Brendan Sorsby

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, IN - November 18, 2023 - running back Trent Howland #27 of the Indiana Hoosiers and quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - November 18, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Pearson Georges/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - November 11, 2023 -quarterback Brendan Sorsby #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IL. Photo By Grace Waggoner/IU Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - September 02, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - November 04, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Sammy Nance/Indiana Athletics

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STATE COLLEGE, PA - October 28, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Indiana Hoosiers at Beaver Stadium in State College, PA. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

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COLLEGE PARK, MD - September 30, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium in College Park, MD. Photo By Trent Barnhart/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - April 11, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during practice at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - April 01, 2023 - quarterback Brendan Sorsby # 15 of the Indiana Hoosiers during Spring Ball at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - NOVEMBER 05, 2022 - Brendan Sorsby during the game between the Penn Nittany Lions and the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

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Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 221
Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
Denton, Texas
High School:
Lake Dallas

2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in ten games with seven starts ... made first career start against No. 3/4 Ohio State (9/2) ... one of 18 Hoosiers to make first career start ... only quarterback since at least 1996 with multiple 60-yard touchdown passes in a single game in Indiana history.

Ohio State (9/2): Went 8-of-16 for 58 yards in first collegiate start ... long completion was 19 yards. Indiana State (9/8): Was 9-for-16 passing with 108 passing yards ... also had 28 rushing yards on six carries. at Maryland (9/30): Went 7-for-11 passing ... totaled 84 passing yards ... threw for two touchdowns ... first career touchdown pass was an 11-yard connection with Donaven McCulley in the fourth quarter ... second touchdown was a 16-yard pass to Andison Coby in the fourth quarter ... ran five times for 25 yards. at Michigan (10/14): Logged a 6-for-15 passing day with 44 yards ... had 13 carries for 30 rushing yards. Rutgers (10/21): Charted a 15-for-31 passing day for 126 yards ... had one passing touchdown on a 35-yard connection with Omar Cooper Jr. in the first quarter ... had 11 carries for 49 yards ... rushed for first career score on 4-yard run in the second quarter. at Penn State (10/28): Posted a 13-for-19 passing day with 269 yards and three touchdowns ... first touchdown was a 90-yard completion to DeQuece Carter in the first quarter to put Indiana up 7-0 ... 90-yard pass is third longest passing play in IU history ... second score was a 69-yard completion to Donaven McCulley in the second quarter ... two 60-plus yard offensive touchdowns marked the first time since 2014 an Indiana offense produced multiple 60-yard plus scores in a single game ... third score was a 26-yard connection with Omar Cooper Jr. in the fourth quarter. Wisconsin (11/4): Logged 186 yards on 19-of-his-31 passing attempts with one touchdown ... also ran for eight yards with one rushing score ... scored one touchdown on an 8-yard run to put Indiana up 7-0 in the first quarter ... connected with Donaven McCulley on a 7-yard passing touchdown with 41 seconds left in the second quarter to put Indiana ahead 17-7 before the half. at Illinois (11/11): Totaled 289 yards on 22-for-33 passing with three touchdown passes ... long pass of 41 yards ... ran for 53 yards with two scores ... threw the first two touchdown passes on a pair of 6-yard completions to Donaven McCulley in the second quarter ... ran for an 18-yard touchdown in the second quarter ... had a 5-yard rushing score in the fourth quarter ... threw a 26-yard touchdown to DeQuece Carter with 28 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the subsequent two-point conversion to E.J. Williams Jr. to force overtime. Michigan State (11/18): Went 19-for-34 passing with 197 yards and two touchdowns ... ran for 54 yards ... long rush of 25 ... connected with James Bomba on a 3-yard touchdown in the third quarter ... passed for an 8-yard score to Trey Walker in the fourth quarter. at Purdue (11/25): Posted a 17-for-31 passing day with 226 yards and three touchdowns ... ran for 44 yards ... found DeQuece Carter for a 33-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter ... connected with Donaven McCulley on a 10-yard score in the second quarter ... threw to Josh Henderson for a 10-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

2022 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in one game and redshirted his initial collegiate season ... made collegiate debut against Penn State (11/5) ... one of 33 student-athletes to make collegiate debut in 2022 ... one of 15 true freshmen to debut in 2022 ... offensive scout team player of the week against Western Kentucky (9/17).

Penn State (11/5): Completed 3-of-6 passes for eight yards.

Prep/Personal
Quarterback for head coach Jason Young at Lake Dallas High School ... named the Denton Record-Chronicle 2021 Quarterback of the Year ... all-district honoree ... passed for 1,271 yards and 14 touchdowns ... rushed for 823 yards with 15 TDs ... averaged 305.6 total yards per game ... limited to seven games due to injury ... scored five times on the ground and threw for three more in the season finale ... ranked the No. 13 dual-threat quarterback nationally by ESPN ... also an all-district baseball selection.