Ryan Browne (American football)
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Major | Selling and Sales Management |
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| Born: | August 19, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
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| High school | Venice (Venice, Florida) Milford Academy (New Berlin, New York) |
Ryan Browne (born August 19, 2003) is an American football quarterback. He previously played for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Early life
[edit]Browne attended Venice High School in Venice, Florida. As a senior, he was named the 8A Player of the Year after passing for 2,636 yards and 31 touchdowns while adding 534 yards and eight touchdowns.[1] He committed to Purdue University to play college football.[2] He attended Milford Academy in New Berlin, New York for a year after graduating high school and threw for 2,931 yards and 29 touchdowns.[3]
College career
[edit]Browne appeared in one game as a true freshman at Purdue in 2023, completing 12 of 16 passes for 104 yards while rushing 21 times for 85 yards. He entered his redshirt freshman year in 2024 as the backup to Hudson Card. Against Illinois, he started his first career game with Card out due to concussion symptoms. During the game he completed 18 of 26 passes for 297 yards with three passing touchdowns and rushed for 118 yards on 17 carries.[4][5] The next week he was named the starter against the Oregon Ducks.[6]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Purdue Boilermakers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 104 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 104.6 | 21 | 85 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 0–2 | 43 | 76 | 56.6 | 532 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 127.5 | 50 | 155 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Career[7] | 7 | 2 | 0–2 | 55 | 92 | 59.8 | 636 | 6.9 | 4 | 4 | 123.5 | 71 | 240 | 3.4 | 0 | |
Personal life
[edit]Browne is the son of former NFL fullback, Jim Browne.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Venice's Browne, Peacock selected 8A Player and Coach of the Year
- ^ Carmin, Mike. "Purdue football secures commitment from quarterback Ryan Browne in 2023 class". Journal and Courier.
- ^ a b Baird, Nathan. "Purdue football's Ryan Browne to start at Illinois: 3 thing to know about Boilermaker QB". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Baird, Nathan. "What Purdue football coach Ryan Walters said about Hudson Card and Ryan Browne". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Baird, Nathan. "Purdue's new QB-play caller combo woke up Boilermakers offense. Will they stick with it?". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ "Ryan Browne will make 2nd straight start for Purdue against ranked opponent, this time No. 2 Oregon". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 2024-10-16. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "Ryan Browne College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.