Jon Beutjer
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Jon Beutjer is a former American football
quarterback. As a senior at Wheaton Warrenville South High School
he threw for a then-national high school record of 60 touchdowns in a 14-game season, winning several Illinois High School Player of the Year honors in the process. He began his college football career at the University of Iowa
, ending Iowa's 19-game losing streak with a victory over Michigan State
in his first collegiate start during the 2000 season. Beutjer joined the Iowa basketball team as a walk-on, seeing very limited action in six games during the 2000-01 season. During the summer of 2001, Beutjer got into a physical fight with roommate and fellow football teammate Sam Aiello over a cable bill, resulting in Beutjer being knocked unconscious in a parking lot. Beutjer believed the Iowa coaching staff did not take the incident seriously enough, only requiring Aiello to apologize. Days after Kyle McCann won the starting job as quarterback, Beutjer announced that he was departing Iowa. He ultimately transferred to the University of Illinois
. After sitting out the 2001 season per NCAA transfer rules, he started for the Illini during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He was granted a 6th year of eligibility in 2004, where he split playing time with sophomore Brad Bower. After finishing his college football career, Beutjer played in the Arena Football League and Canadian Football League
.
In 2008 he signed on with the All American Football League
for Team Michigan. However, as of 2011 the league has not gotten off the ground.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback. As a senior at Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Wheaton Warrenville South High School, or WWSHS, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield Road and Wiesbrook Road in the southwest corner of the Wheaton, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
he threw for a then-national high school record of 60 touchdowns in a 14-game season, winning several Illinois High School Player of the Year honors in the process. He began his college football career at the University of Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes football
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have competed in the Big Ten Conference since 1900, and are currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
, ending Iowa's 19-game losing streak with a victory over Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
in his first collegiate start during the 2000 season. Beutjer joined the Iowa basketball team as a walk-on, seeing very limited action in six games during the 2000-01 season. During the summer of 2001, Beutjer got into a physical fight with roommate and fellow football teammate Sam Aiello over a cable bill, resulting in Beutjer being knocked unconscious in a parking lot. Beutjer believed the Iowa coaching staff did not take the incident seriously enough, only requiring Aiello to apologize. Days after Kyle McCann won the starting job as quarterback, Beutjer announced that he was departing Iowa. He ultimately transferred to the University of Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini football
The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.-Current staff:-All-time win/loss/tie record:*563-513-51...
. After sitting out the 2001 season per NCAA transfer rules, he started for the Illini during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He was granted a 6th year of eligibility in 2004, where he split playing time with sophomore Brad Bower. After finishing his college football career, Beutjer played in the Arena Football League and Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
.
In 2008 he signed on with the All American Football League
All American Football League
The All American Football League was a proposed professional American football league. The league, which was to combine a professional pay structure with the requirement that all players be college graduates, had originally been scheduled to start in the spring of 2007, but later postponed its...
for Team Michigan. However, as of 2011 the league has not gotten off the ground.