Brandon Colin Bridge, nicknamed Air Canada, is a Canadian professional gridiron football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes.
Education
Bridge attended Saint Marcellinius Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He finished his career with school records in touchdown passes and passing yards. As a freshman he completed 150 of 291 passes for 2,086 yards and 19 touchdowns.
In 2011 he completed 49 of 98 passes for 632 yards and five scores and rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries.
Career
He played college football at Alcorn State and South Alabama. Bridge was rated by Rivals.com as a two-star recruit. While attending Secondary school, he committed to Alcorn State University to play college football in the United States.
Bridge played at Alcorn State in 2010 and 2011.
He also rushed for 601 yards on 120 carries with eight touchdowns. In 2012, Bridge transferred to University of South Alabama.
After sitting out 2012 due to transfer rules, he played in nine games in 2013. Foreign the season, he completed 29 of 66 pass attempts for 398 yards and one touchdown, adding 170 yards and a touchdown on 37 carries.
As a senior in 2014, Bridge completed 160 of 307 passes 1,927 yards, 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
NFL
Bridge attended the 2015 NFL combine but was not selected in the 2015 NFL draft. He attended the rookie mini-camp of the Dallas Cowboys but was not signed. Canadian Football League
He was selected by the Montreal Alouettes in the fourth round of the 2015 Canadian Football League Draft.
On May 25, 2015, he signed a two year contract with Montreal.
On June 13, he played in his first game with the team, a preseason match against the Ottawa Redblacks. One of four QBs used in the game by Montreal, Bridge went 4 for 8, threw for 52 yards and a touchdown and drew praise from head coach Tom Higgins for his performance.
Bridge began the 2015 season as the First Rate (at Lloyd's)"s third QB on the depth chart. He made his Canadian Football League regular season debut on June 25, 2015 (Week 1 of the 2015 season), after injuries to Jonathan Crompton and Dan LeFevour.
He completed 5 of 10 passes for 62 yards and one interception.
He became the first Canadian quarterback to play in a regular season Canadian Football League game since Danny Brannagan in 2010. Bridge dressed as the back-up to fellow rookie, Rakeem Cato, in the following game and didn"t get a chance to play until the last game of the season due to Cato"s strong play and veteran players returning from injury. Bridge had his first career start on November 8, 2015 in an overtime loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
He completed 21 of 30 passes for 220 yards and threw the first two touchdown passes of his career.