Brandon Wimbush Season 2019

R-SENIOR (2019)
• Played in six games, starting once at quarterback
• Was 13-of-24 for 167 yards and two touchdowns through the air, holding a completion percentage of 54.2 and an efficiency rating of 140.12
• Rushed 11 times for 48 yards, including a long of 32 yards
• FAMU (8/29): Went 12-for-23 with 168 passing yards and two touchdowns, while rushing eight times for 20 yards in his UCF debut and lone start as a Knight
• Houston (11/2): Broke off a 32-yard rush

PRIOR TO UCF
• Played at Notre Dame from 2015-18
• Career 2.14 interception percentage (6 in 280 pass attempts) ranks best in school history
• Earned wins as the starting QB the first three weeks of the 2018 season and against Florida State
• Played in and started 12 games as a sophomore in 2017
• Only starting quarterback in the FBS in 2017 to lead his team to victories over four teams that finished the season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25
• First Irish starting quarterback to lead his team to victories over four teams that finished the season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 since Rick Mirer in 1990
• Third QB in school history to eclipse both 500 rushing yards and 1,000 passing yards in the same season
• Owns 9-3 (.750) record as a starting quarterback
• Led the Irish with 14 rushing TDs, which shattered the previous school record of 10 set by DeShone Kizer in 2015
• Ranked second on the Irish with 803 rushing yards, which is the second-most rushing yards by a quarterback in school history
• Set the quarterback school record for single-game rushing yards (207 at Boston College)
• Rushed for four TDs, tied for third-most in school history, at Boston College (Sept. 16)
• Recorded four 100-yard rushing games in 2017
• Third Notre Dame player to throw for 200 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game (Wake Forest)

HIGH SCHOOL
• First-team pick as athlete on MaxPreps All-American Team for 2014
• Honorable mention pick on 2015 Parade prep All-America squad
• Named to USA Today American Family Insurance All-USA New Jersey Football Team as offensive player of the year and quarterback
• Rated 38th player in nation and No. 2 dual-threat quarterback on Rivals.com 250 list
• Rated 45th player in the nation and number-four dual-threat quarterback on ESPN 300 list and 55th player overall and fifth dual-threat quarterback on 247Sports Top 247 list
• Ranked 71st player nationally and sixth quarterback on Scout 300 list
• New Jersey Gatorade Player of the year in 2014
• NJ.com Offensive Player of the Year for 2014
• First-team quarterback on NJ.com all-state squad and on all-non-public team for 2014
• First-team quarterback on all-Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League unit
• MSG Varsity first-team all-metro quarterback and Tri-State Player of the Year
• Player of the year on MSG Varsity all-New Jersey squad
• Completed 192 passes (most in the state) of 265 attempts (.723) for 3,187 yards, 37 touchdowns and four interceptions as senior in 2014 for St Peter’s Prep High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Rushed for 723 yards and five TDs
• Helped St. Peter’s to 11-1 record and New Jersey Non-Public Group 4 state title with 34-18 win over Paramus Catholic in championship game for school’s first state title since 2005
• Played in Under Armour All-American Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida--completing three of six passes for 44 yards

PERSONAL
• Majoring in interdisciplinary studies