2015 SCHEDULE

VAUGHAN’S COWBOYS TOTALS
PASSING
Year Team GP-GS Att Cmp Pct Yds Yds/Att TD Int Long Sacks Rating
2014 Dallas.............................0-0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0t 0/0 0.0
Playoffs
2014 Dallas.............................0-0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0t 0/0 0.0
BRANDON WEEDEN
3 • Quarterback
6-4 • 228 • 10/14/83
Oklahoma State • FA for ‘14
NFL: 4th Year • Cowboys: 2nd Year
Games/Starts: 2014-5/1; Career-28/21
Postseason: 2014-0/0; Career-0/0
PRO: The Dallas Cowboys added a former first round draft pick (22nd overall) to backup and learn from Tony
Romo when they signed quarterback Brandon Weeden through free agency in 2014. Weeden, a fourth-year pro,
came to Dallas after starting 20 of his 23 career games in Cleveland (2012-2013). He played in five games
with one start for the Cowboys in 2014 and went 24-of-41 for 303 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions.
For his career, he has completed 462-of-825 passes for 5,419 yards with 26 touchdowns and 28
interceptions, starting 21 of the 28 games he played. Weeden came to Cleveland as the club’s first round (22nd
overall) draft pick in 2012 and became an immediate starter as a rookie, starting 15 games and throwing for
3,385 yards, a Browns rookie record and the seventh-highest total ever by a rookie, and 14 touchdowns while
completing 57.4 percent of his passes. He is slotted as the backup quarterback behind Tony Romo.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY:
3/17/14: Signed with Dallas as an unrestricted free agent through 2015.
3/12/14: Released by Cleveland.
4/26/12: Drafted in the first round (22nd overall) by Cleveland.
2014:
• Played in five games with one start and completed 24-of-41 passes for 303 yards with three touchdowns
and two picks.
• Made his Cowboys debut in place of Romo (back) in the third and fourth quarters of the overtime loss to
Washington (10/27) and completed four-of-six passes for 69 yards and a touchdown.
• Started in place of Romo (back) against Arizona (11/2) and completed 18-of-33 (54.5%) passes for 183
yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
• Stepped in for Romo in the fourth quarter when the game was in check at Jacksonville (11/9) in London
and completed his lone pass (eight yards) and had three kneel downs.
• Entered the game late in the fourth quarter of the NFC East clinching win over Indianapolis (12/21) to complete
his only attempt for a 43-yard touchdown and handed the ball off three times on the next drive.
• Played one snap in the fourth quarter of the season-ending win at Washington (12/28) and handed the ball
to Joseph Randle, who took it a career-long 65 yards for a touchdown.
2013 (Cleveland):
• Started five of the eight games he played in, completing 141-of-267 passes for 1,731 yards with nine
touchdowns and nine interceptions.
• Threw a career-high 53 passes against Miami (9/8).
• Completed a season-high 26 passes on his way to 292 yards and two touchdowns against Detroit (10/13).
• Threw a career-high three passes of 25-plus yards, including a career-long 95-yard touchdown pass to Josh
Gordon, on his way to a career-best 370 passing yards and three touchdowns against Jacksonville (12/1).
2012 (Cleveland):
• Started and played in 15 games, completing 297-of-517 passes for 3,385 yards with 14 touchdowns and
17 interceptions.
• Added 27 runs for 111 yards, the third-highest total on the team.
• His 3,385 passing yards were a Browns rookie record, the seventh-highest figure ever by an NFL rookie
and the 10th most by any Browns quarterback.
• Finished second among NFL rookies in passing yards (3,385), passing first downs (168) and completions
of 20-plus yards (48).
• Threw his first career touchdown pass on a 32-yard screen to Trent Richardson and recorded his first career
300-yard passing game (322) while completing a career-high 70.3 percent of his passes at Cincinnati (9/16).
• Completed a career-high 27 passes at home against Buffalo (9/23).
• Attempted a season-high 52 passes and threw for 320 yards with a career-high 17 first downs at Baltimore
(9/27).
• Recorded his first win and threw two touchdown passes against Cincinnati (10/14).
• Completed 69.4 percent of his passes and compiled 364 passing yards in a win at Oakland (12/2).
COLLEGE:
• Started the final 26 games of his 30-game career at Oklahoma State University (2008-11).
• Completed 767-of-1,103 career passes for 9,260 yards and 75 touchdowns, both of which are Oklahoma
State records.
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