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  Ryan Brady
Ryan Brady

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Chesaning, Mich.

High School:
Chesaning

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 185

Position:
SA Quarterbacks

Experience:
1st year

2002: Earned third varsity letter after playing in all 14 games...Role was limited to due to ankle injury...Holder on all extra points and field goals...Caught two passes for 22 yards and was 2-2 passing with one TD.

2001: Played in all 14 games and earned second varsity letter...Moved to QB in first half of the NCAA Quarterfinal game vs. Saginaw Valley State...Caught 12 passes for 163 yards and one TD on the year...Rushed for 278 yards and three TDs on 60 carries in two and one-half playoff games...Rushed for 88 yards and one TD on 22 carries vs. SVSU (11/24) in the playoffs...Completed 3-of-7 passes for 59 yards and two TDs vs. Saginaw Valley...Toted the ball 23 times for 107 yards in semifinals vs. Catawba (12/1)...Completed 3-of-7 passes for 92 yards, including a 66-yard completion to David Kircus to ice the game...Rushed 15 times for 83 yards and two TDs vs. North Dakota in NCAA Championship game (12/8).

2000: Earned first varsity letter by playing in 10 games for the Lakers...Caught 13 passes for 221 yards...Averaged 17.0 yards per reception, the second-best average on the squad...Rushed four times for 44 yards and one TD...Was 1-for-1 passing for 35 yards...Returned 14 kickoffs for 288 yards (20.6 ypr)...Ranked fifth on the team in all-purpose yards with 553...Caught three passes for 55 yards at Northern Michigan (9/30/00)...Notched 192 all-purpose yards at NMU...Hauled in a season-high four passes for 86 yards vs. Indianapolis (10/14/00).

Prior to GVSU: Redshirted at Ohio University in 1999 before transferring to GVSU in January... Prepped at Chesaning High School...Led Chesaning to Class B State Championship in 1998 as a QB...Passed for over 1,000 yards and rushed for 975 as a senior...First QB in Finals history to run and pass for more than 100 yards in a game...Named Class B Associated Press All-State as a senior...Member of the Saginaw News Dream Team...Earned All-Mid Michigan B Conference plaudits as a junior and senior.

Personal: Son of Tim and Diane Brady...Born 6/25/80...Enjoys playing the guitar...Majoring in computer science.

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