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Brian Brohm | Quarterback | Louisville | 6'3" - 232 lbs.
Story: QB Brohm Falls Into Packers' Lap
OVERVIEW
Brian started 33 games at Louisville. He closed his career as the Big East Conference's all-time record holder in passing yardage, becoming the first player in league history to throw for over 10,000 yards (10,775). He finished second on the school's career-record list with 780 pass completions and 1,185 pass attempts. He compiled a 24-9 record as a starter.
A standout quarterback at Trinity High School, Brohm was named USA Today Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. He threw for 10,579 yards and 119 touchdowns (both rank second in state prep history) during his 44-game career and was the recipient of the National Quarterback Club's award for the National High School Quarterback of the Year in 2003.
Brohm was voted one of the 2003 National Top 150 Adidas Playmakers and named the Gatorade Player of the Year, in addition to earning Kentucky Mr. Football accolades. He was also selected to the Parade Magazine High School All-American teams and ranked as the best quarterback and second-ranked overall prospect in the country by ESPN's Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report.
Brohm led the Shamrocks to three state titles, won the Roy Kidd Award and was a three-time state finalist for MVP honors. He guided the team to a 15-0 record in postseason play started for the East in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He set a state record for career completion percentage. As a senior, Brohm threw for 3,720 yards and 33 touchdowns, completing 298 of 463 passes. He passed for 3,777 yards and 47 touchdowns on 226 of 335 passes with just one INTs as a junior. In the 2002 state championship game, he completed 19-of-25 passes for 552 yards and seven TDs.
As a sophomore, Brohm completed 174 of 273 passes for 3,082 yards and 39 scores with only five interceptions. He was also a starter on the Trinity High basketball team that went to the State Tournament for the first time ever and was named player of the game in their first round win. He was also the hoop squad's MVP, helping the squad advance to the semi-finals of the state tournament. Much like his brother, Jeff, he excelled in baseball and was drafted by Colorado Rockies in the 2002 major league baseball draft.
Heavily recruited, Brohm decided to continue the family tradition at Louisville, enrolling at the school in 2004. He was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year and earned the Commissioner's Medal for having over a 3.75 grade point average. He was selected the team's Offensive Newcomer of the Year and was a member of the Conference USA All-Freshmen Team.
Playing behind Stefan LeFors, Brohm completed 66 of 99 passes (67.3 percent) for 819 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions in eleven games. He owned a 153.51 passing efficiency rating and added 81 yards with a pair of scores on 27 carries (3.0 avg), as one of only eight true freshmen quarterbacks in the country to see significant time that year.
Brohm earned second-team All-Big East Conference accolades in 2005, as Louisville's passing offense ranked ninth in the nation (482.08 ypg) and Brohm stood second in passing efficiency (166.73). The quarterback threw for 2,883 yards, 19 TDs and just five INTs on 207 of 301 attempts (68.8 percent, the second-best season mark in school history), adding three more scores on 41 rushing attempts.
In 2006, he ranked ninth nationally in passing efficiency (159.08) and total offense (281.27 ypg), connecting on 199 of 313 throws (63.6 percent) for 3,049 yards, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also amassed 45 yards on 47 carries.
In 2007, Brohm ranked fourth in the nation with an average of 335.33 yards passing per game and finished sixth nationally with an average of 331.5 yards per game in total offense. He connected on 308 of 473 attempts (65.1 percent) for 4,024 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He scored three times on 57 carries and gained 3,978 yards in total offense.
In 44 games at Louisville, Brohm started 33 contests. He holds conference and school career-records with 10,775 yards passing, completing 780 of 1,185 tosses (65.82 percent) with 71 touchdowns and 24 interceptions. He ran for eight scores and 44 yards on 172 carries (0.3 avg) and caught two passes for a 1-yard gain. On 1,357 offensive snaps, he generated 10,819 yards in total offense while accounting for 79 total touchdowns.
The Brohm family has a long, storied history at Louisville, dating back to the 1968-69 seasons, when Oscar lettered for the Cardinals. Years later, his son, Greg (1989-92) put on a Louisville uniform. He started three seasons as a receiver, catching 45 passes for 722 yards and three scores for head coach Howard Schnellenberger. Greg returned to the university in 2006, taking over as the team's Director of Football Operations.
Jeff (1990, 92-93) started at quarterback for the Cardinals in his three seasons as a letterman. He ranks among U of L's all-time leaders for passing yards (seventh, 5,451), touchdown passes (fifth, 38), completions (eighth, 402), total offense (sixth, 6,430) and completion percentage (sixth, .562). Voted the Cards' MVP in 1992 and 1993, Jeff will always be remembered for a gritty performance in leading U of L to an 18-7 victory over Michigan State in the 1993 Liberty Bowl.
Playing with two steel pins and one steel plate in the index finger of his throwing hand, Jeff completed 19-of-29 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown amidst 20-degree temperatures and freezing rain to earn the game's MVP award. Brohm also played two seasons in the Cleveland Indians organization while in college.
Jeff then began a seven-year career in the NFL. He started his NFL career in 1994 with the San Diego Chargers. He played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1995-1997 where he was the backup quarterback to Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young. From 1998-2000, he played for Tampa Bay, Denver, and Cleveland. In 2001, he played in the XFL for the Orlando Rage and was named first team All-XFL, leading the league in passer rating (99.9).
After his playing days, Jeff returned to Louisville, where he served as an assistant coach the last four seasons. In addition to coaching the team's quarterbacks, Jeff was recently elevated to assistant head coach and will be the passing game coordinator in 2007. In his four years with the Cardinals, Jeff tutored two-time first-team All-Conference USA and Co-Offensive Player of the Year Stefan LeFors and the Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Brian Brohm, the youngest brother of the fourth-year coach.
CAREER NOTES
Brohm set Big East Conference career-record with 10,775 yards passing, topping the old mark of 9,565 yards by Ken Dorsey of Miami (1999-2002)...His 10,775 yards rank second in school annals behind Chris Redman's 12,541 yards (1996-99)...His pass completion percentage of .6582 rank behind Stefan LeFors (66.0 percent, 2001-04) on the school's all-time record chart...His interception percentage (2.03 percent) is also a Louisville all-time mark, breaking the previous record of 2.1 percent by LeFors...Ranks second in school history with 21 300-yard passing performances (set the Big East Conference record), surpassed by Chris Redman's 23 (1996-99)...Brohm's 71 TD passes are topped by Redman (84) and Dave Ragone (74, 1999-2002) in school annals and rank third in Big East history behind Ken Dorsey of Miami (86, 1999-2002) and Donovan McNabb of Syracuse (77, 1995-98)...His 10,819 yards in total offense are topped only by Redman (12,129) in UL history and established a Big East career-record, breaking the previous mark of 9,950 yards by Donovan McNabb of Syracuse (1995-98)...His 780 pass completions rank second in UL annals to Redman's 1,031 and only Redman (1,679) had more pass attempts for the Cardinals than Brohm's 1,185...His 30 TD passes in 2007 broke the school career-record of 29 that Redman set in 1998 and matched again in 1999...Only Rod Rutherford of Pittsburgh (37 in 2003) had more TD passes in a season in the Big East ...With 308 pass completions in 2007, Brohm joined Redman (309 in 1998, 317 in 1999) as the only players in Louisville history to complete more than 300 in a season...His 308 completions also topped the Big East season-record of 295 by Ryan Hart of Rutgers in 2004...His 473 pass attempts in 2007 tied Redman (1998) for second on the school's season-record list...He joined Redman (4,042 in 1998) as the only players in Louisville annals to throw for over 4,000 yards (4,024 in 2007), en route to topping the previous Big East season-record of 3,679 yards by Rod Rutherford of Pittsburgh in 2003...Brohm's 3,978 yards in total offense for 2007 was the second-best season total in school history behind Redman's 4,009 yards in 1998...It also topped the old conference record of 3,829 by Rutherford in 2003...His pass completion percentage of .688 in 2005 is topped only by Stefan LeFor's 73.5 percent in 2004 and established a new Big East mark, topping the old record of 65.1 percent by Ryan Hart of Rutgers in 2004...His five TD passes vs. Oregon State in 2005 and vs. Middle Tennessee State in 2007 rank second on the school's game-record list...Only Pete Gonzalez of Pittsburgh (seven vs. Rutgers in 1997), Devin Scott of Temple (six vs. Rutgers in 1999) and Marc Bulger of West Virginia (six vs. Pittsburgh in 1998) threw for more TDs in a game in Big East annals...His pass completion percentage of 81.8 in that 2005 Oregon State game was the second-best game total in school history...His passing efficiency rating of 288.24 vs. Oregon State in 2005 topped the old school game-record, and he later broke that mark with a 289.05 rating vs. Murray State in 2007...His passing efficiency rating of 157.92 is surpassed only by Chris Redman's 188.45 (1996-99) on the Cardinals' career-record list...Brohm's 45 pass completions vs. Syracuse in 2007 broke the old school game-record of 44 by Chris Redman vs. East Carolina in 1998 and the conference mark of 39 successful passes by Dan Orlovsky of Connecticut vs. Syracuse in 2004)...His 65 pass attempts vs. Syracuse also set a school game-record...Brohm's 555 yards passing in the Syracuse contest rank second on UL's game-record chart, topped only by Redman's 592 vs. East Carolina in 1998 and broke the old league record of 504 yards by Bryan Randall of Virginia Tech vs. Syracuse in 2002...The QB's 549 yards in total offense vs. Syracuse in 2007 broke the Big East Conference game-record...His 67 offensive plays in the 2007 Syracuse clash rank third on the Big East game-record chart behind Walter Washington of Temple (69 vs. West Virginia in 2003) and Tyler Palko of Pittsburgh (68 vs. Rutgers in 2005)...Brohm threw for four or more TDs eight times and threw two or more TDs in a game 18 times.
2007 SEASON
All-American Dream Team (third team) choice by The NFL Draft Report...Added second-team All-Big East Conference accolades for the second-straight season...Member of the Maxwell Award and Manning Award watch lists...Led the Big East and ranked eighth in the nation in pass efficiency (152.43 rating), as he also paced the league and ranked sixth nationally with an average of 331.5 yards per game in total offense...Ranked fourth in the country with an average of 335.33 yards passing per game, as his 4,024 yards passing was the sixth-best season total in the NCAA ranks...Placed tenth in the nation with an average of 25.67 pass completions per game and was second in the league with an average of 16.5 points responsible for per game...Completed 308 of 473 attempts (65.1 percent) for 4,024 yards, setting a school season-record with 30 touchdowns while also coming up with twelve interceptions...Lost 44 yards on 57 carries (-0.8 avg), but did score three times on the ground...Caught one pass for a 7-yard loss...On 530 offensive snaps, Brohm piled up 3,978 yards in total offense, the second-best season total in school annals...178 of his 308 pass completions produced first downs, as he helped convert 72-of-164 third-down snaps...54 of his completions went for 20 yards or longer.
2006 SEASON
All-Big East Conference second-team choice...Added Academic All-District honors from ESPN and was named Most Valuable Player of the Orange Bowl...Started eleven games at quarterback ...Ranked ninth in the nation with a 159.08 passing efficiency rating and ninth with an average of 281.27 yards per game in total offense...Completed 18.09 passes per game, the 23rd-best season total in the NCAA Division 1-BCS ranks...Threw for 3,049 yards, the 14th-best total in the country in 2006 and ranked eighth nationally with an average of 277.18 yards per game passing...Completed 199-of-313 passes (63.6 percent) for 3,049 yards, 16 TDs and five interceptions...119 of his pass completions were good for first downs, but 34 of his 114 incomplete tosses were deflected by the opposition...Rushed 47 times for 45 yards (1.0 avg), finishing with 3,094 yards in total offense...Guided a team that ranked second in the nation in total offense (475.31 ypg), seventh in passing (290.0 ypg) fourth in scoring (37.77 ppg) and fifth in passing efficiency (161.53)...Garnered Big East Conference Player of the Week honors vs. Temple, West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Connecticut.
2005 SEASON
Earned All-Big East Conference first-team and Offensive Player of the Year honors...Led the conference and ranked second in the nation with a 166.73 pass efficiency rating... Finished 17th nationally while pacing the Big East with an average of 284.1 yards per game in total offense...Ranked 11th in the nation with an average of 288.3 yards per game passing...Threw for 2,881 yards, the sixth-best total in school history, as his 19 touchdown passes rank eighth on the Louisville annual record list...Connected on 207-of-301 passes in ten games, as his pass completion percentage of 68.8 ranks second in school season annals...Had only five interceptions...118 of his completions produced first downs.
2004 SEASON
Brohm was named C-USA Freshman of the Year and earned the Commissioner's Medal for academic excellence (3.75 grade point average)...Member of the Conference USA All-Freshman Team and earned team Offensive Newcomer of the Year honors...Saw action in eleven games as a reserve quarterback, completing 66-of-98 passes (67.3 percent) for 819 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions...Carried 27 times for 81 yards (3.0 avg) and a pair of scores.
CAMPUS AGILITY TESTS
4.79 in the 40-yard dash...300-pound bench press...Bench pressed 225 pounds 14 times...26.5-inch vertical jump...29 5/8-inch arm length...9 -inch hands...Right-handed.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) High School, playing football for head coach Bob Beatty...Named USA Today Offensive Player of the Year as a senior...Threw for 10,579 yards and 119 touchdowns (both rank second in state prep history) during his 44-game career...Recipient of the National Quarterback Club's award for the National High School Quarterback of the Year in 2003...Voted one of the 2003 National Top 150 Adidas Play-makers...Named the Gatorade Player of the Year, in addition to earning Kentucky Mr. Football accolades...Selected to the Parade Magazine High School All-American teams and ranked as the best quarterback and second-ranked overall prospect in the country by ESPN's Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report...Led the Shamrocks to three state titles, as he was awarded the Roy Kidd Award and was a three-time state finalist for Most Valuable Player honors...Guided the team to a 15-0 record in the state playoffs and started for the East squad in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl...Set a state record for career completion percentage...As a senior, Brohm threw for 3,720 yards and 33 touchdowns, completing 298-of-463 passes...Passed for 3,777 yards and 47 touchdowns on 226-of-335 passes with just one interception as a junior...In the 2002 state championship game, he completed 19-of-25 passes for 552 yards and seven touchdowns...As a sophomore, Brohm completed 174-of-273 passes for 3,082 yards and 39 scores with only five interceptions...Was also a starter on the Trinity High basketball team that went to the State Tournament for the first time ever and was named player of the game in their first round win...Hoop squad's MVP, helping the squad advance to the semi-finals of the state tournament...Excelled in baseball and was drafted by Colorado Rockies in the 2002 major league baseball draft.
PERSONAL
Finance major, earning conference and school academic honors (3.75 gpa)...Became the fourth family member to play at Louisville...Son of Donna and Oscar Brohm...From 1968-69, Oscar lettered for the Cardinals...Brother Greg played at Louisville as a receiver (1989-92), catching 45 passes for 722 yards and three scores. Greg returned to the university in 2006, taking over as the team's Director of Football Operations...Another brother, Jeff (1990, 92-93), started at QB, ranking among U of L's all-time leaders for passing yards (seventh, 5,451), touchdown passes (fifth, 38), completions (eighth, 402), total offense (sixth, 6,430) and comp. pct. (sixth, .562). Voted the Cards' MVP in 1992 and 1993, Jeff will always be remembered for a gritty performance in leading U of L to an 18-7 victory over Michigan State in the 1993 Liberty Bowl. Playing with two steel pins and one steel plate in the index finger of his throwing hand, Jeff completed 19-of-29 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown amidst 20-degree temperatures and freezing rain to earn the game's MVP award. Jeff also played two seasons in the Cleveland Indians organization while in college. Following his playing days at Louisville, Jeff began a seven-year career in the NFL. Started his NFL career in 1994 with the San Diego Chargers. Played for San Francisco 49ers from 1995-1997 where he was the backup quarterback to Steve Young in 1997. From 1998-2000, he played for Tampa Bay, Denver, and Cleveland. In 2001, he played in the XFL for the Orlando Rage and was named first team All-XFL as he owned the league's highest QB rating at 99.9. After his playing days, Jeff returned to Louisville, where he served as an assistant coach the last four seasons. In addition to coaching the team's quarterbacks, Jeff was recently elevated to assistant head coach and will be the passing game coordinator in 2007...Born 9/23/85... Resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
| PASSING STATISTICS |
| Year |
ATT |
COMP |
PCT |
YARDS |
TD |
YD/ATT |
YD/CMP |
INT |
I/PCT |
LG |
GM/AVG |
| 2004 |
98 |
66 |
67.3 |
819 |
6 |
8.36 |
12.41 |
2 |
2.04 |
74 |
74.45 |
| 2005 |
301 |
207 |
68.8 |
2,883 |
19 |
9.58 |
13.93 |
5 |
1.66 |
76 |
288.30 |
| 2006 |
313 |
199 |
63.6 |
3,049 |
16 |
9.74 |
15.32 |
5 |
1.60 |
75 |
277.18 |
| 2007 |
473 |
308 |
65.1 |
4,024 |
30 |
8.51 |
13.06 |
12 |
2.54 |
81 |
335.33 |
| Total |
1,185 |
780 |
65.8 |
10,775 |
71 |
9.09 |
13.81 |
24 |
2.03 |
81 |
244.89 |
| RUSHING STATISTICS |
| Year |
GP |
GS |
NO |
YARDS |
AVG |
TD |
LONG |
| 2004 |
11 |
0 |
27 |
81 |
3.0 |
2 |
26 |
| 2005 |
10 |
10 |
41 |
-36 |
-0.9 |
3 |
15 |
| 2006 |
11 |
11 |
47 |
45 |
1.0 |
0 |
21 |
| 2007 |
12 |
12 |
57 |
-46 |
-0.8 |
3 |
12 |
| Total |
44 |
33 |
172 |
44 |
0.3 |
8 |
26 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE |
| Year |
GM |
PLAYS |
PASS |
RUSH |
YARDS |
TDR |
P/AVG |
GM/AVG |
| 2004 |
11 |
125 |
819 |
81 |
900 |
8 |
7.20 |
81.82 |
| 2005 |
10 |
342 |
2,883 |
-36 |
2,847 |
22 |
8.32 |
284.70 |
| 2006 |
11 |
360 |
3,049 |
45 |
3,094 |
16 |
8.59 |
281.27 |
| 2007 |
12 |
530 |
4,024 |
-46 |
3,978 |
33 |
7.51 |
331.50 |
| Total |
44 |
1,357 |
10,775 |
44 |
10,819 |
79 |
7.97 |
245.89 |
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