2009: Rallied Queen’s from an 18-point halftime deficit to earn a 33-31 victory over the Calgary Dinos in the 2009 Vanier Cup; The comeback was the largest in Vanier Cup history and earned the Queen’s its fourth Vanier Cup in school history… Claimed MVP honours in both Vanier Cup (CIS Championship) and Yates Cup (OUA Championship)… Nominated for Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s Male Athlete of the Year… Knocked off Hec Crighton recipient Erik Glavic (Calgary) along with nominees Benoit Groux (Laval) and Michael Faulds (Western) en route to winning the CIS Championship… Became only second quarterback to break 10,000 yards passing; finishes career ranked second all-time passing with 10,714 behind Michael Faulds of Western (10,811)… Ranked as one of nation’s best QB’s averaging 368.6 yards per game, recording 15 touchdowns and 2,580 passing yards…. Threw for a career high 543-yards vs. York on Sept. 26, ranking it the eighth all time in CIS single game passing… Posted five 400 plus yard passing games… Compiled five CIS offensive player of the week honours and while gathering three OUA athlete of the week honours… Named OUA Second Team All-Star… Holds school record of 33 straight starts at quarterback which dates back to rookie season in 2005… Finishes career with a 31-15 (.620%) record while holding career school records in passes attempted, passes completed, passing yards and touchdown passes… Served as offensive team captain.
2008: Danny was named a CIS All-Canadian (second team). . .Lead the nation in touchdown passes with 24. . . Ranked third in Canada in passing yards with 2,407. . . Passed Tommy Denison to become Queen’s All-Time Leading Passer in Week 6 vs. the Ottawa Gee Gees… Served as offensive team captain.
2007: Finished third in the conference in passing yards (2,123) …His touchdowns to interception ratio was third best in the OUA… Threw for a season high 440 yards and four touchdowns in the regular season finale at Toronto… Represented Queen’s at the East-West Bowl in Hamilton.
2006: Started all ten games… Finished season as third best QB in the OUA with 1,744 passing yards passing… Ranked top-ten in the nation with 11 passing touchdowns
2005: Named OUA Rookie of the Year… Dressed for eight games, starting the final seven… Against Laurier, in his first CIS game, Brannagan came off the bench in the fourth quarter, completing 10 of 16 attempts for 110 yards… Earned the starting job in Week 2 vs. York, passing for 341 yards… Recorded two 300+ passing games.
Regular Season Career Statistics
Passing
Att Comp Yds Pct TD Int Long
2005 209 115 1860 .550 12 10 95
2006 250 122 1744 .488 11 11 104
2007 217 112 2123 .516 15 6 90
2008 255 144 2407 .564 24 10 78
2009 280 174 2580 .621 15 7 62
Total 1211 667 10714 .550 77 44 104
Playoff Career Statistics
Passing
Att Comp Yds Pct TD Int Long
2007 34 16 285 .471 0 2 40
2008 31 11 177 .374 1 - 51
2009 146 80 1268 .558 10 2 67
Total 211 125 1730 .592 1 2 67
