Jay Cutler arrested on DUI and gun charges in Tennessee

Former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was released from prison after being arrested and charged Thursday with DUI, possession of a weapon under the influence and two other charges on Thursday, according to a TMZ report.

Cutler posted bail and was released Thursday night. The arrest took place in Franklin, Tennessee. The other charges were violation of the implied consent law and failure to exercise due care.

Cutler, who is now 41 years oldplayed for the Bears from 2009 to 2016, then spent one season with Miami in 2017. He has been out of the game since then, but sometimes in the public eye because of his appearance on a TV show with his ex-wife Kristin Cavallari , and also for his participation in “Inside the NFL” in 2023. Cutler is not on the program this year.

The Bears’ all-time leader in passing yards (23,443) and touchdown passes (154), Cutler led the Bears to a playoff berth, a victory over Seattle in 2010, but then suffered a knee sprain in the first half of the NFC championship game at Soldier Field in a 21-14 loss to Green Bay.

There has been no other arrest record for Cutler since he pleaded guilty to evading arrest after vandalizing an emergency telephone on the Vanderbilt campus in 2002. Three of the four charges brought against him were dropped as part of a plea agreement and he was suspended by the Vanderbilt football team following the incident.

The Franklin Police Department reported that Cutler was “verbal” and officers noticed “a strong odor of alcohol” on Cutler. They said the initial incident resulted from a minor traffic collision around 5 p.m., in which Cutler allegedly “slammed into the back of another vehicle.”

Police said Cutler refused field sobriety tests and was taken to a local hospital, where he received a blood test on a blood search warrant.

The report said Cutler had two weapons in the car, including a loaded handgun.

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