Getting back to both school and football would require major adjustments.īut his maturity, leadership and attention to detail showed early on.
He also hadn't attended a class, written a paper or taken a test since graduating high school in 2002. Weeden hadn't put on the pads in more than five years. “I kind of joked with him that this is not minor league baseball,” Gundy said. Yet there was Weeden, asking Gundy if he could walk on to the football team. Gundy had scouted Weeden during high school, but he gave up on the quarterback when he heard Weeden would be a high baseball draft pick. OSU coach Mike Gundy first met a 24-year-old Weeden in one of the football offices before the 2007 season. “I wish I could start over from Day 1 and do it all over again. “These last five years have been, without a doubt, the (most fun) five years I've had playing any sport,” Weeden said. He'll leave Stillwater as one of the OSU greats on the field - and one of the school's most recognizable figures off it.
BRANDON WEEDEN UNDERHAND THROW PROFESSIONAL
It's almost hard to believe now that more than four years ago, Weeden walked on at OSU without fanfare after a five-year career in professional baseball fizzled out. He's OSU's all-time passing leader and a future NFL quarterback. He has finished up a semester of graduate courses after earning his degree in management last year. His Cowboys throttled Oklahoma 44-10 to capture their first Big 12 title and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl against Stanford on Jan. Life is good for OSU signal-caller these days. The day might also include a trip to the academic center to work on his four online graduate classes. “Yeah, I know what we're wearing,” Weeden says with a smile, without revealing the secret.Īfter class, Weeden will grab lunch with his wife, Melanie, before heading to team meetings and practice.
It's the Tuesday before Bedlam, and Weeden and classmate Connor Sokolosky are discussing possible uniform combinations for the game in between swings. Welcome to the beginning golf class at Oklahoma State, where the Cowboy quarterback is undoubtedly the best-known student working on his game.
BRANDON WEEDEN UNDERHAND THROW SIMULATOR
Hanging from the ceiling of the simulator is a computer recording the distance and accuracy of the shot. STILLWATER - Brandon Weeden calmly holds his golf swing as the tiny white ball slams into a screen projecting the image of a fairway.
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