Andre Broadous

Height:
6-null
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Portland, OR
High School:
Grant HS

Enters his final season as Cal Poly’s starting quarterback... was a backup as a freshman and sophomore (starting fourmidseason games) before assuming signal-calling duties on afulltime basis in 2011 ... landed on preseason 2012 CollegeFootball Performance Awards watch list for quarterbacks.

2011 -- Started all 11 games as a junior andcompleted 101 of 170 passes (58 percent) for 1,235 yards and ninetouchdowns en route to spot on All-Great West second team ... threwhis first career interception in 207 career attempts Nov. 5 at UCDavis ... has thrown just the one interception in 235 careerpassing attempts ... was No. 4 in the FCS in scoring (9.82 pointsper game) and No. 35 in passing efficiency (136.73) ... also wasNo. 5 in the Great West in rushing, averaging 65.0 yards per game,and broke a school record by rushing for 18 touchdowns, surpassingJames Noble’s 16 in 2005 ... earned first 100-yard rushinggame at Northern Illinois, gaining 103 yards on 24 carries with twoscores ... also rushed for 90 yards and a TD against Montana ...caught a pass from David Mahr for eight yards against Southern Utah... surpassed the 200-yard passing mark once, completing 12 of 16for a career-high 213 yards and two scores against South DakotaState ... also threw for two TDs against North Dakota and EasternWashington ... in 2012 Spring Game, played only the first seriesand engineered an 80-yard scoring drive capped by his one-yard divefor a touchdown.

2010 -- Started four games as a sophomore atquarterback and backed up Tony Smith in one other contest ...completed 64.1 percent of his passes, 41 of 64, for 510 yards andfour touchdowns ... longest pass was a 75-yarder to DominiqueJohnson for a touchdown against Old Dominion ... did not throw aninterception ... also rushed 87 times for 305 yards and threescores, including two against Old Dominion ... ran 39 yards for atouchdown against McNeese State, his longest run of the year ...the five games in which he played all were during midseasonfive-game road trip ... missed first two games of season with highankle sprain as well as final four contests with a shoulder sprain... passed for 212 yards and two scores and rushed for 38 yards andtwo scores against Old Dominion ... completed 19 of 31 passes, bothseason highs, for 201 yards and a touchdown against Southern Utah;also rushed for 65 yards on 21 trips against the Thunderbirds ...rushed for season-high 89 yards and a TD against No. 19 McNeeseState in first college start, leading Mustangs to 40-7 win andsnapping eight-game road losing streak ... completed all fourpasses for 36 yards and rushed six times for 30 yards in 2011Spring Game.

2009 -- Played in three games as a redshirtfreshman backup quarterback ... rushed for eight yards on ninecarries, including a seven-yard run against Montana ... also hadfour-yard runs versus Sacramento State and Dixie State ... no passattempts ... completed all four pass attempts for 91 yards and atouchdown and also rushed 74 yards on 14 carries and one score inspring game.

2008 -- Redshirt.

High School – An all-state Class 6Aquarterback under head coach Diallo Lewis at Grant High School inPortland, Oregon ... threw 44 touchdown passes and rushed for 35more scores in his last two seasons, leading the Generals to 21wins in their last 24 games ... ss a senior, Broadous completed62.7 percent of his passes (141 of 225) for 2,064 yards and 20touchdowns, best in the Portland Interscholastic League ... his 992yards on 151 rushes (6.6 average per carry) and 18 touchdowns wereNo. 2 in the league as Broadous led Grant to a 12-1 mark, the PILtitle and a berth in the semifinal round of Oregon’s Class 6Aplayoffs ... first-team all-state as both a quarterback anddefensive back in 2007, earned Oregon state player of the yearhonors and was Portland Public Schools co-offensive player of theyear for Class 6A ... as a junior, passed for 24 touchdowns and ranfor 17 more ... accumulated 6,000 yards in total offense in the2006 and 2007 seasons combined ... Grant was city champs both years... also lettered in basketball and baseball ... earned all-statehonors as a center fielder in baseball and played on statechampionship basketball team ... lost a total of four games inthreee varsity football seasons ... maintained 3.0 GPA or betterall four years ... visited Portland State and Oregon State beforechoosing Cal Poly.

Personal – Son of James Broadous andTracy Clegg ... no siblings ... cousin Calvin Broadus is betterknown as Snoop Lion ... co-CEO of All In Entertainment eventmanagement company in San Luis Obispo … born September 4,1989, in Portland, Ore. … majors in recreation with aconcentration in sports and event management.