Elijah Brown (American football)

Elijah Brown

No. 2
Position	Quarterback
Class	Redshirt Freshman
Personal information
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
College	Stanford (2024–2025)

Elijah Brown is an American college football quarterback. He previously played for the Stanford Cardinal.

Early life

Brown is from Huntington Beach, California. ^[1] He grew up playing football and played quarterback at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, winning the starting job as a freshman, only the fourth person to accomplish the feat. ^[2] As a sophomore, he led Mater Dei to a perfect 12–0 record and the CIF Open Division state title, throwing for 2,581 yards and 30 touchdowns while being named the MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year. ^[3] Brown then led his team to a record of 12–1 in 2023, throwing for 2,785 yards and 31 touchdowns with only four interceptions. ^[4]

Prior to his senior year, Brown participated at the Elite 11 finals. ^[5] He then won the CIF Southern Section Division 1 and the CIF State Open Division championships in 2023, being named the Orange County offensive player of the year after throwing for 2,950 yards and 39 touchdowns to five interceptions. ^[6] He finished his four-year stint at Mater Dei having led them to an overall record of 42–2. ^[6] A four-star recruit, he committed to play college football for the Stanford Cardinal. ^{[7] [8]} He was the highest-ranked quarterback to sign with Stanford since Tanner McKee in 2018. ^[9]

College career

Brown entered his true freshman season at Stanford in 2024 as a backup, seeing his first playing time in a win over Cal Poly, completing all seven of his passes for 97 yards. ^[10] After missing several games due to injury, he played again in a loss to SMU after an injury to Ashton Daniels, completing 16 of 32 passes for 153 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. ^[10] The following week, he made his first career start, completing five of nine passes for 24 yards. ^[11] He sat out the rest of the season to preserve a redshirt, finishing with 274 yards passing and two touchdowns with three interceptions. ^{[1] [11]}

College statistics

Season	Team	Games			Passing								Rushing
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2024	Stanford	3	1	0–1	28	48	58.3	274	5.7	2	3	107.5	14	-23	-1.6	0
2025	Stanford	6	3	1–2	74	127	58.3	829	6.5	4	2	120.3	17	-96	-5.6	0
Career		9	4	1–3	102	175	58.3	1,103	6.3	6	5	116.8	31	-119	-3.8	0

References

1. "Elijah Brown". Stanford Cardinal . Retrieved July 18, 2025.
2. Evans, Luca (April 2, 2021). "Mater Dei's Elijah Brown is trying to 'stand on his own two'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2025-08-16– via archive.today.
3. Poff, Zack (January 6, 2022). "Elijah Brown of Mater Dei named 2021 MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year". CBS Sports.
4. Evans, Luca (June 19, 2023). "Mater Dei standout quarterback Elijah Brown commits to Stanford ahead of pivotal senior season". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2025-08-16– via archive.today.
5. Albano, Dan (June 17, 2023). "Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Brown relishes Elite 11 camp as college decision nears". Orange County Register . Archived from the original on July 18, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025– via archive.today.
6. Fryar, Steve (December 21, 2023). "All-County football: Mater Dei's Elijah Brown is the offensive player of the year". Orange County Register . Archived from the original on July 18, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025– via archive.today.
7. Morales, Antonio (June 21, 2023). "Blue-chip QB Elijah Brown is the centerpiece of Stanford's recruiting surge". The Athletic . Archived from the original on July 18, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025– via archive.today.
8. Straka, Dean (June 18, 2023). "Stanford football recruiting: Elijah Brown commits as Cardinal make splash by landing No. 3 QB in 2024 class". CBS Sports.
9. Morales, Antonio (June 18, 2023). "Four-star QB Elijah Brown picks Stanford over UCLA: What he means for Cardinal". The Athletic .
10. Kroner, Steve (October 25, 2024). "Stanford mulls switching to freshman QB Elijah Brown against Wake Forest". San Francisco Chronicle . Archived from the original on October 25, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2025– via archive.today.
11. Grausz, Dylan (January 7, 2025). "Should Stanford Roll With Elijah Brown, or Look to the Portal for Their Next QB?". Sports Illustrated .