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26 Facts About Brennan Armstrong

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Brennan Armstrong was born on October 18,1999 and is an American professional football quarterback who is a free agent.

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Brennan Armstrong was most recently a member of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.

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Brennan Armstrong is the all-time leader in career passing yards, total offense, passing touchdowns, consecutive games with a passing touchdown, 200,300, and 400-yard games, and career pass attempts.

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Brennan Armstrong is Virginia's single season leader in passing yards in a season, total offense, passing touchdowns, and passing completions.

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Brennan Armstrong owns three single-game records when he threw for 554 yards and had 538 yards against North Carolina in 2021.

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Brennan Armstrong attended Shelby High School in Shelby, Ohio, where he was a two-way football player and played baseball and basketball.

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Brennan Armstrong made his college football debut against Richmond in a game where he ran three times for eleven yards while throwing twice, completing once, and throwing for six yards.

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Brennan Armstrong played sparingly against Louisville in the team's ACC opener.

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Brennan Armstrong completed one of his two pass attempts going for a 56 yard touchdown for the first of his career to wide receiver Joe Reed.

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Brennan Armstrong made an appearance in the team's bowl game against South Carolina in the 2018 Belk Bowl.

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Brennan Armstrong missed five games against Florida State, Old Dominion, Notre Dame, and Miami due to an injury.

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Brennan Armstrong completed one pass against North Carolina on a fake field goal to Tanner Cowley for five yards that led to a touchdown.

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Brennan Armstrong threw his second career touchdown in a win against Liberty where he went three of four for 73 yards.

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Brennan Armstrong had an FBS leading six games with 200+ passing yard and 45+ rushing yard games, he had an FBS leading four games with both those stat lines and including both a rushing and passing touchdown.

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Brennan Armstrong finished the year third in the ACC and eighteenth in the nation with 296.6 yards of total offense per game and was eighth among non-option quarterbacks with 552 rushing yards.

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Brennan Armstrong became just the second left-handed quarterback since Jameel Sewell to start a game for the Cavaliers.

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Brennan Armstrong then made history again joining Matt Blundin when he threw for 270 passing yards against No 1 Clemson where he became the second UVA quarterback to throw for 200+ yards in their first two career starts.

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Brennan Armstrong was knocked out of the game in the second quarter against NC State with a concussion.

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Brennan Armstrong became the first two-time team captain since Micah Kiser and the second under Bronco Mendenhall.

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Against North Carolina, Brennan Armstrong set another Virginia record when he threw for 554 yards against the Tar Heels, which at the time was the highest of the season up to that point.

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Brennan Armstrong broke the record for 300-yard passing games with his ninth of his career, passing Matt Schaub's eight games.

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Brennan Armstrong finished the year fifth in both total offense per game and passing yards per game.

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The next week the team lost again to Louisville, but Brennan Armstrong had 12th 300-yard game of his career and tied Virginia's career touchdown record on a 40-yard passing touchdown to Dontayvion Wicks.

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In 2024, Brennan Armstrong participated in the Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp as a tryout player.

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On May 10,2024, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced Brennan Armstrong would participate in their rookie camp as a tryout player.

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Brennan Armstrong was signed to the practice roster of the BC Lions on August 8,2024.