Brandon Doughty

Brandon Doughty (born October 6, 1991) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and was their starting quarterback from 2013 to 2015. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Early life Doughty attended North Broward Preparatory School in Coconut Creek, Florida. During his career as the starting quarterback he passed for 2,885 yards with 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Rated as a three-star recruit by both ESPN and Rivals.com, Doughty was named an FACA North-South All-Star, a Dade-Broward All-Star and was named to the First-team All-Broward County by the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel.

Originally, Doughty had committed to Florida Atlantic before signing with WKU for the 2010 recruiting class.

College career 2010 Doughty redshirted the 2010 season.

2011

Doughty made his college football debut for the Hilltoppers in a 40–14 loss to Navy. Making a relief appearance, Doughty completed 12 of 21 passes for 102 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. Still, his performance was enough to earn him the starting job the next week at home against Indiana State. However, after only three plays (and one completion for four yards), Doughty suffered a knee injury which ended his freshman season. the same day it was announced that the NCAA had granted him a sixth year of eligibility.

The next day, on December 11, Doughty was announced as the winner of the 2014 Sammy Baugh Trophy, becoming the first Hilltopper and only the third quarterback from C-USA to do so.

On December 24, Doughty led the Hilltoppers to a 49–48 victory over Central Michigan in the 2014 Bahamas Bowl, completing 31 of 42 pass attempts for 486 yards, five touchdown passes and no interceptions en route to being named the Offensive MVP for the game.

Overall, for the season Doughty completed 375 of 552 passing attempts for an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)-leading 4,830 yards (16th all-time in the FBS) and 49 touchdowns (a C-USA football single-season record and tied for sixth all-time in the FBS) and only ten interceptions, picking up a quarterback rating of 167.1.

2015 Doughty completed 388 of 540 passes for 5,055 yards with 48 touchdowns. His 5,055 yards in the 2015 season broke his previous record for most yards in a single season. From the beginning of the 2014 season to the end of the 2015 season he threw for 97 touchdowns, more than any other quarterback in a two-year span in NCAA history. Doughty finished his career in the top 25 in NCAA history for career passing yards, passing touchdowns, and completion percentage. Doughty played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game prior to the 2016 NFL draft.

College statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Lng Y/G Att Yds Avg Lng TD Y/G 2011 Western Kentucky 2 1 13 22 59.1 106 0 1 21 53.0 2 −2 −1.0 8 0 −1.0 2012 Western Kentucky 2 0 1 3 33.3 7 0 0 7 3.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2013 Western Kentucky 12 12 246 374 65.8 2,857 14 14 60 238.1 34 −109 −3.2 10 0 −9.1 2014 Western Kentucky 13 13 375 552 67.9 4,830 49 10 75 371.5 39 −52 −1.3 15 2 −4.0 2015 Western Kentucky 14 14 388 540 71.9 5,055 48 9 75 361.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Totals 43 40 1,023 1491 68.6 12,855 111 34 75 269.0 75 −163 −2.2 15 2 −6.0

Professional career

Miami Dolphins Doughty was selected in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins with the 223rd pick, acquired in a trade that sent Jamar Taylor to the Cleveland Browns. He was released by the Dolphins on September 14, 2016. He was signed to the team's practice squad on September 16. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Dolphins on January 10, 2017.

On September 2, 2017, Doughty was waived by the Dolphins and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Dolphins on January 1, 2018. On April 4, Doughty was waived by the Dolphins.

Arizona Cardinals On April 5, 2018, Doughty was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals. He was waived on May 7.