Brandon Rose
| UMass Minutemen | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Major | Communication; Sociology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Temecula, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, California) |
Brandon Rose is an American football quarterback for the UMass Minutemen. He previously played for the Utah Utes.
Early life and high school
[edit]Rose attended Murrieta Valley High School located in California. Coming out of high school, Rose was rated as a three-star recruit, where he decided to commit to play college football for the Utah Utes.[1][2]
College career
[edit]Utah
[edit]During Rose's first two collegiate seasons in 2022 and 2023, he would redshirt in 2022, and would not appear in any games in either of the seasons.[3][4] In week nine of the 2024 season, Rose entered the game in the third quarter looking to lead the Utes to victory, where he completed seven of his fifteen passing attempts for 45 yards, and an interception on the final drive of the game, where the Utes lost 17-14 to the Houston Cougars.[5] Heading into the Utes week ten matchup versus the BYU Cougars, Rose was announced as the team's starting quarterback.[6] In Rose's first start, he completed 12 of his 21 pass attempts for 112 yards and two touchdowns, while also adding 55 yards on the ground as he almost led the Utes to an upset win over the #9 BYU Cougars.[7] Following the matchup versus the Cougars, Rose was ruled out for the remainder of the season, after suffering a season ending leg injury.[8][9] Rose finished the 2024 season, appearing in three games, where he completed 19 of his 36 pass attempts for 157 yards and two touchdowns, with two interceptions, while also adding 66 yards on the ground.[10][11]
On December 7, 2024, Rose entered the transfer portal.[12]
UMass
[edit]On January 9, 2025, Rose announced that he would transfer to UMass.[13]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Utah Utes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Redshirt 
| |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Did not play | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0–1 | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 157 | 4.4 | 2 | 2 | 96.6 | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| UMass Minutemen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Career[14] | 3 | 1 | 0–1 | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 157 | 4.4 | 2 | 2 | 96.6 | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Markham, Alex (25 June 2021). "What it Means: QB Rose Commits to Utah". Rivals.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Coles, Joe (21 December 2023). "Why quarterback Brandon Rose is staying at Utah". Deseret News. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Robinson, Doug (20 May 2024). "The QB who stayed: In this transfer portal era, Utah's Brandon Rose became an outlier". Deseret News. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Bartle, Steve (5 November 2024). "Utah Quarterback Brandon Rose 'Keeping Head Down' During Rivalry Week". KSL Sports. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Coles, Joe (7 November 2024). "Brandon Rose has stuck it out at Utah. Will he get his first start against BYU?". Deseret News. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Jones, Jason (10 November 2024). "Utah QB Brandon Rose makes first career start vs. No. 9 BYU". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Coles, Joe (12 November 2024). "Utah QB Brandon Rose suffers season-ending injury". Deseret News. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (13 November 2024). "Brandon Rose done for season as Utah loses 3rd QB to injury". ESPN. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Bartle, Steve (13 November 2024). "Kyle Whittingham Confirms, Utah Quarterback Brandon Rose Suffered Season-Ending Injury". KSL Sports. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ McVeigh, Griffin (13 November 2024). "Brandon Rose injury update: Kyle Whittingham reveals terrible news on Utah QB". On3.com. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Brandon Rose 2024 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Lee, Kenny (December 7, 2024). "Utah quarterback Brandon Rose enters transfer portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ Lee, Kenny (January 9, 2025). "Former Utah quarterback Brandon Rose transfers to UMass". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ "Brandon Rose College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 5, 2024.