2021 Football Roster
Brasch, Spencer
Jersey Number 13
Spencer Brasch
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, AZ
- High School:
- Higley HS
Bio
After starting seven games at quarterback in first season as a Mustang, started final eight games of redshirt junior campaign at the signal-calling position last fall and is in a four-man battle for the starting nod this season.
2022 -- After Jaden Jones suffered a season-ending injury midway through first quarter at South Dakota, Brasch directed the Mustang offense the rest of the season, starting final eight games and smashing a school record in the process ... after passing for a career-high 415 yards -- fourth-most for a single game in Cal Poly football history -- and equalling his career high with four touchdowns in a season-ending 49-42 victory over Portland State, finished second Mustang season with 2,604 yards through the air, No. 2 all-time ... completed 206 of 348 passes for 2,604 yards and 19 touchdowns ... his 206 completions is a school record, surpassing the 196 passes completed by Robert Perez in 1986, while his 348 attempts is No. 2 behind Mike Fisher's 386 attempts in 1994 ... the 19 touchdowns are No. 6 all-time ... add his statistics from a year earlier and Brasch enters senior season No. 4 in career passing yards (4,329), No. 3 in completions (351), No. 3 in attempts (615) and seventh with 29 touchdowns ... in addition to his 415-yard performance against Portland State, surpassed the 300-yard mark in four other contests, including 394 yards at Idaho State, 374 versus Northern Arizona and 362 against South Dakota and 359 versus UC Davis ... his 19 touchdowns included four each against Idaho State and Portland State ... season-high 30 completions at Idaho State and season-high 51 attempts at Northern Arizona ... caught a pass from Chris Coleman for 34 yards on second play of second quarter in Montana State game ... completed four of seven passes for 50 yards in 2023 Spring Game.
2021 -- Started the first two games as well as the last five contests, missing four games due to injury in first season at Cal Poly after transferring from Cal ... completed 145 of 267 passes (54 percent) for 1,725 yards and 10 touchdowns ... threw three touchdown passes against Idaho State and two versus both San Diego and Portland State ... season-high 316 yards passing in season opener at San Diego, completing 23 of 38 passes ... season-high 25 completions and season-high 50 attempts in Idaho State game, throwing for 233 yards ... best percentage was 19 of 26 (73 percent) at Sacramento State ... longest pass play of season was 75 yards from Brasch to Chris Coleman at Portland State ... also rushed for 63 yards on 59 carries ... season-high 30 yards on eight carries against Idaho State ... season-high 12 carries at Fresno State ... 11 more carries at Portland State ... punted once for 43 yards against San Diego ... named team's co-offensive player of the year and was a team captain.
California -- Spent two full seasons (2019-20) and the majority of the following spring football practices in 2021 with the program before entering the transfer portal in March 2021 ... saw all of his action as a 2019 true freshman when he played in two games, including his first career start at Utah, and completed nine of 15 passes (60 percent) for 71 yards with no touchdowns and one interception for a 51.86 passing efficiency rating, while adding seven rushes for a loss of 42 yards ... made his first career start at Utah as the first true freshman Cal quarterback to start at Cal since Jared Goff vs. Northwestern on Aug. 31, 2013, and completed seven of nine passes for 47 yards, including a career-long 17-yarder, with no touchdowns or interceptions for a 57.62 passing efficiency rating while adding five rushes for a loss of 23 yards, including a career-long 12-yarder ... made his Cal debut by playing the final two offensive drives against Oregon State and completed two of six passes for 24 yards with one interception and no touchdowns for a 33.60 passing efficiency rating, while also being sacked twice and credited with two rushes for a loss of 19 yards ... a redshirt in 2019 ... has four years to play four seasons remaining ... chose to transfer to Cal Poly because of "the beautiful city and phenomenal atmosphere."
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Higley High School in Gilbert, Ariz. ... earned a pair of All-Region honors while completing 359 of 602 passes for 5,522 yards with 78 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions over his final two prep seasons as a 2017 junior and 2018 senior for teams that were a combined 21-6 while twice reaching the semifinals of the state playoffs and once winning a league crown ... led senior squad to 9-4 overall record, semifinals of Arizona Interscholastic Association State Football Championships at Conference 5A level and a final No. 14 ranking in the state of Arizona according to MaxPreps when he completed 241 of 413 passes for 3,580 yards with 45 touchdowns to equal a Conference 5A single-season record and eight interceptions while running for 552 yards and nine touchdowns ... set Conference 5A single-game mark with seven touchdown passes in first game of senior campaign in win over Paraclete ... completed 118 of 189 passes for 1,942 yards and 33 touchdowns with five interceptions while running for 898 yards and 13 touchdowns for a junior team that finished 11-2 overall, reached semifinals of AIA State Football Championships at Conference 4A level, was 4-0 in league play to win the 4A Desert Sky title and ended season ranked No. 13 in state of Arizona by MaxPreps ... added a 33.0 punt average on 46 punts and one reception for four yards as a senior, as well as three tackles in one game as a 2016 sophomore ... also competed in baseball, track and field, and volleyball ... wore No. 13 in football ... rated three stars by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
Personal -- Son of Eric and Dawn Brasch ... one sister, Kylie ... born in Gilbert, Arizona ... majoring in anthropology.
Single-Game Highs at Cal
Rushes: 5 (at Utah, 2019)
Rushing Yards: -19 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Long Rush: 12 (at Utah, 2019)
Pass Completions: 7 (at Utah, 2019)
Pass Attempts: 19 (at Utah, 2019)
Passing Yards: 47 (at Utah, 2019)
Long Pass: 17 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Interceptions: 1 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Total Offense Yards: 24 (at Utah, 2019)
All-Purpose Yards: -19 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Quarterback Efficiency Rating: 57.62 (at Utah, 2019)
Single-Game Highs at Cal Poly
Rushes: 13 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Rushing Yards: 30 vs. Idaho State, 2021
Rushing TDs: 0
Longest Rush: 20 vs. UC Davis, 2021
Completions: 30 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Attempts: 51 vs. Northern Arizona, 2022
Passing Yards: 415 vs. Portland State, 2022
Interceptions: 4 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Passing TDs: 4 vs. Idaho State, 2022; vs. Portland State, 2022
Longest Pass: 75 vs. Portland State, 2021 (Coleman)
Receptions: 1 vs. Montana State, 2022
Receiving Yards: 34 vs. Montana State, 2022
Receiving TDs: 0
Longest Reception: 34 vs. Montana State, 2022
Punts: 1 vs. San Diego, 2021
Punt Yards: 43 vs. San Diego, 2021
Longest Punt: 43 vs. San Diego, 2021
2022 -- After Jaden Jones suffered a season-ending injury midway through first quarter at South Dakota, Brasch directed the Mustang offense the rest of the season, starting final eight games and smashing a school record in the process ... after passing for a career-high 415 yards -- fourth-most for a single game in Cal Poly football history -- and equalling his career high with four touchdowns in a season-ending 49-42 victory over Portland State, finished second Mustang season with 2,604 yards through the air, No. 2 all-time ... completed 206 of 348 passes for 2,604 yards and 19 touchdowns ... his 206 completions is a school record, surpassing the 196 passes completed by Robert Perez in 1986, while his 348 attempts is No. 2 behind Mike Fisher's 386 attempts in 1994 ... the 19 touchdowns are No. 6 all-time ... add his statistics from a year earlier and Brasch enters senior season No. 4 in career passing yards (4,329), No. 3 in completions (351), No. 3 in attempts (615) and seventh with 29 touchdowns ... in addition to his 415-yard performance against Portland State, surpassed the 300-yard mark in four other contests, including 394 yards at Idaho State, 374 versus Northern Arizona and 362 against South Dakota and 359 versus UC Davis ... his 19 touchdowns included four each against Idaho State and Portland State ... season-high 30 completions at Idaho State and season-high 51 attempts at Northern Arizona ... caught a pass from Chris Coleman for 34 yards on second play of second quarter in Montana State game ... completed four of seven passes for 50 yards in 2023 Spring Game.
2021 -- Started the first two games as well as the last five contests, missing four games due to injury in first season at Cal Poly after transferring from Cal ... completed 145 of 267 passes (54 percent) for 1,725 yards and 10 touchdowns ... threw three touchdown passes against Idaho State and two versus both San Diego and Portland State ... season-high 316 yards passing in season opener at San Diego, completing 23 of 38 passes ... season-high 25 completions and season-high 50 attempts in Idaho State game, throwing for 233 yards ... best percentage was 19 of 26 (73 percent) at Sacramento State ... longest pass play of season was 75 yards from Brasch to Chris Coleman at Portland State ... also rushed for 63 yards on 59 carries ... season-high 30 yards on eight carries against Idaho State ... season-high 12 carries at Fresno State ... 11 more carries at Portland State ... punted once for 43 yards against San Diego ... named team's co-offensive player of the year and was a team captain.
California -- Spent two full seasons (2019-20) and the majority of the following spring football practices in 2021 with the program before entering the transfer portal in March 2021 ... saw all of his action as a 2019 true freshman when he played in two games, including his first career start at Utah, and completed nine of 15 passes (60 percent) for 71 yards with no touchdowns and one interception for a 51.86 passing efficiency rating, while adding seven rushes for a loss of 42 yards ... made his first career start at Utah as the first true freshman Cal quarterback to start at Cal since Jared Goff vs. Northwestern on Aug. 31, 2013, and completed seven of nine passes for 47 yards, including a career-long 17-yarder, with no touchdowns or interceptions for a 57.62 passing efficiency rating while adding five rushes for a loss of 23 yards, including a career-long 12-yarder ... made his Cal debut by playing the final two offensive drives against Oregon State and completed two of six passes for 24 yards with one interception and no touchdowns for a 33.60 passing efficiency rating, while also being sacked twice and credited with two rushes for a loss of 19 yards ... a redshirt in 2019 ... has four years to play four seasons remaining ... chose to transfer to Cal Poly because of "the beautiful city and phenomenal atmosphere."
High School -- A 2019 graduate of Higley High School in Gilbert, Ariz. ... earned a pair of All-Region honors while completing 359 of 602 passes for 5,522 yards with 78 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions over his final two prep seasons as a 2017 junior and 2018 senior for teams that were a combined 21-6 while twice reaching the semifinals of the state playoffs and once winning a league crown ... led senior squad to 9-4 overall record, semifinals of Arizona Interscholastic Association State Football Championships at Conference 5A level and a final No. 14 ranking in the state of Arizona according to MaxPreps when he completed 241 of 413 passes for 3,580 yards with 45 touchdowns to equal a Conference 5A single-season record and eight interceptions while running for 552 yards and nine touchdowns ... set Conference 5A single-game mark with seven touchdown passes in first game of senior campaign in win over Paraclete ... completed 118 of 189 passes for 1,942 yards and 33 touchdowns with five interceptions while running for 898 yards and 13 touchdowns for a junior team that finished 11-2 overall, reached semifinals of AIA State Football Championships at Conference 4A level, was 4-0 in league play to win the 4A Desert Sky title and ended season ranked No. 13 in state of Arizona by MaxPreps ... added a 33.0 punt average on 46 punts and one reception for four yards as a senior, as well as three tackles in one game as a 2016 sophomore ... also competed in baseball, track and field, and volleyball ... wore No. 13 in football ... rated three stars by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
Personal -- Son of Eric and Dawn Brasch ... one sister, Kylie ... born in Gilbert, Arizona ... majoring in anthropology.
Single-Game Highs at Cal
Rushes: 5 (at Utah, 2019)
Rushing Yards: -19 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Long Rush: 12 (at Utah, 2019)
Pass Completions: 7 (at Utah, 2019)
Pass Attempts: 19 (at Utah, 2019)
Passing Yards: 47 (at Utah, 2019)
Long Pass: 17 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Interceptions: 1 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Total Offense Yards: 24 (at Utah, 2019)
All-Purpose Yards: -19 (vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Quarterback Efficiency Rating: 57.62 (at Utah, 2019)
Single-Game Highs at Cal Poly
Rushes: 13 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Rushing Yards: 30 vs. Idaho State, 2021
Rushing TDs: 0
Longest Rush: 20 vs. UC Davis, 2021
Completions: 30 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Attempts: 51 vs. Northern Arizona, 2022
Passing Yards: 415 vs. Portland State, 2022
Interceptions: 4 vs. Idaho State, 2022
Passing TDs: 4 vs. Idaho State, 2022; vs. Portland State, 2022
Longest Pass: 75 vs. Portland State, 2021 (Coleman)
Receptions: 1 vs. Montana State, 2022
Receiving Yards: 34 vs. Montana State, 2022
Receiving TDs: 0
Longest Reception: 34 vs. Montana State, 2022
Punts: 1 vs. San Diego, 2021
Punt Yards: 43 vs. San Diego, 2021
Longest Punt: 43 vs. San Diego, 2021
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