Brayden Schager

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Brayden Schager
Hawaii Rainbow WarriorsNo. 13
Position Quarterback
ClassSenior
Major Entrepreneurship
Personal information
Born: (2003-08-13) August 13, 2003 (age 21)
Dallas, Texas
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
High school Highland Park (TX)

Brayden Schager (born August 13, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.

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Early years

Schager was born in Dallas, Texas. His father, Scott Schager, was a wrestler at Iowa State. Brayden attended Highland Park High School. [1]

College football

Schager enrolled at the University of Hawaii in 2021. As a freshman, he appeared in six games and was the team's starting quarterback in three of those games. As a sophomore, he became the team's regular starting quarterback, [2] [3] completing 221 of 400 passes for 2,348 yards and 13 touchdowns. [1]

Schager entered the 2023 season as the team's clear starter at quarterback. [4] [5] [6] As of October 15, Schager ranked fifth in the nation in passing yardage, having completed 184 of 290 passes (63.4%) for 2,088 yards with 17 touchdowns and eight interceptions. [7] He entered the transfer portal on December 6, 2023, but withdrew days later. [8] It was announced on December 24 that he would return to play at Hawaii for his senior season. [9]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
2021 632−16510760.76155.725105.914-50-3.60
2022 12102−822140055.32,3485.91310110.345471.00
2023 13135−833252563.23,5426.72614130.9103630.62
2024 994−520834959.62,1856.3169122.21112262.06
Career [10] 403513–228261,38159.88,6906.35738120.82732861.08

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