Brock Purdy

Brock Purdy (born December 27, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Iowa State Cyclones.

Brock Purdy
Iowa State Cyclones – No. 15
PositionQuarterback
ClassJunior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolPerry (Gilbert, Arizona)
Personal information
Born: (1999-12-27) December 27, 1999
Gilbert, Arizona
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Purdy is a native of Gilbert, Arizona playing high school football for Perry High School. He is the middle child of Shawn and Carrie Purdy. His older sister, Whitney Purdy, would play softball at Southeastern University and younger brother Chubba Purdy would also become the starting quarterback at Perry.[2] Chubba Purdy has committed to Florida State to play as a dual threat quarterback.[3]

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High school career

Purdy started his varsity football career during the 2015 season as a sophomore for the newly opened Perry High School. During his tenure, Perry began to establish itself as a football power in Arizona competing with Chandler, Hamilton, and Basha as the other Chandler Unified School District's perennial powerhouse programs. He would ultimately have a record of 0-5 against Chandler, 4-2 against Hamilton, and 2-1 against Basha.

In 2016, the Arizona Interscholastic Association adjusted the regions in their 6A Division placing Perry in the Premier Region ranked as the 6th toughest region in the nation placing Purdy against the best defenses in the state.[5] Purdy's performance would elevate Perry to the 6A Division Championship game twice. The 2016 Championship resulted in a 65-28 loss to Chandler and in 2017 also loosing against Chandler 49-42. Overall, Perry has amass a 27-13 overall record at Perry.

His 2017 season resulted in the Arizona Cardinal Player of the Year and Ed Doherty Award Most Outstanding High School Football Player in the State of Arizona Award accolades.[6] National awards include Gatorade's Football Player of the Year for Arizona and Ed Doherty Award Most Outstanding High School Football Player in Arizona.[6][7] The Arizona Republic would also award him the High School Football Player of the Year award.[8]

Career Varsity Football Statistics[9]
Passing Rushing
Year G GS C Att Yrd C% Avg Y/G TD Int Lng QB Car Yrd Y/G Lng TD
2015 11 11 93 158 1194 .636 12.8 108.5 8 11 77 70 87 508 5.8 53 4
2016 10 10 197 306 3333 .644 16.9 333.3 42 11 87 125,7 136 842 6.2 42 6
2017 14 14 237 364 4405 .651 18.6 314.6 57 9 65 136.0 137 1017 72.6 41 10
Total 35 24 527 828 8932 .636 16.9 255.2 107 31 87 124.1 360 2367 6.6 67.6 20

As a prospect, Purdy was considered a 3 star pro-style quarterback ranking 36th nationally and 12th overall prospect in Arizona.[10] Several colleges attempted to recruit Purdy to play for their respective teams by offering scholarships from Texas A&M, Alabama, UCF, Illinois, Boise State, Kansas, Southern Utah, Montana State, UNLV, New Mexico State, UC Devis, and NAU.[11] He would ultimately commit to Iowa State signing his letter of intent on February 7, 2018[12] and enrolling in the school on June 11, 2018.[13][14]

College career

Purdy entered his true freshman year at Iowa State in 2018 as the third string to Kyle Kempt and Zeb Noland. He became the starter after Kempt was injured and Noland was ineffective.[15][16] Overall he started eight games, completing 146 of 220 passes for 2,250 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions.[17][18] He also rushed for 308 yards and five touchdowns. He returned as the starter in 2019.[19]

References
  1. @TalkIowaSports (January 2, 2021). "Brock Purdy named offensive MVP, O'Rien Vance defensive MVP" (Tweet). Retrieved January 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. Wilkerson, Kennedy (2018-11-28). "Purdy Unique: Gilbert Family Following Every Step". Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. Weiler, Curt. "FSU quarterback Chubba Purdy out for rest of season due to injury". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. https://cyclones.com/sports/football/roster/brock-purdy/10897
  5. "America's top 10 toughest high school football leagues for 2016 - MaxPreps". MaxPreps.com. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. "Brag from Chandler Unified School District!" Check |url= value (help). http. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  7. "Brock Purdy 2017 - 2018 ARIZONA FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR". playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  8. Obert, Richard. "Brock Purdy named 2017 Arizona High School Football Player of the Year". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  9. Askeland, Kevin (October 7, 2016). "Brock Purdy's High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  10. "Brock Purdy, Iowa State Cyclones, Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  11. Obert, Richard. "How Brock Purdy came out of nowhere to become nation's hottest recruit". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  12. Obert, Richard. "Perry QB Brock Purdy commits to Iowa State". azcentral.
  13. Peterson, Randy. "Peterson: 'Boooooom!' Iowa State's Matt Campbell lands statement recruit in Brock Purdy". Des Moines Register.
  14. "Brock Purdy Timeline Events". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  15. Birch, Tommy. "Iowa State 48, No. 21 Oklahoma State 42: Here's what we learned". Des Moines Register.
  16. [email protected], Dylan Montz Staff Writer. "Football: Brock Purdy steps in, shines in Iowa State win over Oklahoma State". The Ames Tribune.
  17. "QB Brock Purdy looking to be Iowa State's Tim Tebow". AP NEWS. January 18, 2019.
  18. Dochterman, Scott. "Shaped by his faith, Brock Purdy is a football junkie who..." The Athletic.
  19. Journal, BEN VISSER For the. "Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy looks for progress from freshman to sophomore season". Sioux City Journal.
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