He led the nation in 2006 in several categories, including total offense (422.5), touchdown passes (58), and passing efficiency (185.96). He finished his career with 20 games with 400 or more yards and four games with 500 or more yards. In 2006, he set a then-school record for 569 yards passing against Arizona State University in a bowl game. During his stellar Hawaii career, Brennan broke or tied 31 NCAA records. Police are also investigating, his father said.īrennan’s name prominently remains on Hawaii’s all-time records, including accounting for a school record 131 touchdowns from 2005 to 2007. His family hopes that toxicology results and an autopsy - including tests on his brain to determine if there was degeneration from repeated head trauma - will give them answers. “He had all the respect in the world for Hawaii,” his father said. In 2008, Georgia ended Hawaii’s hopes for an unblemished record, defeating the Warriors 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl. A certain pro prospect after a record-breaking junior season, he bypassed the NFL draft in order to play his senior year for Hawaii coach June Jones.īrennan led the Warriors to its finest season ever, going 12-0 in the regular season. “He just spent one too many times on the dark side of life, and it caught up with him,” Terry Brennan said of his son.īrennan transferred to Hawaii after stints at Colorado and Saddleback College in California. He was 37.īrennan, who had public struggles with alcohol, died at a hospital in California, his father, Terry Brennan, told The Associated Press. HONOLULU (AP) - Colt Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, his father said. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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