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3 unusual facts about Brandon Kirsch


2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Reserve DB Adolphus Shelton thwarted a promising final drive by intercepting backup QB Brandon Kirsch in the final seconds to preserve a thrilling win for the Hawkeyes that dropped Purdue to 3–3.

2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Even reserve QB Brandon Kirsch - playing for the first time since 2002 - got in on the rout by engineering 2 4th-quarter TD drives including a 47-yard TD pass to freshman TE Dustin Keller.

Curtis Painter

After redshirting in 2004, Painter backed up starting quarterback Brandon Kirsch for the first six games of the 2005 season, ultimately replacing Kirsch as the starter for the last five games of the season.



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