11 passes for 39 yards assumed the backup role behind Steve Bono for the final two games after a season-ending knee injury suffered by Tony Banks vs. NE (12/13) did not play @ Car (12/20) inactive as third quarterback for the first 14 games.

1998: (NFL Europe): Started all 10 games for the Amsterdam Admirals led league in passing yards (2,101), attempts (326), completions (165) and touchdowns (15).

1995- 97 (Arena Football): Passed for 10,486 yards and 183 touchdowns in three seasons with the Iowa Barnstormers (now New York Dragons) led Iowa to two straight Arena Bowl appearances named one of the top-ten players in Arena Football history to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the league.

College:

Gateway Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a senior at Northern Iowa led the conference in total offense and passing efficiency passed for more than 300 yards four times two-time Gateway Player of the Week started only as a senior.

Personal:

Full name Kurtis Eugene Warner he and his wife, Brenda, have seven children: sons Zachary, Kade and Elijah and daughters Jesse, Jada and twins Sienna and Sierra graduated with a degree in communications attended Cedar Rapids Regis High in Iowa, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball Des Moines Register all-state selection in football during his senior season ...

 
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