Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn (born October 27, 1984) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Quinn was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame. Contents 1 Early Years 2 Personal life 3 College career 4 Professional career 4.1 Pre-draft 4.2 Cleveland Browns 4.2.1 2007 4.2.2 2008 4.2.3 2009 4.3 Denver Broncos 4.3.1 2010 4.4 2011 5 Statistics 5.1 College 5.2 NFL 6 References 7 External links [edit] Early Years Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn was born on October 27, 1984 in Columbus, Ohio, the middle child of Tyrone J. Quinn and Robin D. (née Slates) Quinn. He has an older sister, Laura Quinn, and a younger sister, Kelly Katherine Quinn. Laura Quinn is married to Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk, who played college football at the Ohio State University. Quinn attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio, and ran! ked sixth on the Detroit Free Press "Best of the Midwest" team and was listed at number 20 on ESPN's list of the nation's top 100 players as a preparatory student.[1] As a high school junior in 2001, he was able to throw for 2,200 yards and 21 touchdowns to go along with 15 interceptions, posting a 9–4 record with which Coffman reached the Division I state semi-finals . As a senior in 2002, he threw for 2,149 yards, completing 143 of 258 pass attempts, and he threw 25 touchdowns with four interceptions while rushing for 108 yards and six touchdowns. Quinn helped his team post an 8–3 record and played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Quinn was named the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio Capital Conference Offensive Player of the Year and was an All-State choice.[1] Quinn was named an All-Conference player in baseball as a junior and lettered three times. He was a member of Young Life, the Rock Solid Club and Who's Who Among America High Scho! ol Students.[1] In the fall of 2002, then-Notre Dame head coac! h Tyrone Willingham offered Quinn a scholarship, acting on a tip from fellow recruit Chinedum Ndukwe's father.[2] [edit] Personal life Brady began dating USA Olympic gymnast, Alicia Sacramone, in November 2009.[3] As of October 2011, Quinn and Sacramone are still together. [edit] College career Brady Quinn at the Dillon Hall pep rally during his tenure at Notre Dame. Quinn accepted Willingham's scholarship and attended the University of Notre Dame, where he set 36 Fighting Irish records during his four seasons with the team. There were ten career records, twelve single-season records, four single-game records and ten miscellaneous records broken by Quinn throughout those four years, including the record for career pass attempts with 1,602 completions with 929 yards-per-game with 239.6 touchdown passes with 95, and the Irish's lowest interception percentage with 2.43. Quinn won 29 games as a starter at Notre Dame, tied with Ron Powlus and Tom Clements for the most in school ! history. On the downside, his 17 losses are the most in school history, one more than Powlus' 16 losses, and are markedly more than Clements' 5 losses. Quinn ranks in the top ten in NCAA Division I history in career pass attempts (ranked seventh), passing yards (ranked tenth) and touchdown passes (ranked ninth).[1] For his college career, Quinn had 32 interceptions in three years. Comparing Quinn to other Notre Dame top-10 quarterbacks, that is in line with Steve Beuerlein (44 in four years), Terry Hanratty (34 in three years) and Joe Theismann (35 in three years). It contrasts with other top Notre Dame quarterbacks, such as Powlus (27 in four years), Rick Mirer (23 in four years), Jarious Jackson (21 in four years) and Joe Montana (25 in three years).[4] In 2005, under the supervision of Notre Dame's new head coach Charlie Weis, formerly of the New England Patriots, Quinn blossomed as a starting quarterback. He averaged 110 more passing yards per game than he had as a soph! omore while nearly doubling his number of touchdown passes, throwing 32! in 2005 compared to 17 in 2004.[1] Quinn placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting behind Reggie Bush, Vince Young and Matt Leinart.[5] Quinn was named to the 2005 AP All-America Team as a third-team quarterback[6] and the 2006 SI.com All-American Team as a second-team quarterback.[7] Quinn received the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation's top passer of the 2005 season.[8] At the end of the season, Notre Dame faced Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Quinn had 29 completions in 45 pass attempts for 286 yards in a 34–20 loss to Ohio State.[9] Prior to the start of the 2006 college football season, Quinn was featured in a regional cover on the 2006-08-22 issue of Sports Illustrated's 2006 College Football Preview issue along with then-teammates Tom Zbikowski and Travis Thomas with the caption "Notre Dame: The Battle For No. 1."[10] Quinn was expected to lead his Fighting Irish squad as one of the best college football quarterbacks in the country. However, the team's #2 pre-seaso! n ranking[11] was put to the test in games against the Michigan Wolverines on 2006-09-16 in which the Irish lost 47–21[12] and USC Trojans on November 25, 2006 in which the Irish lost 44–24.[13] Arguably, these were the team's two biggest games of the season,[citation needed] and proved to be the team's only regular-season losses.[14] However, despite the somewhat disappointing season for the Fighting Irish in which the team finished ranked #11,[15] Quinn posted rather impressive numbers, finishing the season with 3,426 yards on 289 completions out of 467 attempts for a completion percentage of 61.9% and 7.34 yards-per-attempt. He threw 37 touchdowns to only 7 interceptions, and was sacked 31 times. Quinn finished the regular season with a passing efficiency rating of 146.65,[16] which ranked him 18th in the country.[17] Quinn and the Fighting Irish were invited to the 2007 Sugar Bowl on January 3, 2007, where the team would face off against the LSU Tigers. However, Qui! nn would prove to be outmatched against the strong LSU defense, which h! eld him to only 148 passing yards. Quinn threw only two touchdown passes, both in the first half, and the Tigers held Notre Dame scoreless through the second half of the game to defeat the Fighting Irish 41–14.[18] Following the 2006 season, Quinn won several awards, including the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[19] for the best college quarterback in the nation and the Maxwell Award[20] for the best college football player. Quinn finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind Troy Smith and Darren McFadden.[21] He was named the Cingular All-America Player of the Year[22] and was named to the 2006 AP All-America Team as a second-team quarterback.[23] Quinn graduated from Notre Dame with dual degrees in political science and finance.[24] Brady is the cousin of "Home Improvement" Actor Zachery Ty Bryan. [edit] Professional career [edit] Pre-draft Coming into the draft Quinn was considered to be one of the top players in the country and was invited to attend the draft ! in person. Before the draft started, Quinn was labeled as a "franchise quarterback in the mold of Carson Palmer."[25] He was projected to be picked in the top ten and even could have been the number one overall pick.[26][27][28] While some suspected the Browns would select Quinn with the third pick, he fell to the 22nd pick in the draft before being picked up by them.[29] Upon being passed by Miami with the 9th overall pick, Quinn seemed surprised and was seen mouthing "They'll be sorry." Following the draft, Quinn was criticized by Joe Theismann in a radio interview, claiming that Quinn looked "unprofessional" when he was on stage following his name being called. Theismann was bothered by the appearance of Quinn's hair and the fact that he was chewing gum. Quinn responded by saying that he apologizes to "anyone, obviously, who is a Notre Dame alum, or for those fans who thought I wasn't being very business like," saying that he was there for a long time and that the last t! hing that he thought of after his name was called was whether he was ch! ewing gum or straightening his tie. "I was just trying to get on stage as fast as possible and get that Browns jersey in my hand," Quinn said.[30] [edit] Cleveland Browns Brady Quinn's NFL debut as a Brown [edit] 2007 After an initial holdout,[31][32] Quinn signed a five-year deal with the Browns worth a reported $20.2 million, with $7.5 million guaranteed and up to $30 million in incentives.[33] However, his 10-day absence from training camp all but ensured he would not win the Browns' starting job during his rookie season.[34] He was placed third on the Browns' depth chart behind Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson. However, after a dismal 34–7 defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1, Charlie Frye was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth round draft pick, moving Quinn to second on the Brown's depth chart.[35] On December 30, 2007, when Anderson hurt his pinky and wrist, Quinn made his official NFL debut in the Browns' final game of the season against the San Franc! isco 49ers. Although going 3 for 8 passing Quinn led the Browns to the redzone, but failed to score, in part because of a dropped pass to Kellen Winslow. Despite speculation that the Browns would trade Anderson to get back into the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft,[36] Browns' general manager, Phil Savage, later stated that he hoped to sign Anderson, and keep both quarterbacks for the 2008 season.[37] [edit] 2008 After leading the Browns to a 10-6 record, Derek Anderson was named the starting quarterback for the 2008 season, leaving Quinn on the sidelines once again. However, after a mediocre 3–5 start by the team, coach Sam Barrick chose Quinn to be the starting quarterback for the Browns' game against the Denver Broncos.[38] Though he played quite well, and helped the Browns build a two-touchdown lead into the third quarter, the
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