Colton "Colt" James Brennan (born August 16, 1983 in Laguna Beach, California ) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent . He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft . He played college football at Hawaiʻi . Brennan has also been a member of the Oakland Raiders . He holds the NCAA Division I (NCAA) record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 58. He holds 30 other NCAA Division I FBS records.
Early years
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, he was the backup quarterback to Matt Leinart until Leinart graduated. After graduating from Mater Dei, Brennan attended Worcester Academy in Massachusetts for a postgraduate year, where his primary receivers were David Ball , now a wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL , and Carl Elliott, the former starting Point Guard on George Washington 's basketball team.
College career
Colorado
Brennan originally attended the University of Colorado in 2003 as a walk-on . He spent the year as a redshirt .
Expulsion from the team
On January 28, 2004, Brennan entered the dorm room of a female CU student, uninvited, and, according to the victim, "exposed himself and fondled her'," a charge which Brennan denied. Brennan, who was intoxicated at the time of the incident, was arrested and eventually convicted of charges of felony 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. Brennan was court ordered to take a polygraph test about the incident and passed. He later showed those results to Saddleback College President Richard McCullough. 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, he was kicked off the team.
Saddleback College
Brennan then transferred to Saddleback 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 by the JuCal Transfer, and first-team all-conference for his performance that season. He repaired his image well enough for the University of Hawaiʻi head coach June Jones to offer him a walk-on opportunity. 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 .
University of Hawaiʻi
2005
Brennan joined Hawaiʻi in 2005 and quickly earned 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 . He either tied or broke 11 school offensive records in what was a successful first season with the Warriors. He 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 , he recorded 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.
2006
Brennan entered 2006 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 in Division I-A.
During the regular season, Brennan passed for 53 touchdowns, falling 1 touchdown pass short of the NCAA Division I-A single-season record (set in 1990 by David Klingler of Houston ). On December 24, 2006, at the Hawaiʻi Bowl , Brennan threw for five touchdowns to break the record. (Statistics accumulated during the postseason now count towards records.) The team finished the season with an 11–3 record, finishing second in the WAC behind Boise State .
Brennan finished 6th in Heisman Trophy voting in the 2006 Heisman race, behind Troy Smith , Darren McFadden , Brady Quinn , Steve Slaton , and Mike Hart . During the season, Brennan passed for 5,549 yards, 58 touchdowns, and the highest passer efficiency in the nation. 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." During a press conference on January 17, Brennan announced that he was returning to the University of Hawaiʻi for his senior season. He didn't feel he was fully prepared for the NFL and needed another year to get ready. He returned to Hawaiʻi as a Heisman front runner and one of the NCAA's most prolific passers. Rivals.com named him one of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season.
2007
On November 23, 2007, he broke the major college career record for touchdown passes, throwing five touchdown passes against then #17 Boise State. He threw the record-breaking 122nd in the first quarter, a six-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen to surpass the mark set by former Brigham Young University Quarterback Ty Detmer in 1991. With the pass, Brennan also broke Detmer's record for most touchdowns responsible for with 136. The Hawai'i team would go on to beat Washington 35-28 in the final game of the regular season to finish with a 12-0 record, finishing the 2007 season ranked #10 on the AP Top 25 , earning a bid to 2007 BCS Sugar Bowl against the #5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs . The Sugar Bowl turned out to be a one-sided affair, as Georgia defeated Hawaiʻi 41–10. Brennan completed 22-of-38 for 169 yards, while throwing three interceptions . Throughout the game, Georgia was able to effectively apply pressure rushing only three defensive linemen , allowing Georgia to drop eight men into coverage.[citation needed ] This game cost Brennan the all-time passer efficiency rating that he held prior to the game. He was later quoted as saying, "This is not how I wanted my career to end."
June Jones
June Jones , Brennan's coach at Hawaiʻi, had a large impact upon his career, making him one of the most prolific passers in NCAA Division 1 history. In a short January 6, 2008 interview Brennan said of Jones: "He's obviously done a lot for me because he gave me a chance and that's really what I was looking for... He really gave me the confidence to take my game at the next level and give me the confidence to play like an All-American." Jones was instrumental in bringing Brennan to Hawaiʻi during his sophomore year. After the Hawaii Warriors lost the 2008 Sugar Bowl against the University of Georgia, Jones revealed in a press conference that he would no longer be coaching at the University of Hawaii.
Awards and honors
- 2x First-team All-WAC (2006-2007)
- 2x WAC Offensive P.O.Y. (2006-2007)
- 2x Third-team AP All-American (2006-2007)
- 2x O'Brien Award finalist (2006-2007)
- Sammy Baugh Trophy (2006)
- Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist (2007)
- Heisman Trophy finalist (2007)
Records
Some of Brennan's achievements include:
- Second all-time in most career touchdowns responsible for (146). Achieved November 23, 2007.
- NCAA record for most 400 yard games (20). Achieved in 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
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