Brodie Croyle
Brodie Croyle
John Brodie Croyle is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football Leaguein the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Alabama from 2002 to 2005...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth6 February 1983
CityRainbow City, AL
chance everywhere percent
Everywhere you think you're going, there's probably a 102 percent chance you're not going there. So you try not to think about it too much.
game gear goes played seems shown time
Every time I've ever played with him, he's shown up for the game. It seems like at game time he goes to another gear and catches the ball.
believe heard knew shot throw took week
At the time, I don't think I wanted to believe it but from everything I've heard this week they said they knew how I could play, they knew how I could throw the ball. They wanted to see how I could be if I took shot after shot. I took a lot of them that game, and I got up from every one of them.
coming cotton dream last minutes
Coming into Alabama, that's what you dream of. Your last game, in the Cotton Bowl, you got two minutes to go score.
guys happy injury knee loving minute recovering taken three top wondering year
Obviously, as you say, there's the top three guys that probably go in the top three picks. There's a lot of quarterbacks to be taken after that. Hey, I'm happy to be here. A year ago today, I was still recovering from a knee injury and wondering if I'd have this opportunity. I'm loving every minute of it.
complains crunch guys toughest
Matt's one of the toughest guys on our team. He never complains about not getting enough reps. When it comes crunch time, he's there.
defense good national playing win
Our defense is good enough to win the national championship. We just aren't playing up to their standards.
stay throw
Don't get used to that. I want to stay back there and throw it if I can.
against country playing team
You're playing against the No. 5 team in the country. You have to try to score.
career either finished glad instead liked man state
You're going to be in a fishbowl. You're either going to be the most liked man in the state or the most hated. One or the other. I'm glad I finished my career liked instead of hated.
exactly
This is exactly where we thought we'd be.
best enjoy exciting honor kids meet talk time
This is the best part of it all. To come and talk to the kids is an honor for me. This may be the only time they get to meet a collegiate athlete, so it is exciting for us to come and tell them to enjoy life. One thing I tell them is never say never and to keep fighting.
confidence dreams ourselves reach
That's what we're here for. We can't reach our dreams if we don't have confidence in ourselves to get the win.
finding momentum playing team teams ways
That's what makes this team different from all the other teams we've had. Even when we don't have the momentum, even when we're not playing great, we're still finding ways to win.