Elijah Brown

As a Redshirt Freshman (2025) Saw action in six matchups, making starts in Stanford's final three matchups of the 2025 season Finished the season 74-for-127 (58.3%) for 829 yards and four passing touchdowns Set single-game career-bests in passing attempts (39), completed passes (27) and passing yards (284) Played his first snaps of the season against Florida State and went 6-for-12 with 71 passing yards, replacing an injured Ben Gulbranson and extending Stanford's home winning streak to four (Oct. 18) Single-game career-bests in passing attempts, completions and yards came against North Carolina, while 187 of his passing yards came in the fourth quarter, the second most in a single quarter by a Stanford quarterback in 2025 (Nov. 1) Earned his first win as a starting quarterback at the collegiate level in the 128th Big Game, finishing 10-for-20 with 123 yards and one touchdown, including a 34-yard dime to CJ Williams for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, his longest completion of the year (Nov. 28) As a Freshman (2024) Competed in three games for the Cardinal, retains the ability to redshirt Completed 58.3% of his passes (28-for-48) for 273 yards and 2 touchdowns Appeared for the first time in a Cardinal uniform vs. Cal Poly (Sept. 7), completing all seven of his pass attempts for 97 yards Made his first career start against Wake Forest (Oct. 26) Prior to Stanford Enrolled at Stanford in January of 2024 Played at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California for head coach Frank McManus A unanimous four-star recruit, ranked as high as the No. 7 quarterback recruit in the nation by Rivals and the second-best quarterback recruit in California Junior of the Year by Cal High Sports MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year Led the No. 1 team in MaxPreps Top 25 HS at quarterback to two CIF Southern Section Division I championships and two CIF Open Division State Championships (2021, 2023) Only quarterback in Mater Dei history to win two state championships Totaled 8,670 passing yards, 107 TD passes and 8 Rush TDs and compiled a 42-2 record in his career In his senior season, went 186-for-267 with a 70% completion percentage, throwing for 2,938 yards and 39 TDs Personal Son of Kenny and Shawna Brown Has two younger siblings, Ezrah and Giannah Hopes to study business/finance