 Drew Brees, Purdue University
Career: Purdue and Big Ten Conference career leader in
passing attempts (1,639), passing completions (1,003), passing yards (11,517), passing
touchdowns (88) and total offense (12,442) … Purdue leader in career completion
percentage (.612) … ranks second in school history with 132.4 passing efficiency mark
and 45 interceptions … tied for 14th with 14 rushing touchdowns and tied for 16th
with 16 non-passing touchdowns (14 rushing and two receiving) … only quarterback in
Big Ten history with two 500-plus passing yards … has school records of seven,
400-plus-yard passing games, 16, 300-plus-yard passing games and 26, 250-plus-yard passing
games … Purdue leader in career rushing yards among quarterbacks (925) … on NCAA
career lists (which do not include bowl games) ranks fourth in attempts (1,525), fourth in
completions (942), fourth in total offense (11,815), ninth in passing yards (10,909) and
tied for 11th in passing touchdowns (81) … has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of
the Week eight times (tied with Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne for most-often in
conference history).
2000: Finalist for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as
nation's top senior quarterback … semifinalist for Davey O'Brien National Quarterback
Award … named National Collegiate Scholar-Athlete by National Football Foundation and
College Football Hall of Fame ($18,000 postgraduate scholarship) … first team
All-American by Gannett News Service … third team All-American by Football News
… Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and first team All-Big Ten by both coaches and
media … team Most Valuable Player … also received team's Leonard Wilson Award
(unselfishness and dedication) and Kiwanis Citizenship Award … Academic All-District
V and All-Big Ten … four-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (weeks ending
Sept. 10-co, Sept. 24, Oct. 15, Oct. 29-co) … has started all 11 games … has
completed 286 of 473 passes (60.5 percent) for 3,393 yards with 24 touchdowns and 12
interceptions … team's second-leading rusher with 546 yards on 91 carries (6.0
average) with five touchdowns … leads nation in total offense (358.1 yards per game)
… became Purdue's career total offense and completions leader while completing 32 of
46 passes for 415 yards with two touchdowns vs. Kent State on Sept. 9 … completed 33
of 49 passes for 409 yards with two touchdowns and took over Purdue top spot for career
passing touchdowns and attempts vs. Minnesota on Sept. 23 … also rushed for a
career-high 88 yards on 12 carries (7.3 average) in that game … caught 5-yard
touchdown pass from Vinny Sutherland at Penn State on Sept. 30 … set school career
passing yards record while completing 32 of 44 passes for 286 yards with two touchdowns
vs. Michigan on Oct. 7 … threw five touchdown passes at Northwestern on Oct. 14
… threw season-long 78-yard touchdown strike to Seth Morales at Wisconsin on Oct. 21
… passed for season-high 455 yards (39 of 65) with three touchdowns, including
game-winning 64-yarder to Morales with 1:55 left, vs. Ohio State on Oct. 28 … threw
68-yard touchdown to Vinny Sutherland at Michigan State on Nov. 11 … rushed for 85
yards on 10 carries (8.5 average) vs. Indiana on Nov. 18.
1999: First recipient of Socrates Award recognizing
the nation’s finest athlete in terms of academics, athletics and community service
... runner-up for Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award (to Georgia Tech’s
Joe Hamilton) and Maxwell Award as the nation’s top player (to Wisconsin running back
Ron Dayne) … finished fourth in Heisman Trophy balloting (behind Dayne, Hamilton and
Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick) … second team All-American by Football News
... second team GTE Academic All-American ... first team All-Big Ten by both coaches and
media … Academic All-District V and All-Big Ten … selected Purdue’s Male
Athlete of the Year ... chosen for Purdue Mortar Board … started all 12 games …
led Big Ten in attempts, completions and passing yards … totals of 554 attempts, 337
completions, 3,909 yards and 25 touchdowns rank second on Purdue’s season lists
(behind his 569 attempts, 361 completions, 3,983 yards and 39 touchdowns in 1998) …
fourth on school season completion percentage list at .608 … averaged Big Ten-best
325.8 yards passing per game … ranked first in Big Ten and third nationally in total
offense with 340.5 yards per game … quarterback rating of 130.7 was sixth in
conference and 37th nationally … opened campaign with four touchdowns at Central
Florida on Sept. 4 … set school record for longest play from scrimmage when he hooked
up with Vinny Sutherland on 99-yard touchdown pass against Northwestern on Sept. 25 …
named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after completing 32 of 50 passes for 405 yards
with three touchdowns against Northwestern … had season-high 40 completions in 57
attempts for 509 yards with five touchdowns against Michigan State on Oct. 16 … his
509 yards against Michigan State are third best at Purdue for single game …
Purdue’s third-leading rusher with 177 yards on 79 carries … scored four
touchdowns via the ground, including two against Wisconsin on Nov. 6 when he had career
bests of 18 carries and 85 yards … caught two passes for 13 yards, including 12-yard
touchdown pass from Sutherland at Ohio State on Oct. 9.
1998: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year by the
media ... second team all-conference by both coaches and media ... finished 16th in the
balloting for the Heisman Trophy, tops among underclassman quarterbacks ... Academic
All-Big Ten ... started all 13 games at quarterback ... set Big Ten and Purdue season
records for touchdowns (39), passing yards (3,983), total offense (4,176), completions
(361) and attempts (569) and conference game records for completions (55) and attempts
(83) ... had season efficiency rating of 137.83 ... completed 63.4 percent of pass
attempts ... rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns on 69 carries ... had school-record
six touchdown passes in game twice (against Minnesota on Oct. 3 and at Northwestern on
Nov. 7) ... threw for school-record 522 yards against Minnesota while completing 31 of 36
passes (.861) ... set NCAA record with 83 attempts and tied standard with 55 completions
at Wisconsin on Oct. 10 ... threw season-long 70-yard touchdown pass to Randall Lane at
Northwestern ... threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in
the final 30 seconds against Kansas State in the Alamo Bowl … had career-long 23-yard
rush against Central Florida on Sept. 19.
1997: Saw action in seven games (six of final eight)
as backup to Billy Dicken ... completed 19 of 43 passes for 232 yards with one
interception ... top efforts were 11 of 21 for 97 yards at Toledo on Sept. 6 and 4 of 9
for 78 yards at Indiana on Nov. 22. |
