Colt News

The Star-Bulletin with the news.

Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was named today as one of three finalists for the Davey O’Brien award, which goes annually to the best quarterback in the nation.

The other finalist are Troy Smith of Ohio State and Brady Quinn of Notre Dame.

Brennan leads the nation in several categories including touch down passes, passing efficiency, completion percentage and total passing yards.

The winner of the award will be announced Dec. 6.

Pretty cool! The UH Athletics website has more details.

Brennan currently leads the nation in passing efficiency (189.6), total offense (403.3), points responsible for (28.91), passing yards (4,155) and touchdown passes (48). The junior from Irvine, Calif., is also second in passing yards per game (377.73) and tied the NCAA record for most passing touchdowns in two seasons in last week's game against San Jose State. He now has 83 touchdown passes in two seasons and needs one more to surpass the mark set by Houston's David Klingler.

"I'm very happy for Colt that he is being recognized among the elite group of quarterbacks," Hawai'i head coach June Jones said. "Part of it is a result of playing on a winning team, but I can't imagine another quarterback has played better than Colt has this season."

C.B. for the O.B.!