Cade McNown Cade B . McNown ( born January 12 , 1977 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League ( NFL ) for four seasons . He played college football for the University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) , where he was recognized as an All - American . The Chicago Bears selected him in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft , and he played professionally for the Bears , Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL . Early years . McNown was born in Portland , Oregon . He went to high school at San Benito High School in Hollister , California , before transferring as a senior to West Linn High School in West Linn , Oregon , where he played quarterback and free safety . He led his high school to the 1994 Oregon Class 4A semifinals , becoming wildly touted by newspapers as a college prospect . He also was active on the school track team , where he set a school pole vault record . McNown signed with UCLA after high school . His selection of UCLA was influenced by future NFL quarterback Brock Huard signing with Washington . Huard , along with McNown , were the top high school quarterback prospects in the western United States in 1994 . College career . McNown attended UCLA , and played for the UCLA Bruins football team from 1995 to 1998 . He became the starting quarterback as a true freshman , four games into the season , ranking first among all freshmen quarterbacks in many statistics . In 1995 , UCLA finished 7 – 5 and played in the Aloha Bowl ( losing to Kansas ) . McNown was less successful as a sophomore in 1996 , when UCLA would go 5 – 6 and he would be ranked 9th in the Pac - 10 in pass efficiency . But the season ended on a high note as UCLA overcame a 17 - point fourth quarter deficit to beat rival USC in overtime , 48 – 41 . As a junior in 1997 , McNown announced the team ' s goal to score an average of 30 points per game . They ended up averaging 39 . 75 points per game . After an 0 – 2 start , UCLA would win its remaining 10 games , including the 1998 Cotton Bowl Classic over Texas A & M , to finish Pac - 10 co - champion and ranked No . 5 in the nation . McNown was named Most Outstanding Offensive Player for that year ' s Cotton Bowl Classic . He also was a finalist for the Davey O ' Brien Award , was named an All - American by the " Associated Press " ( third team ) , " The Sporting News " ( third team ) , made the All - Pac - 10 team ( second team ) behind Washington State ' s Ryan Leaf , and finished eighth in the Heisman balloting . He led the nation in passing efficiency with a 168 . 6 rating . His play broke many UCLA records , most of which had been previously set by Tom Ramsey . In his senior season in 1998 , McNown led UCLA to a 10 – 2 record , including a Rose Bowl appearance as the sole Pac - 10 champion . With McNown at the helm , the Bruins ' explosive offense carried them on a school - record 20 - game winning streak from the previous year , as they won their first 10 games in 1998 , before losing to Miami Hurricanes in their regular season finale in a loss that broke the 20 - game winning streak and knocked UCLA out of the BCS Championship Game vs . Tennessee . The disappointed Bruins then lost to the Ron Dayne - led Wisconsin in the 1999 Rose Bowl , 38 – 31 . McNown set numerous school records in passing and offense , became the Pac - 10 ' s all - time career leader in total offense , and won a collection of post - season honors , including Pac - 10 co - Offensive Player of the Year , the Pop Warner Memorial Trophy for best senior player on the West Coast , consensus first - team All - American honors , and the Johnny Unitas Award as the top senior quarterback in college football . McNown also finished third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy . In the 1999 Senior Bowl , McNown earned MVP honors as he threw two touchdowns in helping to lead the South team to victory . For his career , McNown still holds many of the passing and total - offense records . McNown also holds the distinction of being the only UCLA quarterback to go 4 - 0 against cross - town rival USC . On October 9 , 2009 , McNown was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame . Professional career . Following the scouting combine , some scouts questioned the strength of his throwing arm . McNown , along with Akili Smith , Daunte Culpepper , and Donovan McNabb , appeared on the cover of " ESPN The Magazine " in the issue highlighting the draft . He was selected by the Chicago Bears with the twelfth overall pick in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft , following a draft pick trade with the Washington Redskins . He was the highest - drafted Bears quarterback since Jim McMahon . In the months preceding draft day , the Bears had declared that Erik Kramer would be the starting quarterback , but would waive him prior to signing McNown , who they named as the upcoming season ' s starter . He was a contract holdout most of training camp , eventually agreeing to a $ 22 million contract . Head coach Dick Jauron announced that Shane Matthews would be the starter , but that McNown would play at least one series every game to gain experience . McNown would start his first game for the Bears on October 10 following a hamstring injury to Matthews the previous week . During the game on December 26 , following a poor performance against the Rams , McNown chose to sit out the second half of the game . He would be replaced as starter by Jim Miller , but would once again be named the starter following Miller ' s suspension . He would finish the season breaking franchise rookie records for completions and passing attempts . He was named the starter over Matthews ( Miller was injured during the pre - season ) , but his performance grew noticeably worse through the season ; the Bears under McNown would fall to 1 – 6 , leading the home crowd to regularly chant for Miller ' s return . He suffered a shoulder injury during the seventh game of the season ( against Philadelphia ) , was briefly replaced by Miller , who would himself suffer an injury and be replaced by Matthews . McNown would start ( and lose ) one more game that season , against San Francisco , and was benched for the final game of the season . McNown was traded during the 2001 preseason to the Miami Dolphins , along with a seventh - round pick , for a sixth - round pick , and a conditional 2003 seventh - round pick . In Chicago , he had fallen down the depth chart , below Miller and Matthews , competing against Danny Wuerffel for the third - string position . He would be named the third - string quarterback for the Dolphins , and saw no action during the season . The Dolphins traded McNown to the San Francisco 49ers for a conditional seventh - round draft pick during the 2002 offseason . By then , Terry Donahue , former head coach at UCLA , was the general manager . Interest was briefly raised in McNown , as the 49ers were then searching for a quarterback for the west coast offense . Although he was initially competing against Tim Rattay , Giovanni Carmazzi , and Brandon Doman for the backup spot behind starter Jeff Garcia , McNown reinjured his shoulder during the preseason . When it was revealed he would require season - ending surgery , he was placed on injured reserve . McNown was released by the 49ers during the 2003 offseason . His rights were shortly thereafter acquired by the Calgary Stampeders , although he was never signed . Personal . McNown was charged in September 1999 with the illegal possession of a handicapped parking pass while playing football at UCLA in 1996 , to which he pled no contest . Other players charged included Skip Hicks , James Lewis , Larry Atkins , and Brendon Ayanbadejo . McNown later served worked for UBS in the private wealth group before joining JPMorgan Chase Private Bank . In 2013 , Lourd Capital Management hired McNown as vice president .