Ryan Browne (American football)

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Ryan Browne
Purdue BoilermakersNo. 15
Position Quarterback
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Sophomore
Major Selling and Sales Management
Personal information
Born: (2003-08-19) August 19, 2003 (age 22)
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career history
College
High school Venice (Venice, Florida)
Milford Academy (New Berlin, New York)

Ryan Browne (born August 19, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers.

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Early life

Browne attended Venice High School in Venice, Florida. As a senior, he was named the 8A Player of the Year after passing for 2,636 yards and 31 touchdowns while adding 534 yards and eight touchdowns. [1] He committed to Purdue University to play college football. [2] He attended Milford Academy in New Berlin, New York for a year after graduating high school and threw for 2,931 yards and 29 touchdowns. [3]

College career

Purdue

Browne appeared in one game as a true freshman at Purdue in 2023, completing 12 of 16 passes for 104 yards while rushing 21 times for 85 yards. He entered his redshirt freshman year in 2024 as the backup to Hudson Card. Against Illinois, he started his first career game with Card out due to concussion symptoms. During the game he completed 18 of 26 passes for 297 yards with three passing touchdowns and rushed for 118 yards on 17 carries. [4] [5] The next week he was named the starter against the Oregon Ducks. [6] On December 19, 2024, Browne committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels. [7] However, on April 18, 2025, Browne announced that he would transfer back to Purdue. [8]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Purdue Boilermakers
2023 100–0121675.01046.502104.621854.00
2024 620–2437656.65327.042127.5501553.10
2025 111–0182669.231112.020195.1750.71
Career [9] 831–27311861.99478.064139.3782453.11

Personal life

Browne is the son of former NFL fullback, Jim Browne. [3]

References

  1. Venice's Browne, Peacock selected 8A Player and Coach of the Year
  2. Carmin, Mike. "Purdue football secures commitment from quarterback Ryan Browne in 2023 class". Journal and Courier.
  3. 1 2 Baird, Nathan (October 11, 2024). "Purdue football's Ryan Browne to start at Illinois: 3 thing to know about Boilermaker QB". The Indianapolis Star.
  4. Baird, Nathan (October 12, 2024). "What Purdue football coach Ryan Walters said about Hudson Card and Ryan Browne". The Indianapolis Star.
  5. Baird, Nathan (October 14, 2024). "Purdue's new QB-play caller combo woke up Boilermakers offense. Will they stick with it?". The Indianapolis Star.
  6. "Ryan Browne will make 2nd straight start for Purdue against ranked opponent, this time No. 2 Oregon". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 2024-10-16. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  7. @ryanbrownexv (December 19, 2024). "Let's work!!! @UNCFootball #GoHeels" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2024 via Twitter.
  8. Olson, Max (April 18, 2025). "Ryan Browne transferring from North Carolina back to Purdue". ESPN . Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  9. "Ryan Browne College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2024.