Browne on the sideline in 2013.
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Position | Quarterback |
Class | Junior |
Major | Communication |
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High school | Sammamish (WA) Skyline |
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Date of birth | February 2, 1995 |
Place of birth | Sammamish, Washington |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
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Max Browne (born February 2, 1995) is a college football player. He is a quarterback for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers of the ACC Conference. He transferred to Pitt on December 15, 2016 as a graduate transfer. Browne committed to USC on April 4, 2012, during his junior year, and was considered the best quarterback recruit of his class by Rivals.com and Scout.com.
Born and raised in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle, Browne attended Beaver Lake Middle School and Skyline High School in Sammamish. During his high school career, he completed 73.5 percent of his passes for 12,951 yards and 146 touchdowns. He was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Washington in 2011 and 2012, and led the Spartans to three straight Class 4A state finals, winning the final two.
Following his senior season, Browne participated in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and was awarded the prestigious Hall Trophy as U.S. Army Player of the Year.
On April 4, 2012, Browne committed to play football at the University of Southern California. He selected USC as his college destination over Oklahoma, Washington, and Alabama. In 2013, Browne was redshirted as a true freshman, after failing to beat out Cody Kessler and Max Wittek for the starting quarterback job. Head coach Lane Kiffin eventually named Kessler the starting quarterback in the fall. In 2014, after Steve Sarkisian took over as head coach, Browne again lost the starting quarterback battle to Kessler, who was named the starting quarterback during spring practice.