Marc Robert Bulger (born April 5, 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional football player, the starting quarterback for the St. Louis Rams. He was voted MVP of the 2004 Pro Bowl.

High school career

College career

NFL career

Bulger was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round (168th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft. Bulger attended the Saints' training camp in 2000, and spent a couple weeks on the Atlanta Falcons and St. Louis Rams practice squads. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams on January 12, 2001. Bulger did not see action in any contests during his first season with the Rams; he was inactive as the third quarterback for 16 regular season games and all three postseason contests. In 2002, after the Rams started 0-5, Bulger filled in for an injured Jamie Martin, who had been filling in for the injured Kurt Warner, and finished the season with a 6-0 record in games that he both started and finished, but Bulger was injured early in a game against the Seattle Seahawks and the Rams ended the season at 7-9. In 2003, Bulger helped lead the Rams to a regular-season record of 12-4 and the division championship; the Rams lost to the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the playoffs after having earned a bye in the first round. In June of 2004, Warner was released and Bulger was named the Rams' starting quarterback. The Rams signed Bulger to a four-year $19.1 million contract. Bulger was also MVP of the 2004 Pro Bowl. After the 2006 season, Bulger was selected as a reserve the Pro Bowl, after recording an NFL-best eight games with a quarterback passing rating of more than 100. It marked the second time that he was voted to the NFL's version of an "All-Star" game. Later that off-season, Bulger signed a six-year contract extension with the Rams, worth over sixty million dollars.

He was one of the quarterbacks selected ahead of Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL Draft. Both were picked in the sixth round. The other quarterbacks were Chad Pennington, Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redman, Tee Martin and Spergon Wynn.

Among NFL quarterbacks with at least 1,500 passing attempts, his 63.9 career completion percentage ranks sixth highest all-time, behind Kurt Warner, Chad Pennington, Steve Young, Peyton Manning, and Daunte Culpepper, through Week 4 of the 2007 NFL season.

Bulger comes from an impressive family of collegiate athletes. His father, Jim, was a quarterback for Notre Dame from 1970-73. Marc’s brother Jim was on the golf team for the Fighting Irish, sister Kate Bulger was drafted into the WNBA, and youngest sister Meg is a standout guard for West Virginia.

On September 10, 2006, in a game against the Denver Broncos, Marc Bulger reached 1,000 completions faster than any quarterback in NFL history. Bulger achieved this in 45 games, two games less than ex-Rams QB Kurt Warner. Drew Bledsoe and Peyton Manning needed 48 games, and it took Dan Marino 49.

In The 2007 NFL Season, Bulger was plagued with injuries through the entire season as was the entire team. Injuries on the offensive line took effect as he threw more interceptions than touchdowns for the first time in his career. He was considered one of the biggest disappointments of the 2007 season even though suspect offensive line was to be blamed. The St. Louis Rams record was 3-13, far from expectations.

Career stats

References

External links

• Marc Bulger Season and Career Stats
• St. Louis Rams Profile