Basanez at the Bears' Football 101 event in 2009
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 11, 1983 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Arlington Heights (IL) St. Viator | ||||||||
College: | Northwestern | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||||||
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TD-INT: | 0-1 |
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Passing yards: | 56 |
QB Rating: | 30.9 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Brett Stephen Basanez (born May 11, 1983) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Northwestern.
Basanez was also a member of the Chicago Bears.
Basanez played high school football at St. Viator in Arlington Heights. He participated in the first ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl game in 2000.
Basanez played college football at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he holds many school records for passing categories, including passing yards (10,580) and total offense (11,576). Basanez ranks 13th on the NCAA's all-time list for total offense, and 28th on the all-time list for passing yards. He was close to becoming the only player in NCAA history with 10,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards (Basanez picked up 996 yards on the ground while at NU). He set two Sun Bowl records in the 2005 Sun Bowl: 38 completions and total offense of 448 yards. His 50 attempts in the game are tied for second, with Kyle Orton and Byron Leftwich in all-time bowls, trailing only Mike Kafka, another Northwestern Wildcat QB.