Brandon Kaufman signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent on April 29,2013.
27 Facts About Brandon Kaufman
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Brandon Kaufman is Jewish, the son of Steve and Rhonda Brandon Kaufman.
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Brandon Kaufman attended Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, graduating in 2009.
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Brandon Kaufman competed in track, running 100 meters in 10.8 seconds.
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Brandon Kaufman played basketball for the school, averaging over 13 points a game in 2007.
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Brandon Kaufman made a highlight reel play his senior season, running away from the basket while falling out of bounds, shooting it one handed from approximately 35 feet and making the three point basket.
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Brandon Kaufman earned honorable mention All-State honors in football as a junior and twice was selected to the All-Continental League team.
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Brandon Kaufman missed his senior season with a torn ACL knee injury suffered during a summer camp before the 2008 season began.
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Brandon Kaufman played as a true freshman in 2009 for the Eastern Washington Eagles, a Football Championship Subdivision school, seeing action in nine games, including five as a starter.
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Brandon Kaufman finished the year with 23 catches for 294 yards and 1 touchdown.
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Brandon Kaufman was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team.
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Brandon Kaufman helped lead Eastern Washington to the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS National Championship as a sophomore, recording 76 catches for 1,214 yards and 15 touchdowns as he started all 15 games.
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Brandon Kaufman capped off his break-out season with 9 catches for 120 yards in the Championship game against Delaware.
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Brandon Kaufman was chosen as the NCAA Championship Subdivision Playoffs MVP by College Sporting News.
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Brandon Kaufman had caught 29 passes for 373 yards at that point.
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Brandon Kaufman then redshirted in 2011, as an injury hardship case.
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In 2012, Brandon Kaufman set the FCS single-season receiving yards record, recording 93 receptions for 1,850 yards and 16 touchdowns while leading the Eagles to a semifinal appearance in the 2012 FCS Playoffs.
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Brandon Kaufman was named to the Jewish Sports Review 2012 College Football All-America Team.
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On January 9,2013, local TV station KREM announced that Brandon Kaufman would forgo his final season of eligibility at Eastern Washington, and declared for the 2013 NFL draft.
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Brandon Kaufman was 20 credits short of a degree and continued his studies online.
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Brandon Kaufman had a 68.0 grade, ranking him 18th among 38 wide receivers.
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Brandon Kaufman went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft but soon signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent on April 29,2013.
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Brandon Kaufman went a perfect six for six, catching all balls thrown to him in the preseason, including one touchdown.
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The Colts' sideline read the play before the snap and called in from the sideline to their cornerback that Brandon Kaufman was going to run a double-move go route.
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Brandon Kaufman consistently was able to get open throughout the preseason, despite very few throws being made overall in the last game in which he saw the most field-time.
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Brandon Kaufman was recruited and signed by the Gold Coast Suns in 2016 to play for their reserves team in the North East Australian Football League.
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Brandon Kaufman is one of a few Americans to be recruited for the AFL.