Jake Browning
| Washington Huskies – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 11, 1996 Folsom, California |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Folsom (CA) |
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Jake Browning (born April 11, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Huskies.
Early years
Browning attended Folsom High School in Folsom, California. Browning set numerous national and state records during his high school career. In 46 games, he completed 1,191 of 1,708 attempts for 16,775 yards and 229 touchdowns, all California records. The 229 touchdowns also broke the national record previously held by Maty Mauk who had 219.[3][4] As a senior he threw for a national record 91 touchdown passes. He also passed for a California record 5,790 yards, which broke his record from his junior year. Browning was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year his junior and senior year.
Browning was rated as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and was ranked as the third best pro-style recruit in his class.[5] He committed to the University of Washington to play college football.[6]
College career
In his first year at Washington, Browning became the second ever (in any game) true freshman to start at the quarterback position at UW (the other was Marques Tuiasosopo[7] vs. Oregon in 1997)[8] and the first true freshman to start a season opener for the Huskies. In his first career start, he completed 20 of 34 passes for 150 yards and one interception.[9][10]
In his sophomore year, Browning performed on a much higher level, guiding UW to a 12-1 record, and the Huskies first conference championship since 2000.[11] He set a new record for touchdowns per attempt at 12.2%. On November 29, he was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-Pac-12.
Stats
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | Passer Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 2015 | 233 | 368 | 2955 | 63.3 | 16 | 10 | 139.7 | 65 | 35 | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 214 | 329 | 3162 | 65.0 | 40 | 7 | 181.6 | 54 | 64 | 1.2 | 4 | ||
| NCAA Career Totals | 447 | 697 | 6117 | 64.2 | 56 | 17 | 160.7 | 119 | 99 | 0.85 | 5 | ||
See also
References
- ^ Pac-12.com
- ^ Pac-12.com
- ^ Future UW quarterback Jake Browning breaks national prep record with 220 career touchdown passes
- ^ Folsom quarterback Jake Browning sets national career touchdowns record
- ^ Rivals.com
- ^ Four-star quarterback recruit Jake Browning commits to the Huskies
- ^ "Jake Browning Bio". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Jake Browning to start at quarterback for UW vs. Boise State
- ^ Browning and UW offense have plenty of room for growth
- ^ Cool-hand Jake: Browning impresses in debut as Washington Huskies QB
- ^ "2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game: Washington clinches conference title, makes national statement". Pac-12. Retrieved 2016-12-03.