Oklahoma State University Athletics
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Jersey Number 6
Dru Brown
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Mateo, CA
- High School:
- Los Gatos
Bio
Pronounced DREW
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
A graduate transfer quarterback with two years of starting experience at the FBS level already under his belt by the time he arrived in Stillwater prior to the start of fall camp in 2018.
2019 (Senior): Voted by his teammates as a team captain ... Completed 67 percent of his passes and threw seven touchdowns against just one interception in his seven games ... Was called upon to take over quarterback duties after Spencer Sanders injured his hand against Kansas ... Made his first OSU start against West Virginia on the road and helped lead the Cowboys to a 20-13 win over the Mountaineers by completing 22-of-29 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in cold and rainy conditions ... Honored as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and OSU’s Offensive game MVP for that performance ... Started against No. 7 Oklahoma the following week and completed 22-of-32 passes for 207 yards in the cold and wind that night ... Added four rushing attempts for 17 yards against the Sooners, as well ... OSU’s starter at the Texas Bowl, where he completed 15-of-28 passes for 184 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions against Texas A&M ... Added a rushing touchdown in that game as well ... Saw late-game action against Oregon State, McNeese and Baylor ...Served as a game captain against Kansas.
2018: Redshirt. Played one snap in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl while starter Taylor Cornelius sat out for a play due to his helmet coming off.
2017 (Junior at Hawai’i): Recipient of the Coach Tom Kaulukukui Offensive Captain Award … Named one of four team captains prior to the season … Started all 12 games at quarterback … One of four players on offense to start every game of the season ... Finished the year with 2,785 yards passing with 18 touchdowns and eight interceptions … Averaged 232.1 yards per game, while completing 61.7 percent of his passes … Ranked third in the Mountain West in passing yards per game and in total offense (232.7 ypg) … Threw for a career-high 391 yards in season opener at UMass (Aug. 26) ... Completed 25-of-38 passes and three touchdowns vs. the Minutemen … One of those scores came on an 85-yard connection with John Ursua, the fifth-longest pass play in UH school history ... During the same game, scored UH’s first touchdown of the season with a 29-yard run, one of his two rushing touchdowns on the year … Set career highs in completions (31) and attempts (47), while passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns versus Colorado State (Sept. 30) ... Threw at least one touchdown pass in 10 of 12 games and threw multiple touchdowns in seven … Started 22 straight games, tied for the third-longest streak in UH history ... Sits number six on UH’s all-time career passing yards list with 5,273 yards ... Sits number eight on UH’s all-time career total offense list with 5,586 yards.
2016 (Sophomore at Hawai’i): Appeared in 13 games ... Played in relief in three of the first four games before starting the final 10 games at quarterback ... Completed 209-of-335 passes for a 62-percent completion rate and 2,488 yards ... Recorded 19 passing touchdowns versus seven interceptions ... Averaged 191.4 passing yards per game during all games and 228.3 yards in his 10 starts ... Posted two 300-yard passing games ... Accrued multiple touchdown passes in six contests, including a season-high five touchdowns on 311 yards in the regular-season finale against Massachusetts (Nov. 26) ... Notched a season-best 312 yards at Air Force (Oct. 22) ... Tossed three touchdowns versus the Falcons, including consecutive touchdowns to Marcus Kemp after regulation to lift UH to the double-overtime road upset ... Made his first career start at home in a win over Nevada (Oct. 1) in the conference opener ... Recorded his first career passing touchdown against Nevada and threw for two scores against the Wolf Pack to help UH snap a nine-game conference losing streak ... Threw two touchdowns and ran for another in a road win at San José State the very next week (Oct. 8) ... Became the first UH quarterback since 1997 to win his first two starts ... Tossed his two longest passes of the season in the final two regular-season contests, finding Makoa Camanse-Stevens for 53 yards at Fresno State (Nov. 19), then hitting Keelan Ewaliko for 56 yards and the game-winning score versus UMass ... Threw for 274 yards and accounted for five UH touchdowns – four through the air and one on the ground – in UH’s Hawai‘i Bowl win over Middle Tennessee (Dec. 24) ... The five touchdowns tied a bowl record ... Was named the bowl’s Most Outstanding Player ... Also finished the season as the team’s fourth-leading rusher ... Carried the ball 88 times for 306 yards and four touchdowns ... His four rushing touchdowns were the most by a quarterback since 2011 ... Ran for his first score at Arizona (Sept. 17) ... Broke free for a season-long 62-yard score on a fourth-down play at San José State (Oct. 8) ... Recorded a season-high 61 yards rushing against Boise State (Nov. 12) on 11 carries ... Selected academic all-MW.
2015 (Freshman at College of San Mateo): Played one season at College of San Mateo in California … In 11 games as a freshman, he completed 104-of-194 pass attempts (53.6 percent) for 1,879 yards and 21 touchdowns in a triple-option offense … Also rushed for 188 yards and six touchdowns … Accounted for five touchdowns in an early-season win over 2013 state champion Butte … Threw for 425 yards and seven touchdowns in season-finale versus Chabot … Named team MVP.
High School: A 2015 graduate of Los Gatos High School in California … Earned two varsity letters in football ... As a senior, completed 67 percent of his passes for 2,301 yards and 22 touchdowns in 13 games played … Also rushed for five touchdowns on the ground … Earned league co-MVP honors … As a junior, played behind Nick Bawden, who went on to San Diego State … Appeared in eight games, completing 73 percent of his passes (19-of-26) for 287 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions … Part of a team that claimed the 2013 Central Coast Section (CCS) championship.
Personal: Born in Palo Alto, Calif. ... Holds a BA in communication from UH ... Has two older sisters … Son of Dave and Terri Brown.
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
A graduate transfer quarterback with two years of starting experience at the FBS level already under his belt by the time he arrived in Stillwater prior to the start of fall camp in 2018.
2019 (Senior): Voted by his teammates as a team captain ... Completed 67 percent of his passes and threw seven touchdowns against just one interception in his seven games ... Was called upon to take over quarterback duties after Spencer Sanders injured his hand against Kansas ... Made his first OSU start against West Virginia on the road and helped lead the Cowboys to a 20-13 win over the Mountaineers by completing 22-of-29 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in cold and rainy conditions ... Honored as Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and OSU’s Offensive game MVP for that performance ... Started against No. 7 Oklahoma the following week and completed 22-of-32 passes for 207 yards in the cold and wind that night ... Added four rushing attempts for 17 yards against the Sooners, as well ... OSU’s starter at the Texas Bowl, where he completed 15-of-28 passes for 184 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions against Texas A&M ... Added a rushing touchdown in that game as well ... Saw late-game action against Oregon State, McNeese and Baylor ...Served as a game captain against Kansas.
2018: Redshirt. Played one snap in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl while starter Taylor Cornelius sat out for a play due to his helmet coming off.
2017 (Junior at Hawai’i): Recipient of the Coach Tom Kaulukukui Offensive Captain Award … Named one of four team captains prior to the season … Started all 12 games at quarterback … One of four players on offense to start every game of the season ... Finished the year with 2,785 yards passing with 18 touchdowns and eight interceptions … Averaged 232.1 yards per game, while completing 61.7 percent of his passes … Ranked third in the Mountain West in passing yards per game and in total offense (232.7 ypg) … Threw for a career-high 391 yards in season opener at UMass (Aug. 26) ... Completed 25-of-38 passes and three touchdowns vs. the Minutemen … One of those scores came on an 85-yard connection with John Ursua, the fifth-longest pass play in UH school history ... During the same game, scored UH’s first touchdown of the season with a 29-yard run, one of his two rushing touchdowns on the year … Set career highs in completions (31) and attempts (47), while passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns versus Colorado State (Sept. 30) ... Threw at least one touchdown pass in 10 of 12 games and threw multiple touchdowns in seven … Started 22 straight games, tied for the third-longest streak in UH history ... Sits number six on UH’s all-time career passing yards list with 5,273 yards ... Sits number eight on UH’s all-time career total offense list with 5,586 yards.
2016 (Sophomore at Hawai’i): Appeared in 13 games ... Played in relief in three of the first four games before starting the final 10 games at quarterback ... Completed 209-of-335 passes for a 62-percent completion rate and 2,488 yards ... Recorded 19 passing touchdowns versus seven interceptions ... Averaged 191.4 passing yards per game during all games and 228.3 yards in his 10 starts ... Posted two 300-yard passing games ... Accrued multiple touchdown passes in six contests, including a season-high five touchdowns on 311 yards in the regular-season finale against Massachusetts (Nov. 26) ... Notched a season-best 312 yards at Air Force (Oct. 22) ... Tossed three touchdowns versus the Falcons, including consecutive touchdowns to Marcus Kemp after regulation to lift UH to the double-overtime road upset ... Made his first career start at home in a win over Nevada (Oct. 1) in the conference opener ... Recorded his first career passing touchdown against Nevada and threw for two scores against the Wolf Pack to help UH snap a nine-game conference losing streak ... Threw two touchdowns and ran for another in a road win at San José State the very next week (Oct. 8) ... Became the first UH quarterback since 1997 to win his first two starts ... Tossed his two longest passes of the season in the final two regular-season contests, finding Makoa Camanse-Stevens for 53 yards at Fresno State (Nov. 19), then hitting Keelan Ewaliko for 56 yards and the game-winning score versus UMass ... Threw for 274 yards and accounted for five UH touchdowns – four through the air and one on the ground – in UH’s Hawai‘i Bowl win over Middle Tennessee (Dec. 24) ... The five touchdowns tied a bowl record ... Was named the bowl’s Most Outstanding Player ... Also finished the season as the team’s fourth-leading rusher ... Carried the ball 88 times for 306 yards and four touchdowns ... His four rushing touchdowns were the most by a quarterback since 2011 ... Ran for his first score at Arizona (Sept. 17) ... Broke free for a season-long 62-yard score on a fourth-down play at San José State (Oct. 8) ... Recorded a season-high 61 yards rushing against Boise State (Nov. 12) on 11 carries ... Selected academic all-MW.
2015 (Freshman at College of San Mateo): Played one season at College of San Mateo in California … In 11 games as a freshman, he completed 104-of-194 pass attempts (53.6 percent) for 1,879 yards and 21 touchdowns in a triple-option offense … Also rushed for 188 yards and six touchdowns … Accounted for five touchdowns in an early-season win over 2013 state champion Butte … Threw for 425 yards and seven touchdowns in season-finale versus Chabot … Named team MVP.
High School: A 2015 graduate of Los Gatos High School in California … Earned two varsity letters in football ... As a senior, completed 67 percent of his passes for 2,301 yards and 22 touchdowns in 13 games played … Also rushed for five touchdowns on the ground … Earned league co-MVP honors … As a junior, played behind Nick Bawden, who went on to San Diego State … Appeared in eight games, completing 73 percent of his passes (19-of-26) for 287 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions … Part of a team that claimed the 2013 Central Coast Section (CCS) championship.
Personal: Born in Palo Alto, Calif. ... Holds a BA in communication from UH ... Has two older sisters … Son of Dave and Terri Brown.
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