Blake Bortles Facts
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- Bortles attended Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida, where he starred in football and also played baseball.
- As a senior, he completed 151 of 233 passes for 2,211 yards with 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
- Labeled a 3 ⭐️ recruit by Rivals
- Bortles was listed as the No. 44 pro-style quarterback in his class.[1]
- Bortles chose UCF over offers from Colorado State, Purdue, Tulane, and Western Kentucky.
- He was redshirted as a true freshman in 2010. As a redshirt freshman in 2011, he played in 10 games, completing 75 of 110 passes for 958 yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions.
- As a sophomore in 2012, he started all 14 games at quarterback. He completed 251 of 399 passes for 3,059 yards with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
- On May 8, 2014, at the 2014 NFL Draft, Bortles was chosen 3rd overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bortles was the first of an eventual 14 quarterbacks to be drafted.
- On June 18, he signed his rookie contract worth $20.6 million guaranteed for four years.
- Bortles enjoyed a breakout season in 2015, setting the Jaguar's single-season franchise records for passing touchdowns (35), passing yards, (4,428), pass completions (355), and pass attempts (606).
- His passer rating only went below 80 twice in the season, in the season opener against the Carolina Panthers (who would finish 15-1) and the season finale against the Houston Texans (who were on a 2-game winning streak).
- He also threw a touchdown pass in the Jaguars' first 15 games of 2015, a franchise record.
- After finishing his 15th game, he had the second most touchdown passes in the league with 35. Still, after throwing no touchdowns in a week 17 matchup against the Houston Texans, he had to share second place with Eli Manning, Cam Newton, and Carson Palmer, behind only Tom Brady's 36.
- He was also seventh in the NFL in passing yards in a season 2015 with 4,428, behind Drew Brees, Phillip Rivers, Brady, Palmer, Matt Ryan, and Manning.
- Blake Bortles made just under $48M in his NFL career
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