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Senior
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| Hometown:
Arlington, Texas
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| High School:
Sam Houston
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| Height / Weight:
6-1 / 200
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| Position:
QB
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| Birthdate:
05/23/1982
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| Experience:
1L
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Senior signal-caller will compete with junior Tye Gunn for the starting quarterback honors... missed most of the spring with a foot injury but is expected to be at full speed in the fall... has great feet and quickness with a decent arm... owns a career record of 7-2 as a starter.
2003: Started nine games after injuries sidelined starter Tye Gunn... was 7-2 as a starter and the Frogs averaged 31.7 points per game in those contests... completed 136-of-240 passes (56.7 percent) for 2,039 yards and 10 touchdowns... threw for 375 yards at Houston, the eighth most prolific passing game in TCU history, with four touchdowns... completed a season-high 69.2 percent of his passes in the regular season finale at SMU, hitting on 18-of-26 pass attempts... also rushed 120 times for 369 yards and five touchdowns... logged his first career 100-yard rushing game in the bowl game against Boise State, finishing with 110 yards on the ground... appeared briefly in two collegiate games but had never thrown a pass prior to the Vanderbilt contest (game three) in 2003... ran with the first team during the entire 2003 spring drills, due to an injury to Gunn.
2002: Went into the fall as the number three quarterback, but spent much of the season as the number two QB with the injuries to Sean Stilley and Tye Gunn... appeared briefly in the Tulane game.
2001: Appeared in the Louisville game, taking his first collegiate snap.
2000: Redshirted as a true freshman.
High School: A Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Houston Chronicle State Top 100 choice and on Max Emfinger's Texas Top 200... a PrepStar Midlands all-region pick... named second-team on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram all area team... first team all-District 7-5A quarterback... earned first team all-state honors by the Texas Sports Writers Association... led area Class 5A quarterbacks in passing with 2,522 yards... threw 22 TDs... threw for 1,252 yards as a junior... became the all-time leading passer in Arlington ISD history, compiling 4,202 yards... coached by Ken Ozee... chose TCU over Syracuse, Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa State and Missouri.
Personal: Brandon Alexander Hassell was born May 23, 1982... is the son of Aaron Hassell and Cynthia Eanes... is a psychology major at TCU.
