22 Facts About Jake Browning

Jacob Christopher Browning was born on April 11,1996 and is an American professional football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.

Jake Browning played college football for the Washington Huskies and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

At Folsom, Jake Browning had a 4.0 grade point average and set national and state high school records.

Jake Browning passed for a California record of 5,790 yards, which broke his record from his junior year.

Jake Browning was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year during his junior and senior years.

Jake Browning committed to the University of Washington to play college football.

Jake Browning studied at the university's Foster School of Business, as a direct admit into their Business Administration program his freshman year.

Jake Browning came in sixth in the 2016 Heisman Trophy voting, narrowly missing an invitation to attend the award ceremony in New York City.

Jake Browning underwent shoulder surgery on his throwing arm a couple of weeks after facing Alabama in the College Football Playoff.

Jake Browning's injury was kept secret for nearly two months, and some commentators have speculated as to a connection between the injury and Browning's reduced performance in the later portion of the season.

Jake Browning started all 13 games of the 2017 season at quarterback, was named to the Academic All-Pac-12 second-team, was an honorable mention All-Pac-12, and broke the UW career touchdown passes record this year.

Jake Browning completed 230 of his attempted 336 throws, which was his highest throwing percentage.

Jake Browning threw for 19 touchdowns and had only 5 interceptions throughout the season.

Jake Browning finished the season with 3,192 passing yards and 16 touchdown passes.

Jake Browning was waived on August 31,2019, and was signed to the practice squad the next day.

Jake Browning was waived by the Vikings during final roster cuts on September 5,2020, but was re-signed to the Vikings practice squad the next day.

On September 7,2021, Jake Browning was signed to the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad.

Jake Browning competed for the backup quarterback job during the preseason, but was beat out by Brandon Allen.

Jake Browning was waived on August 30,2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day.

Jake Browning competed with Trevor Siemian to be the Bengals' backup quarterback throughout training camp in 2023, with Browning eventually winning the job after the third preseason game.

Jake Browning re-signed with the Bengals on a two-year contract on April 23,2024.

Jake Browning was named the backup quarterback to start the season.