Curtis Painter

Curtis Painter
Curtis Painter
No. 7     Indianapolis Colts
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: June 24, 1985 (1985-06-24) (age 26)
Place of birth: Watseka, Illinois
High School: Lincoln High School
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
College: Purdue
NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 6 / Pick: 201
Debuted in 2009 for the Indianapolis Colts
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2011
TD-INT     5-9
Passing yards     1,398
QB Rating     60.6
Stats at NFL.com

Curtis Jeffrey Painter (born June 24, 1985) is a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers.

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High school career

Curtis Painter was born in Watseka, Illinois. During his freshman year, Painter moved to Vincennes, Indiana, where he attended Lincoln High School and was a PrepStar All-American.[1] During his high school football career, Painter had a three-year record of 28–7 with 4,946 passing yards, 49 passing touchdowns, and 17 rushing touchdowns. He ended his high school career a finalist on the Mr. Football ballot and led his team to an 11–2 record and a conference championship and a sectional championship.[1]

Painter was a 3-star rated Pro-Style Quarterback ranked by rivals.com before committing to play for Purdue University.[2] He also played baseball and basketball.[1]


Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40 Commit date
Curtis Painter
QB
Vincennes, Indiana Lincoln High School 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 200 lb (91 kg) 4.75 Oct 8,
2003 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 24 (QB)   Rivals: 21 (QB), 5 (IN)
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

Painter committed to Purdue University on October 8, 2003.[3] Painter wasn't heavily recruited as he only received FBS scholarship offers from Purdue, Ball State and Indiana[4]

College career

Painter committed to play for Purdue University on July 28, 2003 under head coach Joe Tiller. After redshirting in 2004, Painter backed up starting quarterback Brandon Kirsch for the first six games of the 2005 season, ultimately replacing Kirsch as the starter for the last five games of the season. On the season, Painter completed 89 of 170 passes, for 932 yards, with 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. Painter became the Boilers' starting quarterback indefinitely after Kirsch left a year early of eligibility.

Painter started in 14 games in his sophomore season, where he threw for 22 touchdowns and rushed for six. He set the Big Ten Conference record in seasonal passing yards, breaking Drew Brees' 3,983 mark with 3,985. His 284.6 passing yards per game ranked seventh in the nation, while leading the conference. He led the Boilermakers to the Champs Sports Bowl in a 24–7 loss to Maryland.[5][6]

Starting in every game in his junior season, Painter threw 29 touchdown passes and rushed for 3. He averaged 295.9 yards per game, which was 12th most in the nation, while tying Drew Brees's Big Ten season record with 569 attempts. He threw for six touchdowns, completing 38 of 49 attempts with 348 total yards against Eastern Illinois. In the 2007 Motor City Bowl against Central Michigan, Painter completed 35 of his 54 passes, with three touchdowns and threw for a Motor City Bowl record 546 yards with 540 total yards, which are also school records.[7]

In his last season as the Boilermakers' main starting quarterback, the fifth year senior struggled with the absence of injured running back Jaycen Taylor and the graduation of Dustin Keller and Dorian Bryant. Curtis injured his throwing shoulder during the season, resulting in a 4–8 overall record and only appeared in 10 games with nine starts, while reserve quarterbacks, Justin Siller and Joey Elliot, stepped in his place. His top game on the season came against Indiana in his last collegiate game, where he threw for five touchdowns, while completing 38 of 54 attempts with a total of 448 yards.[8]

Painter has received criticism for his inability to win in games against teams ranked in the top 25 polls, which overwhelmed his career record numbers amongst the likes of his predecessors in Kyle Orton and Drew Brees. He started in 41 of the 46 games in which he appeared and went 987 of 1,648 with a total of 11,163 passing yards and threw for 67 touchdowns with 46 interceptions. He was co-captain along with Ryan Baker and Jermaine Guynn[9] for the 2008 football season. He holds a degree in computer graphics technology.[1]

Statistics

Source:[10]

    Passing   Rushing   Receiving
Season Team GS GP Rating Att Comp Pct Yds TD INT Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD
2005 Purdue 5 9 98.3 170 89 52.4 932 3 5 52 251 4 0 0 0
2006 Purdue 14 14 129.6 530 315 59.4 3,985 22 19 76 107 6 0 0 0
2007 Purdue 13 13 132.3 569 356 62.6 3,846 29 11 53 -20 3 0 0 0
2008 Purdue 9 10 118.6 379 227 59.9 2,400 13 11 44 10 0 1 18 0
Totals 41 46 119.7 1,648 987 59.9 11,163 67 46 225 348 13 1 18 0
  • Painter's 3,985 passing yards in 2006 are the most in a single season in Purdue history, beating Drew Brees' 3,983 in 1998.[11]

Professional career

Painter was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Behind starting quarterback Peyton Manning, Painter was a reserve along with Jim Sorgi. Painter became the second-string quarterback in December 2009 after Sorgi went on injured reserve and Drew Willy was called in as second back-up. Painter made his debut on December 27, 2009, against the New York Jets, throwing an interception and losing a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.[12] Painter saw no game action as the backup to Manning in 2010.[13]

Painter was relegated to third string quarterback for the Colts at the start of the 2011 season when the Colts signed Kerry Collins to take over for Manning after surgery on his neck sidelined him. Painter replaced an injured Collins in Week 3 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.[14] In that game he went 5 for 10 with 60 yards and a fumble.[15]

Painter started his first NFL game in week 4 of the 2011 season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, October 3, 2011.

Painter's first career touchdown pass to Pierre Garçon against the Buccaneers, was the fifth longest touchdown pass in Colts history at 87 yards.[16]

Since his first Touchdown, he has thrown four more, and has posted multiple 200 yard games, but has yet to win a game. [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Purdue Sports. "Player Bio: Curtis Painter". http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/painter_curtis00.html. 
  2. ^ "Rivals.com Pro-Style Quarterbacks 2004". http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-518. 
  3. ^ "Curtis Painter". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Curtis-Painter-17842. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  4. ^ "Curtis Painter". Scout.com. http://purdue.scout.com/a.z?s=180&p=8&c=1&nid=763582. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  5. ^ "Boilermakers Battle Terps in Champs Sports Bowl". December 27, 2006. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/iacollege/article_1237127.php/Boilermakers_battle_Terps_in_Champs_Sports_Bowl. Retrieved December 10, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Hollenbach, Terrapins Top Boilermakers". December 30, 2006. http://www.wbaltv.com/news/10633716/detail.html. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Boilermakers win a shoot-out". The Vancouver Province. 2007-12-27. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=74e81cc5-e96b-45a8-9c9d-6f992bccb494. Retrieved 2010-12-02. 
  8. ^ "Tiller era ends with big win". WLFI.com. November 22, 2008. http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/sports/Sports_WLFI_WestLafayette_Tillereraendswithbigwin_200811222300. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  9. ^ "2008 Purdue Football Alphabetical Order". http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008roster.pdf. 
  10. ^ "Curtis Painter #7 QB". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/12479/type/college/curtis-painter. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  11. ^ "2011 Purdue Football Information Guide". CSTV.com. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  12. ^ Marot, Michael (December 27, 2009). "Jets end Colts’ pursuit of perfection 29-15". Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20091227011. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
  13. ^ Cohn, Justin A. (August 13, 2011). "Colts searching for Manning’s backup". The Journal Gazette. http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110813/SPORTS2001/308139976/1008/SPORTS. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
  14. ^ concussion
  15. ^ 23-20.
  16. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/gameflash/2011/10/03/4448_recap.html?eref=sircrc
  17. ^ http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/12479/curtis-painter

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Brandon Kirsch
Purdue Boilermakers Starting Quarterbacks
2005–2008
Succeeded by
Joey Elliott