Brian Joseph Brohm was born on September 23,1985 and is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Louisville.
44 Facts About Brian Brohm
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Brian Brohm played professionally in the National Football League and Canadian Football League.
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Brian Brohm played in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, as well as the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League.
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Brian Brohm was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on November 18,2002, while he was a junior in high school.
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Brian Brohm was named 2003 Kentucky Mr Football, USA Today Offensive Player of the Year and was the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year for 2003.
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Brian Brohm was named one of the top five quarterbacks in America by Rivals.
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Brian Brohm 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.
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Brian Brohm was the MVP of the only State tournament victory in Trinity history, when they defeated University Heights Academy in 2004.
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Brian Brohm was voted the MVP of his baseball team his senior year.
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Brian Brohm announced his decision to attend the University of Louisville on January 20,2004, picking the hometown Cardinals over scholarship offers from Notre Dame, Tennessee and Alabama, among others.
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Brian Brohm enrolled at Louisville in the fall of 2004 and immediately began competing for the starting quarterback spot with Stefan LeFors.
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Brian Brohm completed 66 of 98 passes for 819 yards and six touchdowns.
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In 2005, Brian Brohm passed for 2,883 yards and 19 touchdowns before sustaining a season-ending knee injury in a game against Syracuse on November 25.
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Brian Brohm was named the Big East Offensive Player of the Year and 1st Team All-Big East Quarterback in 2005.
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Brian Brohm injured his thumb in Louisville's September 16,2006, victory over Miami.
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Brian Brohm returned as starting quarterback in Louisville's October 14,2006, victory against Cincinnati.
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Brian Brohm had been replaced at starting quarterback by sophomore backup Hunter Cantwell for the previous two games.
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Brian Brohm completed 24 of 34 passes for 311 yards, the third highest total in Orange Bowl history.
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Brian Brohm ended the year as the 2nd Team All Big East Quarterback behind Pat White.
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Brian Brohm had an injury-free season in 2007, completing 308-of-473 passes for 4,024 yards for 30 touchdowns with 12 interceptions, giving him a quarterback rating of 152.
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Brian Brohm again was the Second-team All Big East quarterback behind Pat White.
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The fact that the 2008 draft was infused with top-prospect quarterbacks whose playing styles are very similar to Brian Brohm's was a key argument for Brian 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.
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However, Brian Brohm eventually decided to return for his senior season for another shot at helping the Louisville Cardinals to a BCS National Championship.
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Brian Brohm was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft.
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Just days later, Brian Brohm was signed to the practice squad.
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Brian Brohm was signed off the Packers practice squad by the Buffalo Bills on November 19,2009, after the Bills waived Gibran Hamdan.
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Brian Brohm made his first NFL start on December 27,2009, against the Atlanta Falcons.
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Brian Brohm competed with Ryan Fitzpatrick and Trent Edwards for the starting quarterback position prior to the 2010 season.
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Edwards was named starter prior to the first preseason game, with Fitzpatrick and Brian Brohm alternating as second-string through the preseason.
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Brian Brohm, a restricted free agent, was not re-signed by the Bills in the 2011 offseason, with the Bills having signed Brad Smith and Tyler Thigpen as backups to Fitzpatrick.
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Brian Brohm signed with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on August 29,2011.
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Brian Brohm returned to the Locomotives for the 2012 season, serving again as Clement's backup.
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Brian Brohm saw action beginning in the Week 3 game against the Sacramento Mountain Lions after an injury to Clement; his first play was an 80-yard touchdown pass.
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Brian Brohm was among the 78 players from both the Locomotives and Omaha Nighthawks who filed a class-action lawsuit against UFL majority owner Bill Hambrecht for unpaid salary after the 2012 season was cut short.
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Brian Brohm spent the 2013 CFL season on the injured list; seeing no playing time during the regular season or playoffs.
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On March 3,2014, Brian Brohm was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL in exchange for a conditional draft pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.
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Brian Brohm played in 4 games during the 2014 season, starting in 1 game and receiving significant playing in the other 2 games.
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Brian Brohm completed 39 of 70 passes for 454 yards with 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.
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Brian Brohm was released by the team on January 6,2016.
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In February 2016, Brian Brohm was named quarterbacks coach at Western Kentucky.
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Brian Brohm reunited with his brothers, Greg and Jeff Brohm, the latter of whom was the head football coach.
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On January 2,2017, Brian Brohm was officially hired at Purdue as an assistant coach.
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When Jeff left to become the head football coach at Louisville, Brian Brohm was named the interim head coach for Purdue for the 2023 Citrus Bowl.
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Brian Brohm is the younger brother of former University of Louisville and NFL quarterback Jeff Brian Brohm, who is currently the head coach of the University of Louisville.