Colt Brennan

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**Colt Brennan**
Personal Info


Date of Birth	1983-08-16
Place of Birth	Laguna Beach, California
Height	6'3"
Weight	190 pounds
Player Information
Position	Quarterback
Number	15
School	University of Hawaii
Bowl Games
2006 Hawaii Bowl (December 24, 2006)
NFL Draft
Not Yet Drafted
Teams Played For
Colorado Buffaloes (2003-2004)	Saddleback C.C. (2004)	Hawaii Warriors (2005-present)

Colt Brennan (born August 16, 1983 in Laguna Beach, California) is an American football quarterback for the University of Hawaii.

[edit] High school career

Brennan attended Mater Dei High School in California, where he led his team to the league championship as a sophomore. He also helped Mater Dei to the league championship in basketball as a senior. While at Mater Dei, Brennan was the back-up 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 targets were David Ball, now an All-American receiver at the University of New Hampshire, and Carl Elliott, the starting point guard on George Washington's basketball team.

[edit] College career

Brennan originally joined the University of Colorado football team in 2003. He spent the year as a redshirt. On January 28, 2004, Brennan was arrested by campus police for entering a co-ed's room uninvited and refusing to leave. Brennan was intoxicated at the time of the incident and eventually pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and tresspassing, but a guilty verdict for unlawful sexual contact was vacated by the court because of shaky evidence. 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, Brennan was almost immediately kicked off the team.[1]

Brennan transferred to Saddleback Community 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, and first-team all-conference for his performance that season. Brennan repaired his image well enough for Hawaii head coach June Jones to offer him a walk-on opportunity at Hawaii. Brennan accepted the offer and turned down other offers from Syracuse University and San Jose State University.

Brennan came into Hawaii in 2005 and quickly grabbed 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. Brennan either tied or broke 11 UH offensive records in what was a wildly successful first season with the Warriors. Brennan led the country in total offense yards (4,455) and touchdowns thrown (35). His 4,301 yards passing is the eighth-most in WAC history. Against New Mexico State (Oct. 15), Brennan posted career-high numbers in yards (515), TD's (7) and completions (38). He also had nine 300+ yard performances, including four 400+ yard games and a 515-yard performance.

Brennan enters the 2006 season as the undisputed starter at quarterback. Brennan has been named to multiple award watch lists and was voted the WAC's preseason offensive player of the year. He is leading the nation in passer rating with an outstanding 189.6, which would be a new NCAA single season record. He currently has passed for 4,990 yards, and has 53 touchdowns to 11 interceptions. Brennan is now 1 touchdown short of tying the NCAA single-season record, of 54 (set in 1990 by David Klingler of The University of Houston), with only a post season game (post season game stats now count toward records). Brennan has already been speculated as a frontrunner for next years Heisman award. Brennan was 6th in the Heisman race behind winner Troy Smith, Darren McFadden, Brady Quinn, Steve Slaton and Mike Hart

On December 2, 2006, his football career was featured on ESPN's College GameDay. It began, "In the last five years, over the thousands of miles he has traveled, the one constant in Colt Brennan's life has been change."