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Colt Brennan
College	Hawaii
Sport	Football
Position	QB
Class	Senior
Career	2003 – present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	196 pounds (88.9 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	August 16 1983 (1983-08-16) (age 24) Laguna Beach, CA
High school	Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, California
Former school(s)	Worcester Academy University of Colorado Saddleback Community College
Career highlights
Awards
2006 Sammy Baugh Trophy

Colton James Brennan^[1] (born August 16, 1983 in Laguna Beach, California) is an American football quarterback at the University of Hawaiʻi. He holds the NCAA Division I-A record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 58, as well as 30 other NCAA Division I-A records.

1 High school career
2 College career
3 NFL Draft
4 Personal
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

High school career

Brennan attended Mater Dei High School in California. He helped Mater Dei to the league championship in basketball as a senior. While at Mater Dei, Brennan was the back-up quarterback to Matt Leinart until Leinart graduated.^[2] After graduating from Mater Dei, Brennan attended Worcester Academy in Massachusetts for a postgraduate year, where his primary targets were David Ball, now a wide receiver for the New York Jets, and Carl Elliott, the former starting point guard on George Washington's basketball team.

College career

University of Colorado

Brennan originally joined the University of Colorado football team in 2003 as a walk-on. He spent the year as a redshirt. On January 28, 2004, Brennan entered the dorm room of a University of Colorado coed uninvited and, according to the coed "exposed himself and fondled her',"^[3] a charge which Brennan denied ^[4]. Brennan, who was intoxicated at the time of the incident, was arrested and eventually pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and trespassing (serving one week in jail along with probation until he graduated from college), but a guilty verdict for unlawful sexual contact was vacated by the court for lack of evidence. ^[2] After the incident, which was caught up in the middle of the time when CU was flooded with other accusations of sex crimes and revelations of wild recruiting parties involving Colorado football players, Brennan was kicked off the team.^[5]

Saddleback Community College

Brennan transferred to Saddleback Community College in California in 2004 and helped lead the school to a conference championship. He was named honorable mention All-America, state offensive player of the year, and first-team all-conference for his performance that season. Brennan repaired his image well enough for Hawaiʻi head coach June Jones to offer him a walk-on opportunity at Hawaiʻi. Looking to put some distance between himself and his past problems and interested in Jones' quarterback knowledge, Brennan accepted the offer and turned down an offer from San Jose State.^[2]

University of Hawaiʻi

Colt Brennan joined Hawaiʻi in 2005 and quickly grabbed the starting spot at quarterback. He started 10 of 12 games, the only games he did not start being against USC and San Diego State. Brennan either tied or broke 11 UH offensive records in what was a wildly successful first season with the Warriors. Brennan led the country in total offense yards (4,455) and touchdowns thrown (35). His 4,301 yards passing is the eighth-most in Western Athletic Conference (WAC) history. Against New Mexico State (Oct. 15), Brennan posted career-high numbers in passing yards (515), touchdowns (7), and pass completions (38). He also had nine 300+ yard performances on the season, including four 400+ yard games and a 515-yard performance. Brennan entered the 2006 season as the undisputed starter at quarterback, was named to multiple award watch lists and was voted the WAC's preseason offensive player of the year. He led the nation in scoring and passing efficiency, finishing the regular season with a 182.8 rating, and completed 72.15% of his passes, the best mark in Division I-A. During the regular season, Brennan passed for 53 touchdowns, one shy of the NCAA Division I-A single-season touchdown record of 54 (set in 1990 by David Klingler of Houston). On December 24, 2006, at the Hawaiʻi Bowl, Brennan threw for 5 touchdowns to break the record. (Statistics accumulated during the postseason now count towards records.)^[6] The Warriors finished the season with a 11-3 record, placing second in the WAC behind Boise State. Brennan finished sixth in the 2006 Heisman race, behind winner Troy Smith, Darren McFadden, Brady Quinn, Steve Slaton, and Mike Hart.^[7] During the season, Colt Brennan threw for 5,549 yards, 58 touchdowns, and the highest passer efficiency in America. According to Jones, "Colt is a money guy. Colt is what I said he is: the best college quarterback in America, and he proved it tonight." ^[8] During a press conference on January 17, announced that he was returning to the University of Hawaiʻi for his senior season.^[9] Brennan didn't feel he was fully prepared for the NFL and needed another year to get ready. Brennan returned to Hawaiʻi as a Heisman front runner and one of the NCAA's most prolific passers.^[10] Rivals.com named him one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season.^[11] Brennan entered the 2007 season on a mission to go undefeated and earn a trip to the BCS. On November 23, 2007 Brennan broke the major college career record for touchdown passes, throwing five touchdown passes against then #17 ranked Boise State Broncos.Brennan threw the record-breaking #122 in the first quarter, a 6-yard TD out pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen to surpass the mark set by former Brigham Young University standout Ty Detmer in 1991. With the pass, Brennan also broke Detmer's record for most touchdowns responsible for with 136.^[12] Brennan's Hawai'i team would go on to defeat the Washington Huskies 35-28 in the final game of the regular season to finish with a 12-0 record, an unprecedented undefeated regular season for the Warriors^[13], finishing the 2007 season with a #10 AP ranking and a bid to 2007 BCS Sugar Bowl against #5 BCS ranked Georgia. However, the Sugar Bowl turned out to be a one-sided affair, as Georgia defeated Hawaii 41-10. Brennan went 22/38 for 169 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT. This game cost Brennan the all-time passer efficiency rating that he held prior to the game. Brennan was later quoted as saying, "This is not how I wanted my career to end."^[14] Some speculate that Brennan's sub-par performance was due to the excess media attention put on him before the game. Brennen was not used to playing against teams that had as much speed as the Bulldogs did on defense, especially at DE. He held onto the ball for too long on multiple occasions.This lead to him being sacked 8 times in the game. After the game he acnowledged he was overmatched and had hoped to play a game closer to the game they traditionally played.

Achievements

Some of Brennan's achievements include:

NCAA record for most career touchdown passes (131). Achieved November 23 2007.
NCAA record for most career touchdowns responsible for (146). Achieved November 23 2007.
Tied NCAA record for most career touchdown passes by a quarterback-receiver combination (39 to Davone Bess). Achieved November 23 2007.
NCAA single-season record for most touchdown passes, achieved in 2006 (58)
NCAA two-season record for most touchdown passes, (96 -- achieved 2006-2007)
NCAA record for passing efficiency (season), posting a 186.0 mark in 2006
NCAA record for most passing yards (two seasons) with 9,850 (2005-2006)
NCAA record for most points responsible for (season) with 385. (2006)
Three-time 2006 WAC Offensive Player of the Week honoree
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Finalist, 2006
Second Team Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American, 2006
Walter Camp Offensive National Player of the Week (Nov. 4) and USA Today National Player of the Week (Nov. 7), 2006
2006 and 2007 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
Hawaii's first quarterback to earn All-America status since 1978, 2006 & 2007 (Third team)
Honorable Mention SI.com All-America, 2006
Second team SI.com All-America, 2007
Finalist for the Manning Award, 2006
Honorable mention JC All-America
2006 Heisman Trophy Award nominee (6th place finish)
2007 Heisman Trophy Award finalist (3rd place finish) (632 points)^[15]
Mancini Trophy, Best Quarterback voted by the Associated Press and USA Today

NFL Draft

Brennan declared for the 2007 NFL draft, but he quickly changed his mind and returned for his senior season. For the 2008 draft, Brennan is projected anywhere from a mid-first round pick to the third round.

Personal

While at Hawai'i, Brennan grew dreadlocks to better bond with his wide receivers, and learned enough Samoan so that he could use it to call plays from the line of scrimmage; Hawai'i has a number of players of Samoan descent. Parents are Betsy and Terry Brennan of Irvine, Ca. Father Terry is CEO of Leighton & Associates of Irvine.^[2] Brennan is a communications major^[16]. On December 16, 2007, Brennan joined teammates defensive tackle Siave Seti, defensive ends Amani Purcell and Karl Noa, and linebacker Rustin Saole for the 2007 Fall commencement ceremony, Brennan received his Bachelor of Arts in communication and a 27-second ovation. ^[17] ^[18] It was fitting that in honor of Brennan's achievements this year, the commencement speaker, Hawaii-based venture capitalist Barry Weinman, donned Brennan's No. 15 jersey while delivering the commencement address. ^[19]

References

^ Mike and the Mad Dog, December 7, 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chris Dufresne, Cult of Colt, Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2007.
^ Second chance leaves Brennan on verge of history. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ SBrennan: QB with a past and presence. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
^ Brennan gets back up. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ Brennan breaks NCAA season TD pass mark. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ Smith strikes pose with record Heisman win. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
^ Brennan eyeing return to Hawaii, but NFL not ruled out. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
^ Hawaii QB Colt Brennan will return for senior season. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
^ Another year would only help Brennan. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ Rivals.com's QB Power Rankings, CNNSI.com, April 2, 2007.
^ Brennan breaks NCAA career mark for TD passes. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
^ Hawaii rallies from 21 down to save perfect season. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
^ [1]
^ Colt Brennan - 2007 Heisman Trophy Candidate. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
^ University of Hawaii at Manoa, Journalism Program. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
^ [http://starbulletin.com/2007/12/17/news/story02.html I got a degree, I’m all set]. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
^ Hawaii quarterback graduates from college. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
^ Brennan Joins 1,200 Others In Graduation Ceremony. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.

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