Brandon Doughty

Brandon Doughty is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the WKU Hilltoppers and was their starting quarterback from 2013 to 2015.

Early years

Doughty attended North Broward Preparatory School in Coconut Creek, Florida. During his career as the starting quarterback he passed for 2,885 yards with 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Rated as a three-star recruit by both ESPN and Rivals.com, Doughty was named an FACA North-South All-Star, a Dade-Broward All-Star and was named to the First-Team All-Broward County by the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel.

Originally, Doughty had committed to Florida Atlantic before signing with WKU for the 2010 recruiting class.

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Brandon Doughty QB	Coconut Creek, FL	North Broward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jan 22, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #88 QB   247Sports: #6 RB  ESPN: #74 ATH
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

College career

2010

Doughty redshirted the 2010 season.

2011

See also: 2011 WKU Hilltoppers football team

Doughty made his on-field debut for the Hilltoppers in a 40–14 loss to Navy. Making a relief appearance, Doughty completed 12 of 21 passes for 102 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. Still, his performance was enough to earn him the starting job the next week at home against Indiana State. Unfortunately, after only three plays (and one completion for four yards), Doughty suffered a knee injury which ended his freshman season.

2012

See also: 2012 WKU Hilltoppers football team

As a redshirt sophomore, Doughty saw limited action as a relief quarterback, appearing in two games against Austin Peay and Southern Miss. In these games, Doughty completed one of three pass attempts for seven yards.

2013

See also: 2013 WKU Hilltoppers football team

Finally regaining his starting job as a redshirt junior, Doughty single-handedly rewrote the Hilltoppers' record book for the 2013 season. Among the new records were single-season passing yards (2,857), single-season completion percentage (65.8), and single-game completions and passing yards (29 and 386, respectively, both in a 32–26 defeat on October 26 against Troy). Overall, Doughty finished the 2013 season completing 246 of 374 attempts with 14 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.

2014

See also: 2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team

2014 was the Hilltoppers' first season as a member of Conference USA, and, as a redshirt senior, Doughty helped them settle in quite soundly with the greatest statistical season for a quarterback in school history. Right from the start, Doughty broke his previous records for single-game completions and passing yards (46 and 569, respectively, in the season-opening 59–31 victory over Bowling Green). Playing only one game with a completion percentage below 58.3 or a passer rating lower than 119.9 (that game being a 59–10 defeat on November 10 to Louisiana Tech), Doughty set a new standard for Hilltoppers football, finishing the regular season with a 7–5 overall record (4–4 in Conference USA).

On December 10, Doughty was named Conference USA's Most Valuable Player, the same day it was announced that the NCAA had granted him a sixth year of eligibility.

The next day, on December 11, Doughty was announced as the winner of the 2014 Sammy Baugh Trophy, becoming the first Hilltopper and only the third quarterback from Conference USA to do so.

On December 24, Doughty led the Hilltoppers to a 49–48 victory over Central Michigan in the 2014 Bahamas Bowl, completing 31 of 42 pass attempts for 486 yards, five touchdown passes and no interceptions, building a lead which would withstand the Chippewas' furious rally en route to being named the Offensive MVP for the game.

Overall, for the season Doughty completed 375 of 552 passing attempts for an FBS-leading 4,830 yards (16th all-time in the FBS) and 49 touchdowns (a Conference USA football single-season record and tied for sixth all-time in the FBS) and only ten interceptions, picking up a quarterback rating of 167.1.

2015

Doughty completed 356 of 541 passes for 5,055 yards with 48 touchdowns. His 5,055 yards in 2015 broke his previous record for most yards in a single season. From the beginning of the 2014 season to the end of the 2015 season he threw for 97 touchdowns, more than any other quarterback in a two year span in NCAA History. Doughty Finished his career in the top 25 in NCAA history for career passing yards, passing touchdowns, and completion percentage and will go down in history as the best quarterback to play at WKU. Doughty played in the 2016 East-West Shrine game prior to the 2016 NFL Draft.

B. Doughty's Autograph. "B. D. T. #12" Taken on 4–23–16

Career statistics

Passing

Season	GP–GS	Comp–Att	Pct.	Yards	TD	INT	Long	Avg/G
2011	2–1	13–22	59.1	106	0	1	21	53
2012	2–0	1–3	33.3	7	0	0	7	3.5
2013	12–12	246–374	65.8	2,857	14	14	60	238.1
2014	13–13	375–552	67.9	4.830*	49*	10	75	371.5
2015	14–14	388–540	71.9*	5.055*	48*	9	75	371.5
Totals	43–40	1023–1491	68.6	12,855	111	34	75	269

• Led NCAA

Rushing

Season	GP–GS	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
2011	2–1	2	−2	−1	0	8	−1
2013	12–12	34	−109	−3.2	0	10	−9.1
2014	13–13	39	−52	−1.3	2	15	−4
Totals	27–26	75	−163	−2.2	2	15	−6

See also

• List of college football yearly passing leaders
• List of Division I FBS passing touchdown leaders

Professional career

Doughty was drafted in the 7th round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins with the 223rd pick.

External links

• WKU profile Archive copy at the Wayback Machine