Colt Brennan Colton James Brennan ( born August 16 , 1983 ) , known as Colt Brennan , is an American professional football quarterback , last with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft , and was released two years later . He played college football at Hawaii . He holds the NCAA Division I ( NCAA ) record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 58 . He holds several other NCAA Division I FBS records . Early years . Brennan attended Mater Dei High School in California . He helped Mater Dei to the league championship in basketball as a senior . While at Mater Dei , he was the backup quarterback to Matt Leinart until Leinart graduated . After graduating from Mater Dei , Brennan attended Worcester Academy in Massachusetts for a postgraduate year , where his primary receivers were David Ball , now a wide receiver for the Erie Explosion of the Ultimate Indoor Football League , and Carl Elliott , the former starting Point Guard on George Washington ' s basketball team . College career . Colorado . Brennan originally attended the University of Colorado in 2003 as a walk - on . He spent the year as a redshirt . Dismissal from the team . On January 28 , 2004 , Brennan entered the dorm room of a female CU student , uninvited , and , according to the victim , " exposed himself and fondled her , " a charge which Brennan denied . Brennan , who was intoxicated at the time of the incident , was arrested and eventually convicted of charges of felony burglary and trespassing ( serving one week in jail along with probation until he graduated from college ) , but a guilty verdict for unlawful sexual contact was vacated by the court for lack of evidence . Brennan was court ordered to take a polygraph test about the incident and passed . He later showed those results to Saddleback College President Richard McCullough . After the incident , which was caught up in the middle of the time when CU was flooded with other accusations of sex crimes and revelations of wild recruiting parties involving Colorado football players , he was kicked off the team . Saddleback College . Brennan then transferred to Saddleback College in California in 2004 and helped lead the school to a conference championship . He was named honorable mention All - America , state offensive player of the year by the JuCal Transfer , and first - team all - conference for his performance that season . He repaired his image well enough for the University of Hawaii head coach June Jones to offer him a walk - on opportunity . Looking to put some distance between himself and his past problems and interested in Jones ' quarterback knowledge , Brennan accepted the offer and turned down an offer from San Jose State . University of Hawaii . 2005 . Brennan joined Hawaii in 2005 and quickly earned the starting quarterback job . He started 10 of 12 games , the only games he did not start being against USC and San Diego State . He either tied or broke 11 school offensive records in what was a successful first season with the Warriors . He led the country in total offense yards ( 4 , 455 ) and touchdowns thrown ( 35 ) . His 4 , 301 yards passing is the eighth - most in Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) history . Against New Mexico State , he recorded career - high numbers in passing yards ( 515 ) , touchdowns ( 7 ) , and pass completions ( 38 ) . He also had nine 300 + yard performances on the season , including four 400 + yard games and a 515 - yard performance . 2006 . Brennan entered 2006 as the undisputed starter at quarterback , was named to multiple award watch lists and was voted the WAC ' s preseason Offensive Player of the Year . He led the nation in scoring and passing efficiency , finishing the regular season with a 182 . 8 rating , and completed 72 . 15 % of his passes , the best in Division I - A . During the regular season , Brennan passed for 53 touchdowns , falling 1 touchdown pass short of the NCAA Division I - A single - season record ( set in 1990 by David Klingler of Houston ) . On December 24 , 2006 , at the Hawaii Bowl , Brennan threw for five touchdowns to break the record . ( Statistics accumulated during the postseason now count towards records . ) The team finished the season with an 11 – 3 record , finishing second in the WAC behind Boise State . Brennan finished 6th in Heisman Trophy voting in the 2006 Heisman race , behind Troy Smith , Darren McFadden , Brady Quinn , Steve Slaton , and Mike Hart . During the season , Brennan passed for 5 , 549 yards , 58 touchdowns , and the highest passer efficiency in the nation . According to Jones , " Colt is a money guy . Colt is what I said he is : the best college quarterback in America , and he proved it tonight . " During a press conference on January 17 , Brennan announced that he was returning to the University of Hawaii for his senior season . He didn ' t feel he was fully prepared for the NFL and needed another year to get ready . He returned to Hawaii as a Heisman front runner and one of the NCAA ' s most prolific passers . " Rivals . com " named him one of the top - 10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season . 2007 . On November 23 , 2007 , he broke the major college career record for touchdown passes , throwing five touchdown passes against then No . 17 Boise State . He threw the record - breaking 122nd in the first quarter , a six - yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grice - Mullen to surpass the mark set by former Brigham Young University Quarterback Ty Detmer in 1991 . With the pass , Brennan also broke Detmer ' s record for most touchdowns responsible for with 136 . The Hawaii team would go on to beat Washington 35 – 28 in the final game of the regular season to finish with a 12 – 0 record , finishing the 2007 season ranked No . 10 on the " AP Top 25 " , earning a bid to 2007 BCS Sugar Bowl against the No . 5 ranked Georgia Bulldogs . The Sugar Bowl turned out to be a one - sided affair , as Georgia defeated Hawaii 41 – 10 . Brennan completed 22 - of - 38 for 169 yards , while throwing three interception s . Throughout the game , Georgia was able to effectively apply pressure rushing only three defensive line men , allowing Georgia to drop eight men into coverage . This game cost Brennan the all - time passer efficiency rating that he held prior to the game . He was later quoted as saying , " This is not how I wanted my career to end . " He finished the season with 38 touchdowns and 17 interceptions . Quarterback Colt Brennan was selected for the second year in a row as a Heisman Finalists , this time finishing in third place behind Tim Tebow and Darren McFadden . June Jones . June Jones , Brennan ' s coach at Hawaii , had a large impact upon his career , making him one of the most prolific passers in NCAA Division 1 history . In a short January 6 , 2008 interview Brennan said of Jones : " He ' s obviously done a lot for me because he gave me a chance and that ' s really what I was looking for . . . He really gave me the confidence to take my game at the next level and give me the confidence to play like an All - American . " Jones was instrumental in bringing Brennan to Hawaii during his sophomore year . After the Hawaii Warriors lost the 2008 Sugar Bowl against the University of Georgia , Jones revealed in a press conference that he would no longer be coaching at the University of Hawaii . Records . Some of Brennan ' s achievements include : Professional career . Washington Redskins . Brennan was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round ( 186th overall ) of the 2008 NFL Draft . He was the 10th quarterback selected in the draft . On July 14 , he signed a four - year $ 1 . 8 million contract . Brennan appeared in his first NFL exhibition game in the 2008 Hall of Fame Game against the Indianapolis Colts on August 3 . He was impressive in his debut completing 9 - of - 10 passes for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns for a 157 . 5 passer rating in the Redskins ' victory . His success continued two weeks later against the New York Jets when he completed 4 - of - 5 passes for 79 yards and scored the game winning touchdown on a 33 - yard pass to Jason Goode . Brennan led all 2008 NFL rookies in touchdown passes , passing yards and quarterback rating through the preseason . He finished the 2008 preseason with a strong performance , going 36 - for - 53 , for 411 yards and three touchdowns and with no interceptions . For the preseason , his completion percentage was 67 . 9 % and his quarterback rating was 109 . 9 . He also carried the ball twice for 11 yards . He was placed on injured reserve on September 4 , 2009 , ending his 2009 season due to a torn hamstring and a hip injury . The hip injury was similar to one he suffered while in college at Hawaii and required surgery . On August 2 , 2010 , the Redskins traded for Baltimore Ravens quarterback John Beck , making Brennan expendable . He was subsequently released . Oakland Raiders . On August 7 , 2010 , Brennan signed with the Oakland Raiders . Brennan was later cut on September 4 . Hartford Colonials . On June 3 , 2011 , Brennan signed with the Hartford Colonials in the United Football League for the 2011 season . The league suspended operations of the Colonials on August 10 , 2011 . Brennan was not selected by any of the four remaining UFL teams in a dispersal draft held on August 15 , 2011 . Saskatchewan Roughriders . On February 28 , 2012 , Brennan signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . The announcement was widely reported online and attracted widespread attention in its aftermath . Although he was expected to be the backup , the Roughriders later signed former National Football League journeyman J . T . O ' Sullivan , pushing Brennan down in the depth chart . Brennan was released on June 11 , 2012 . Personal . While at Hawaii , Brennan grew dreadlocks to better bond with his wide receivers and learned enough Samoan so that he could use it to call plays from the line of scrimmage ; Hawaii has players of Samoan descent . Brennan was a communications major . On December 16 , 2007 , Brennan received his Bachelor of Arts in communications and a 27 - second standing ovation . Hawaii - based venture capitalist Barry Weinman , wore Brennan ' s No . 15 jersey while delivering the commencement address at the 2007 graduation . Brennan was hospitalized and listed in serious condition after he was a passenger in a car crash in Hawaii on November 19 , 2010 . The accident left him with broken ribs and injuries to his head and collar bone . He was released from Queen ' s Medical Center on November 27 , 2010 and headed to his parents ' home in Southern California to continue his recovery . Brennan was arrested on July 25 , 2012 in Kailua , Honolulu County , Hawaii on suspicion of driving under the influence and third - degree promotion of a dangerous drug . He was released the next day without charges , pending further investigation , without having to post bail . His attorney said a police officer stopped Brennan for going 10 miles over the speed limit while Brennan was on his way home to Kailua . The attorney said Brennan is still suffering from the brain injury from the November 2010 auto accident in which he was a passenger . Brennan ' s father said his son recently moved back to Hawaii to live . It was reported on July 31 that Brennan ' s blood - alcohol level was 0 . 17 percent , more than twice the legal limit for driving a vehicle , when he was arrested .