Brady Quinn
Braden Tyler “Brady” Quinn (born on October 27, 1984 in Dublin, Ohio) is an American football quarterback who played collegiately for the University of Notre Dame football team through the 2006 season. Quinn graduated from Notre Dame with the degree of Bachelors in Business Administration (finance) and is expected to be one of the top picks in the 2007 NFL Draft.
High school career
Brady Quinn graduated from Dublin Coffman High School, Dublin, Ohio after lettering in football and baseball. In baseball, he won All-Conference honors as a junior and was a member of the State Championship team. During the fall of 2002, Notre Dame football coach Tyrone Willingham, acting on a tip from fellow recruit Chinedum Ndukwe's father, offered Quinn a scholarship. [1]
College career
During the 2005 college football season, Quinn completed 292 of 450 pass attempts for 3,919 yards, 32 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions. He finished the season third in the nation in passing yards, third in passing touchdowns, and seventh in passing efficiency. In his career, he has broken the Notre Dame all-time and single season team records for attempts, completions, yards, and touchdowns.[2] The Fighting Irish are 29-16 with Brady as the starter (19-5 under Weis and 10-11 under Willingham).
Although he was not invited to the 2005 Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York City, Quinn finished fourth in the voting for the prestigious honor, behind Reggie Bush, Vince Young and Matt Leinart.
Quinn was the recipient of the Sammy Baugh trophy which is awarded to college football's top passer by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.
At the start of the 2006 season Brady Quinn was featured along with two other ND players (Travis Thomas and Tom Zbikowski) on the College Football Preview Issue of Sports Illustrated. As a result of this article, the college football world focused a great deal of attention on Notre Dame and Quinn in particular during his senior year.
The 2006 season turned out to somewhat of a disappointment for the Irish, though Quinn had another statistically impressive season. The preseason #2, Notre Dame lost big games to Michigan and USC, and ended the season at #11. Quinn threw for 3427 yards, 37 TD and 7 INT. He also became the 32nd quarterback in Division-1A history to pass for 10,000 career yards. However, in the 2007 Sugar Bowl against LSU, Quinn completed only 15 out of 35 passes for 149 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, which proved to be his worst passing performance of the season.
For his performance in 2006, Quinn won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (best senior quarterback) and the Maxwell Award (best collegiate football player). He finished third for the prestigious Heisman Trophy (most outstanding college football player) behind Troy Smith and Darren McFadden. He was also named the Cingular All-America Player of the Year (BCS Title game announcement) along with numerous other All-American Awards.
While Brady Quinn was 29-17 (.630) overall as a starter, he broke 36 Notre Dame records and will hold the position of "the quarterback who helped restore the Irish back to respectability".[1].
He received his Bachelors of Business Administration (Finance)in January of 2007 after 3 1/2 years.[3]
Record in traditional rivalry games, 2003-2006
- 0–4 against Southern California
- 2–1 against Michigan (limited play in 2003)
- 2–1 against Michigan State (limited play in 2003)
- 2–2 against Purdue
- 4–0 against Navy
Professional career (future)
Quinn is projected to be selected early in the 2007 NFL Draft.[4] He has been called “a potential franchise quarterback in the mold of Carson Palmer” by Scott Wright of NFL Draft Countdown.[5] Almost all prognosticators list Quinn as one of the top five picks of the 2007 NFL Draft, although his stock has gone down leading up to the NFL Combine. Because of his injuries, Quinn did not participate in the most recent Combine, but he did accomplish 24 repetitions of 225 pound bench presses. On February 2, 2007, Microsoft announced they will chronicle Quinn's weekly routine of workouts and training sessions from February 9 to April 28. He will create entries every Friday on Xbox.com.[6]
Quinn's interviews at the Combine in Indianapolis, IN included one with Miami Dolphins' head coach, Cam Cameron. According to Sports Illustrated writer, Peter King, he challenged Quinn to enumerate and diagram the Notre Dame run plays, pass formations and pass protections. At the end of the interview, Cameron told Quinn that the next time they met he would require him to duplicate the test, but faster.[2]
Personal life
- Quinn’s sister, Laura, is married to A.J. Hawk, a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers. Quinn and Hawk coincidentally played against each other in college, at the 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
- His second cousin, Zachery Ty Bryan, was a main character on television's Home Improvement.[citation needed]
- Quinn is roommates with Chinedum Ndukwe, a fellow teammate and good friend.[citation needed]
References and sources
- ^ Eric Hansen (2006-07-05). "American dream, Part II: Ndukwe children carry parents' goals". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
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- ^ "University of Notre Dame January 2007 Degree Candidates" (pdf). Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ e.g. "Underclassmen take over Big Board". ESPN. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|Author=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Brady Quinn Scouting Report on NFL Draft Countdown
- ^ Brady Quinn Teams Up With Xbox 360 to “Kick Off” His Pro Career