Brian Brohm

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Brian Joseph Brohm (born September 23, 1985 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville.

High school career

While passing for 10,579 yards and 119 touchdowns during his prep career, Brohm led the Trinity Shamrocks to the 4-A state title in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Brian was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on November 18, 2002, while he was a junior in high school. Brohm was named 2003 Kentucky Mr. Football and was the Gatorade Player of the Year for 2003. Brohm was named one of the top five quarterbacks in America by Rivals.com and was selected to participate in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American Bowl game in San Antonio, Texas.

Brohm also played basketball and baseball for the Shamrocks, helping the basketball team to its first ever Regional title and the baseball team to a state runner-up finish.He is also the younger brother of former University of Louisville and NFL Quarterback, Jeff Brohm.

College career

Brohm announced his decision to attend the University of Louisville on January 20, 2004, picking the hometown Cardinals over scholarship offers from the University of Kentucky, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Alabama, Nebraska, Purdue, Illinois and others. Brohm enrolled at Louisville in the fall of 2004 and immediately began competing for the starting quarterback spot with Stefan LeFors.

His first season, Brohm was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year, despite not starting a single game. Brohm completed 66 of 98 passes for 819 yards and six touchdowns. After entering the game for at least one series per game as a true freshman, Brohm followed in the footsteps of father, Oscar, and brother, Jeff, by becoming a starting quarterback at the University of Louisville in 2005. His brother, Greg, also played at Louisville as a receiver.

In 2005, Brohm passed for 2,883 yards and 19 touchdowns before suffering a season-ending knee injury in a game against Syracuse on November 25. He was forced to miss Louisville's last regular season game (a December 2 matchup against Connecticut) and was still in rehabilitation when the Cardinals lost to Virginia Tech in the 2006 Gator Bowl.

Brohm injured his thumb in Louisville's September 16, 2006 victory over Miami. He returned as starting quarterback in Louisville's October 14, 2006 victory against Cincinnati. He had been replaced at starting quarterback by sophomore backup Hunter Cantwell for the previous two games. Before his injury, Brohm was one of two candidates at U of L for the 2006 Heisman Trophy, along with senior running back Michael Bush. The pair, both born and raised in Louisville, were dubbed "The Derby City Duo."

In the 2007 Orange Bowl, Brohm earned MVP honors by leading Louisville to its first-ever BCS victory, 24-13 over Wake Forest. Brohm completed 24 of 34 passes for 311 yards, the third highest total in Orange Bowl history.

Rivals.com named Brohm as one of the top 10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/03/28/qb.powerrankings/index.html Rivals.com's QB Power Rankings] , CNNSI.com, April 2, 2007.]

Brohm had an outstanding, injury-free season in 2007, completing 308 of 473 passes for 4,024 yards for 30 touchdowns with 12 interceptions, giving him a QB Rating of 152. Louisville struggled mightily on defense, though, and finished 6-6, failing to make a bowl game for the first time in 10 years.

Career speculation

Though The Sporting News projected Brohm as high as the top pick in the 2007 NFL draft [ [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/SPORTS02/61205030 The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (B2,20061205,SPORTS02,61205030,AR) ] ] , and many other experts had projected him as going no later than the first round, Brohm announced on January 15, 2007, after a long period of speculation, that he would return to the University of Louisville for his senior year.

After the 2007 Orange Bowl, he stated that "Right now, coming back and trying to win a national title looks very appealing." [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/college/4440488.html] Almost all analysts believe that Brohm has NFL talent, however they disagree about his draft status and whether he should have stayed for his senior season.

Professional career

Pre-Draft

The fact that the 2008 draft is infused with top-prospect quarterbacks whose playing styles are very similar to Brohm's (most notably Boston College's Matt Ryan, Michigan's Chad Henne, USC's John David Booty, and Hawai'i's Colt Brennan) was also a key argument for Brohm's possible entry in the 2007 draft, where the other first round-bound quarterbacks include the more diverse characters of Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell. However, Brohm eventually decided to pass up the potential millions he could earn from the NFL, and instead chose to return for his senior season for another shot at helping the Cardinals to a BCS National Championship.

Brohm scored a 32 on the Wonderlic exam out of the 50 questions, tying Matt Ryan for the highest score among quarterbacks [cite web |url=http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080322-nfl-draft-wonderlic-test,0,3882968.story |title=NFL teams weigh Wonderlic tests |accessdate=2008-04-30 |last=Pompei |first=Dan |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Chicago Tribune] . Brohm and Ryan handily beat the average QB score of 24, and their score indicates an estimated IQ of 124.

Green Bay Packers

Brohm was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He was the 56th player taken overall. Aaron Rodgers is the starter, and Brohm is the number three QB behind fellow rookie Matt Flynn.

His first pass in the NFL (preseason) was an interception. [http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/522786]

References

External links

* [http://www.packers.com/team/players/brohm_brian/ Green Bay Packers bio]
* [http://uoflsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brohm_brian00.html Brian Brohm Louisville Cardinal Bio]
* [http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2002/1118.html Brian Brohm's SI Cover]