2020 Football Roster
White, Brady
Jersey Number 3
Brady White
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Santa Clarita, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Arizona State
Bio
Honors
• 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy, commonly known as the Academic Heisman, presented to the college football player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-field performance
• 2020 First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American
• 2020 Wuerffel Trophy semifinalist
• 2020 Johnny United Golden Arm Award Top 15
• 2020 Montgomery Bowl MVP
• 2019 Johnny United Golden Arm Award Finalist
• 2019 Manning Award Finalist
• 2019 All-AAC Second Team
• 2018-19, 2019-20 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
• 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Dean’s List student for the 2018 fall and 2019 spring semesters
• Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2018 fall, 2019 spring and spring 2020 semesters
• 2016 PAC-12 Conference All-Academic first team (QB).
2020 (Graduate Student)
• Two-time AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/14, 10/19)
• Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week (9/8)
• CFPA National Player of the Week (9/8)
• Manning Award Player of the Week (10/20)
• Three-time Davey O'Brien Great 8/Manning Award Starts of the Week (9/8, 10/19, 11/9)
• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in all 11 games on the season, earning starts in all 11
• Completed 254-of-420 (.605) for 3,380 yards and 31 touchdowns with 10 interceptions
• Also rushed for 88 yards on 63 carries with a pair of scores
• Recorded four games with over 300 passing yards and two over 400 passing yards on the season
• Posted six games with at least three passing touchdowns
• During his senior season at Memphis, quarterback Brady White set career school records in wins as a starting quarterback (28), passing yards (10,690) and passing touchdowns (90)
• He finished No. 5 in passing touchdowns (31) and No. 6 in passing yards (3,380) among FBS quarterbacks during the 2020 season as he led the Tigers to an 8-3 record
• He was named MVP of the Montgomery Bowl and concluded his career 73rd on the career FBS passing yards list
• White was named the winner of the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy
• The award, commonly known as the Academic Heisman, is presented to the college football player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-field performance
• White was also a First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American, one of nine semifinalists for the Wuerffel Trophy and a top 15 candidate for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
• Named Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week, Maxwell Award National Player of the Week, Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award's Great 8 list and Manning Award Stars of the Week on Oct. 18 after leading Memphis to a record-setting 50-49 comeback victory over UCF
• In the UCF win, he finished with career highs in completions (34), yards (486), passing touchdowns (6) and total touchdowns (7)
• Named the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week and the Manning Award’s Great 8 list the first week of the 2020 after 280 passing yards and four touchdowns against Arkansas State by throwing for four touchdowns
2019 (Redshirt Junior)
• Started all 14 games in his second season and led Memphis to a program-record 12-2 record and a berth to the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
• Amassed 4,014 yards on 269-of-420 passing and 33 TDs
• Threw for 300-plus yards in six games, including a career-high 454 against Penn State in the Cotton Bowl
• Also had a career-best 32 completions against Penn State
• Tallied five passing TDs twice, first against Tulane and again at Houston
• Collected multi-TD passing games in 11 straight contests (Week 2 vs Southern through regular-season finale against Cincinnati)
• Added four rushing TDs
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
• Took over the starting signal caller duties in his first year as a Tiger
• Directed the most prolific offense in program history with 7,324 total yards
• In full season of action, was 246-of-392 passing for 3,296 yards and 26 TDs
• Had nine interceptions
• Had a long pass of 75 yards twice
• Tied career high with five TD passes in a home win against Georgia State
• Scored his first career rushing TD in the regular-season match-up vs UCF
• Had a career-high 37 pass attempts at Missouri
• Logged second 300-yard passing performance in a win at ECU
• Threw for 362 yards on 21-of-30 passing with 3 TDs
• Tied his career-long pass with a 75-yard TD strike to Damonte Coxie
• Rushed for a career-high 28 yards vs UCF in The American Championship Game
2015-17 (at Arizona State)
• Recruited to Arizona State by then Tigers head coach Mike Norvell when he was an assistant in Tempe, Ariz.
• Redshirted the 2015 season
• Appeared in three games in 2016 before suffering an injury that forced him to miss the remainder of 2016 and all of 2017
• Before the injury, was 25-of-49 passing for 259 yards and two TDs
• As a redshirt freshman in 2016, made his collegiate debut vs Southern Cal
• Had 80 yards and one TD vs the Trojans
• Earned his first collegiate start vs UCLA
• Threw for 179 yards and a score vs the Bruins before suffering the season-ending injury
Prior to Memphis/Personal
• The Class of 2014’s second-ranked pro-style quarterback and 54th-ranked player in the country, according to Rivals.com rankings
• At the time, the highest-ranked player (four-star recruit) to sign with the Sun Devils
• Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, serving as the starting quarterback for the West squad
• One of 16 nominees for the 2014 U.S. Army National Player of the Year
• Passed for more than 10,000 yards in three seasons of varsity football at Hart High School for head coach Mike Herrington
• Passed for 109 TDs and ran for 19 TDs in his career
• Career numbers also included 11,634 total yards (10,835 pass/799 rush)
• As a senior, threw for 3,725 yards and 45 TDs
• Also ranked second on the Indians with 433 rushing yards and seven scores
• 2014 All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section/West Valley Division pick
• Posted his best season throwing the ball as a junior in 2013 with 4,535 yards
• Tossed 41 TDs • Added 320 yards rushing and nine TDs
• Earned 2013 MaxPreps.com All-America second team honors
• Helped lead the Indians (12-3 record) to the 2013 CIF-Southern Section title, the program’s first CIF crown since 2003
• Son of Deron and Andrea White
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