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2022 Football Roster

Austin Brenner #4 QB

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Copley, Ohio
  • Highschool:
    Copley

Summary

Biography

Team's nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team...Enters 2022 season No. 4 on AU's all-time passing yards list (4,493), No. 8 on AU's all-time touchdown passes list (27), and tied for No. 2 on AU's all-time punting average list (41.6).

2021:
Started first half of season before suffering season-ending injury...Was 77-for-115 for 1,147 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions...Ran for 243 yards and seven touchdowns...Punted eight times for a 42.8-yard average...Earned back-to-back Great Midwest Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week awards...Named 2021-22 Great Midwest All-Academic.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic...Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner's Award recipient...Was College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District...Earned a spot on the GLIAC Football All-Academic Excellence Team (cumulative grade-point average of 3.50-4.00) for the third year in a row.

2019: Second-team All-GLIAC quarterback...Emerged as dual-threat pivot who passed for 2,121 yards and 12 touchdowns...Ran for 746 yards and four touchdowns...Started every game at QB, and was team's season-long punter...Led the conference for a second season in a row in punting average (41.6)...Earned a spot on the GLIAC Football All-Academic Excellence Team.

2018: Named GLIAC Freshman of the Year...Started seven games at quarterback, going 5-2...Completed a GLIAC-high 61.3 percent of passes for 1,225 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions...Also ran for 241 yards and three TDs...Served as No. 1 punter, as well, leading the GLIAC at 41.3 yards per boot...Earned a spot on the GLIAC Football All-Academic Excellence Team.

2017: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was 17-5 as a varsity starter…In two seasons, threw for 3,356 yards and 30 touchdowns, while running for 1,449 yards and 15 scores…Earned All-Suburban League honors twice…Earned two varsity letters in football, four in basketball and one in baseball.

PERSONAL: Son of Tim and Laura Brenner.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2017Freshman

    QB
    6'" 185 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    QB
    6'" 193 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    QB
    6'" 193 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Redshirt Junior

    QB
    6'" 209 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Junior

    QB
    6'0" 202 lbs
    15
  • 4

    2022Fifth Year

    QB
    6'0" 195 lbs
    4