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2001 Hula Bowl Maui Player Rosters
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2001 Player Profiles
Drew Brees QB - Purdue
Autographed Mini-Helmet
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2000: Maxwell Award winner...third in the Heisman Trophy voting...finalist for Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as nation's top senior quarterback...semifinalist for Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award...first team All-American by Gannett News Service...third team All-American by Football News...Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and first team All-Big Ten by coaches and media... team Most Valuable Player...Academic All-District V and All-Big Ten...passed for season-high 455 yards (39 of 65) with three touchdowns, including game-win-ning 64-yarder vs. Ohio State...completed 286 of 473 passes (60.5 percent) for 3,393 yards with 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions...team's second-leading rusher with 546 yards. Career: Purdue and Big Ten Conference career leader in passing attempts (1,639), passing completions (1,003), passing yards (11,517), passing touchdowns (88) and total offense (12,442)...Purdue leader in career completion percentage (.612)...only quarterback in Big Ten history with two 500- plus passing games...has school records of seven, 400-plus-yard passing games, 16, 300-plus-yard passing games and 26, 250-plus-yard passing games...on NCAA career lists (which do not include bowl games) ranks fourth in attempts (1,525), fourth in completions (942), fourth in total offense (11,815), ninth in passing yards (10,909) and tied for 11th in passing touchdowns (81)..in 1999, first recipient of Socrates Award recognizing the nation's finest athlete in terms of academics, athletics and community service...runner-up for Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and Maxwell Award as the nation's top player...fin-ished fourth in Heisman Trophy balloting... second team All-American by Football News...second team GTE Academic All-American...first team All-Big Ten by both coaches and media...led Big Ten in attempts, completions and passing yards...totals of 554 attempts, 337 completions, 3,909 yards and 25 touchdowns rank second on Purdue's season lists (behind his 569 attempts, 361 completions, 3,983 yards and 39 touchdowns in 1998)...averaged Big Ten-best 325.8 yards passing per game...set school record for longest play from scrimmage when he hooked up with Vinny Sutherland on 99-yard touchdown pass vs. Northwestern... in 1998, was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year by the media...set Big Ten and Purdue season records for touchdowns (39), passing yards (3,983), total offense (4,176), completions (361) and attempts (569) and conference game records for completions (55) and attempts (83)...efficiency rating of 137.83...threw school-record six touchdown passes in game twice (vs. Minnesota and at Northwestern) ... threw for school-record 522 yards vs. Minnesota while completing 31 of 36 passes (.861) ... set NCAA record with 83 attempts and tied standard with 55 completions at Wisconsin...in 1997: Saw action in seven games (six of final eight) as backup to Billy Dicken.
Personal: Industrial management/manufacturing major...born 1/15/79.
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