Casey Bramlet

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Casey Bramlet
Date of birth April 2, 1981
Place of birth Casper, WY
Position(s) Quarterback
College Wyoming
NFL Draft 2004 / Round 7/ Pick 218
Statistics
Team(s)
2004-2005 Cincinnati Bengals

Casey Bramlet (born April 2, 1981) is an American Football quarterback who has played for the Cincinnati Bengals. He is known as a strong-armed passer with good NFL size.

Bramlet grew up in Wheatland, Wyoming, where he attended Wheatland High School, and was an all-state player in basketball as well as football. He passed for 2,264 yards and 21 touchdowns in his senior football season, then helped lead Wheatland to No. 1 state ranking in basketball.

[edit] College

Bramlet attened the University of Wyoming where he set new records in career passing yards, (9,684) TD passes (56) and completions (767). He is the only player in school history to pass for 3,000 yards in three different seasons. He started all 35 games in his final three seasons at Wyoming, and also scored 14 career rushing touchdowns.

[edit] Professional Career

Bramlet was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round (218th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft, and started the 2004 season third on the depth chart, but ended the season 2nd (to Jon Kitna) when Carson Palmer got injured.

The Bengals released Bramlet prior to the 2005 season, and he signed to play in NFL Europa (Then NFL Europe) with the Hamburg Sea Devils.

Bramlet started all 10 games of Hamburg's inaugural season, and led them to a 5-5 record with 1,463, 7 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions on 131-of-212 passes. His best game came in Week 4, when he was named Offensive Player of the Week after leading Hamburg to a 30-10 over the Frankfurt Galaxy, with 264 yards and 1 touchdown on 17-of-25 passing attempts.

In January 2007, Bramlet returned to the NFL, signing with the Washington Redskins as an unrestricted free agent. Few days after signing with the Redskins, he was allocated back to NFL Europa.