Jon Beutjer (born August 15, 1980) is a former

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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

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, ending Iowa's 19-game losing streak with a victory over

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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 with roommate and fellow football teammate Sam Aiello got in a dispute over a cable bill, which resulted in Beutjer being knocked unconscious in a parking lot. Beutjer wound up transferring to the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Uni ...

. After sitting out the 2001 season per NCAA transfer rules, he played 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

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and

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. In 2008, he signed on with the

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for

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. However, as of 2011 the league has not gotten off the ground. He now works as a gym teacher and is the current head football coach at

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in LaGrange, IL and announced on December 9, 2013 that he is expecting his first child.

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Illinois Fighting Illini bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beutjer, Jon 1980 births Living people American football quarterbacks Iowa Hawkeyes football players Illinois Fighting Illini football players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Tampa Bay Storm players Colorado Crush players Sportspeople from Wheaton, Illinois Players of American football from Illinois