Brady Quinn Brayden Tyler " Brady " Quinn ( born October 27 , 1984 ) is a quarterback in the National Football League . He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft . He played college football at Notre Dame . Quinn has also played for the Denver Broncos . Early Years . Brayden Tyler " Brady " Quinn was born on October 27 , 1984 in Columbus , Ohio , the middle child of Tyrone J . Quinn and Robin D . ( née Slates ) Quinn . He has an older sister , Laura Quinn , and a younger sister , Kelly Katherine Quinn . Laura Quinn is married to Green Bay Packers linebacker A . J . Hawk , who played college football at Ohio State University . Quinn attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin , Ohio , and ranked sixth on the Detroit Free Press " Best of the Midwest " team and was listed at number 20 on ESPN ' s list of the nation ' s top 100 prospects . As a junior in 2001 , Quinn threw for 2 , 200 yards and 21 touchdowns to go along with 15 interceptions , posting a 9 – 4 record and helped lead Coffman to the Division I state semi - finals . As a senior in 2002 , he threw for 2 , 149 yards , threw 25 touchdowns with four interceptions , and completed 143 of 258 pass attempts , and rushed for 108 yards and six touchdowns . Quinn helped his team post an 8 – 3 record and played in the U . S . Army All - American Bowl in San Antonio , Texas . Quinn was named the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio Capital Conference Offensive Player of the Year and was an All - State choice . Quinn was named an All - Conference player in baseball as a junior and lettered three times . He was a member of Young Life , the Rock Solid Club , and Who ' s Who Among America High School Students . In the fall of 2002 , received a scholarship from Notre Dame , acting on a tip from fellow recruit Chinedum Ndukwe ' s father . College career . Quinn accepted the offer to attend the University of Notre Dame , where he set 36 Fighting Irish records during his four seasons with the team . There were ten career records , twelve single - season records , four single - game records and ten miscellaneous records broken by Quinn throughout those four years , including the record for career pass attempts with 1 , 602 ; completions with 929 ; yards - per - game with 239 . 6 ; touchdown passes with 95 , and the Irish ' s lowest interception percentage with 2 . 43 . Quinn won 29 games as a starter at Notre Dame , tied with Ron Powlus and Tom Clements for the most in school history . In 2005 , under Notre Dame ' s new head coach Charlie Weis , Quinn excelled as a starting quarterback , averaging 110 more passing yards per game than he had as a sophomore while nearly doubling his number of touchdown passes , throwing 32 in 2005 compared to 17 in 2004 . Quinn placed fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting behind Reggie Bush , Vince Young and Matt Leinart . Quinn was named to the 2005 AP All - America Team as a third - team quarterback and the 2006 SI . com All - American Team as a second - team quarterback . Quinn received the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation ' s top passer of the 2005 season . At the end of the season , Notre Dame faced Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl . Quinn had 29 completions in 45 pass attempts for 286 yards in a 34 – 20 loss to Ohio State . Prior to the start of the 2006 college football season , Quinn was featured in a regional cover on the August 22 , 2006 issue of " Sports Illustrated " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s 2006 College Football Preview issue along with then - teammates Tom Zbikowski and Travis Thomas with the caption " Notre Dame : The Battle For No . 1 . " However , despite the somewhat disappointing season for the Fighting Irish , Quinn posted impressive numbers , finishing the season with 3 , 426 yards on 289 completions out of 467 attempts for a completion percentage of 61 . 9 % and 7 . 34 yards - per - attempt . He threw 37 touchdowns to only 7 interceptions , and was sacked 31 times . Quinn finished the regular season with a passing efficiency rating of 146 . 65 , which ranked him 18th in the country . Notre Dame invited to the 2007 Sugar Bowl on January 3 , 2007 , where they played LSU . However , Quinn was held to 148 passing yards . Quinn threw only two touchdown passes , both in the first half , and the LSU held Notre Dame scoreless through the second half of the game to defeat the Fighting Irish 41 – 14 . Following the 2006 season , Quinn won several awards , including the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the best college quarterback in the nation and the Maxwell Award for the best college football player . Quinn finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind Troy Smith and Darren McFadden . He was named the Cingular All - America Player of the Year and was named to the 2006 AP All - America Team as a second - team quarterback . Quinn graduated from Notre Dame with dual degrees in political science and finance . Professional career . Pre - draft . Coming into the draft Quinn was considered to be one of the top players in the country and was invited to the draft . Before the draft started , Quinn was labeled as a " franchise quarterback in the mold of Carson Palmer . " He was projected to be picked in the top ten and even could have been the number one overall pick . While some suspected the Cleveland Browns would select Quinn with the third pick , he fell to the 22nd pick in the draft before being picked up by Browns . Following the draft , Quinn was criticized by Joe Theismann in a radio interview , claiming that Quinn looked " unprofessional " when he was on stage following his name being called . Theismann was bothered by the appearance of Quinn ' s hair and the fact that he was chewing gum . Quinn responded by saying that " I apologize to anyone , obviously , who is a Notre Dame alum , or for those fans who thought I wasn ' t being very business like . I was in there for a long time and that the last thing I thought of after my name was called was whether I was chewing gum or straightening my tie . I was just trying to get on stage as fast as possible and get that Browns jersey in my hand . " Cleveland Browns . 2007 . Quinn signed a five - year deal with the Browns worth a reported $ 20 . 2 million , with $ 7 . 5 million guaranteed and up to $ 30 million in incentives . Quinn was originally placed third on the Browns ' depth chart behind Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson . However , after a 34 – 7 defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1 , Charlie Frye was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a sixth round draft pick , moving Quinn to second on the Brown ' s depth chart . On December 30 , 2007 , when Anderson hurt his pinky and wrist , Quinn made his official NFL debut in the Browns ' final game of the season against the San Francisco 49ers . Although going 3 for 8 passing Quinn led the Browns to the redzone , but failed to score . Despite speculation that the Browns would trade Anderson to get back into the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft , Browns ' general manager , Phil Savage , later stated that he hoped to sign Anderson , and keep both quarterbacks for the 2008 season . 2008 . After leading the Browns to a 10 - 6 record , Derek Anderson was named the starting quarterback for the 2008 season , leaving Quinn on the sidelines once again . However , after a mediocre 3 – 5 start by the team , head coach Romeo Crennel named Quinn the starting quarterback for the Browns ' upcoming game against the Denver Broncos . Though he played well , and helped the Browns build a two - touchdown lead into the third quarter , the Broncos rallied back to win , causing Quinn ' s first official start to end in a loss . However , he went on to win the next game against the Buffalo Bills , but he broke his finger during this victory , and though he tried to play through it during the next game against the Houston Texans , he announced on November 25 that he would have surgery , sidelining him for the rest of the 2008 season . 2009 . Soon after the season was over , Romeo Crennel was fired as head coach and was replaced by former New York Jets coach Eric Mangini , who was unsure of who would be the Browns ' s starting quarterback . Thus , a competition for the starting job between Quinn and Anderson occurred throughout the offseason . Four days before the Browns ' s 2009 opener , it was announced that Quinn would be the starter . Quinn continued to be the Browns ' starter until Game 3 against the Baltimore Ravens , when he was benched at halftime in favor of Anderson , after a poor performance . The following week , Mangini named Anderson the starter . Quinn did not play again until Week 8 , when he was brought in with three minutes to go in a 30 – 6 loss against the Chicago Bears . As the Browns headed into their bye week , it was not indicated who would be the starting quarterback for the rest of the season . However , it was announced five days before their Week 10 Monday Night Football game against the Baltimore Ravens , that Quinn was once again being awarded the starting quarterback position . Eric Mangini indicated that Quinn ' s continued hard work , determination , and growth , even while sitting on the bench , were major factors in his decision to give Brady the position back . Though he struggled in his first game back , as the Browns were shut out 16 – 0 , Quinn followed it up in Week 11 with his best professional outing yet , throwing for 304 yards with 4 touchdowns against the Detroit Lions . The Browns later defeated the rival Pittsburgh Steelers , Quinn ' s first win of 2009 as the starting quarterback . The next week the Browns defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 41 – 34 , despite a poor performance by Quinn . On December 22 , the Browns placed Quinn on Injured Reserve for the last 2 games of the season with a foot injury . Denver Broncos . On March 14 , 2010 , Quinn was traded to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Peyton Hillis , a 6th round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft , and a conditional late - round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft . Quinn competed against Broncos incumbent Kyle Orton for the starting job . He began the regular season second on the depth chart , behind Orton , and did not play in any game in 2010 . In August 2011 , Quinn was placed second on the depth chart , behind Orton for a single game against the Buffalo Bills in the preseason . In Week 5 , Tim Tebow entered the game against the San Diego Chargers at half time in place of Orton , and Tebow started every remaining Broncos game , with Quinn remaining on the bench . In two seasons with the Broncos , Quinn did not play in any games . Kansas City Chiefs . 2012 . Quinn signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 17 , 2012 . After competing for a backup quarterback spot , Quinn beat Ricky Stanzi for the spot and it was official on August 27 , 2012 . He then made his Kansas City debut against the Baltimore Ravens on October 7 , 2012 after Matt Cassel suffered a concussion . On October 11 , Cassel was ruled out for Week 6 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and Quinn got his first start as a Chief . Quinn managed just 180 yards and threw two interceptions in the 38 - 10 loss . Quinn was announced as the starter by head coach Romeo Crennel on October 28 , 2012 game . Quinn played less than a quarter in the October 28 game against the Oakland Raiders when he left the game with a head injury after three drives totaling 17 yards , a fumble and pass interception . Cassel returned to the game and started the games following . However Quinn replaced Cassel at half in the November 15 game against Cincinnati and was awarded the starting job once again . A day after the murder - suicide by lineback Jovan Belcher , Quinn played arguably his best game as a starter in an emotional 27 - 21 win over the Carolina Panthers on December 3 , completing 19 - 23 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns . He also received media attention for his eloquent comments about the circumstances following the game . Statistics . NFL . Source : NFL . com Personal life . Brady began dating USA Olympic gymnast Alicia Sacramone in November 2009 .