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2008 Presented one of the team's Role Player Awards at the program's post-season banquet...Played in all 13 games on special teams as the holder and also has two starts at quarterback...Logged time at quarterback in five games...Ole Miss: Saw action on special teams as the holder in the season opener...Rice: Recorded a solo tackle for his second stop of the season on special teams...Marshall, Nicholls State, Arkansas State, UAB, Louisville: Played on special teams as the holder for field goals and PATs...East Carolina: Made his collegiate debut at quarterback in the first quarter after injuries to Arkelon Hall and Will Hudgens...Completed 11 of 15 pass attempts for 65 yards...First completion was a 24-yard gain to Earnest Williams in the second quarter...Completed an 18-yard reception on fourth and long in the second quarter that led to a Memphis field goal...Also had eight rush attempts for a combined loss of six yards and a long of five...Southern Miss: Made his first career start at quarterback and finished 8-for-16 passing for 125 yards and a touchdown...Threw his first career touchdown on a 14-yard pass to Carlos Singleton on the first drive of the game...Completed a career-long 36-yard pass to Steven Black in the fourth quarter, resulting in a Memphis touchdown on the next play...Six of his eight completions were for gains of 10 yards or more...SMU: Started in the wide receiver slot while Maurice Jones took the first snap...Passed for a career-high 130 yards and two touchdowns, completing nine of 19 attempts...Threw a four-yard TD pass to Steven Black in the third quarter...Tossed an 18-yard touchdown to Carlos Singleton in the fourth quarter...Six of his nine completions were for 10 yards or longer...Threw a game long 28-yard pass to Carlos Singleton on a third down in the fourth quarter...Five of his completions were for first downs on third down conversions...UCF: Served as the holder for field goals and PATs on special teams with the return of Arkelon Hall at QB...Tulane: Came in at quarterback for the final two drives of the game with Memphis scoring on the first drive and ending the game at the Tulane 16 on the second drive...Had one rush for four yards...USF: Came in at quarterback in the fourth quarter of the bowl game...Completed all three pass attempts for a total of 18 yards...Reached Steven Black on a five-yard completion...Hit tight end Deven Onarheim for a two-yard gain...Had a drive-extending completion after tossing an 11-yard strike to Onarheim.
Joined the Tigers in fall 2005 as a quarterback...Redshirted in 2005 as a true freshman...Has been a leader for the offensive scout team the last three seasons...Saw action in all 13 games in 2007 as a vital member of the Tiger special teams unit as a holder for field goals and PATs...Also worked with the kick coverage unit and made a key tackle in the Rice game on a Matt Reagan kickoff in the second quarter...Kept the Owls' return to under 20 yards as a result of the hit...Assisted kicker Matt Reagan in leading the Tigers in scoring with 80 points...Reagan hit 92 percent of his PATs in 2007 and also scored 13 points in both the UAB and SMU games...Continued to work under center in the spring and was 3-for-3 for 39 yards and a touchdown in the 2008 Blue-Gray Game...Tossed an 11-yard touchdown to Carlos Singleton in the scrimmage.
Academic Highlights: Named to Tiger 3.0 Club for four semesters...Listed on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2005-06...Made the UM Dean's List all four semesters...Received the C-USA Academic Medal in 2005-06...Was a member of the Tiger Academic 30, which honors the top 30 UM student-athletes, for the fall 2005 semester.
Prep: Played for Coach Hugh Freeze at Briarcrest Christian High School...Was 136-of-216 for 1,709 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior...Also rushed for 625 yards and eight touchdowns...Racked up over 2,300 all-purpose yards in 2004...Helped lead his squad to an 11-2 finish and a state championship last season...Was named first team all-state as a quarterback...Honored as the Tennessee Division 2 AA Player of the Year...Selected as the Most Valuable Player in the state championship in Nashville after team defeated ECS for the title...Named WHBQ-AM 560 Player of the Week following the playoff game in which he was 13-of-17 for 233 yards and two touchdowns...Also rushed for 110 yards and two scores in that game...Selected to the All-Shelby-Metro team...Listed as a "Best of the Preps" by the Memphis Commercial Appeal...Lettered three years in football and was on two state championship teams while at Briarcrest...Set school records for most touchdown passes in a season, most passes in a season and most completed passes in a season...Also lettered in track, competing in the 100-meter dash and on the 400-meter relay team...Lettered in basketball for two years...Posted a 3.75 grade-point average and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Brett Toney is the son of Gary and Nancy Toney...Born November 20, 1986, in Memphis, Tenn.
2008 GAME HIGHS
Pass Attempts: 19 (at SMU)
Completions: 11 (at East Carolina)
Passing Yards: 130 (at SMU)
Long Completion: 36 (vs. Southern Miss)
Interceptions: 1 (2 games; last at SMU)
Touchdown Passes: 2 (at SMU)
Rushing Yards: 8 (vs. Southern Miss)
Rushing Attempts: 8 (at East Carolina)
Long Run: 10 (vs. Southern Miss)
TONEY'S CAREER PASSING STATISTICS
YR G/S ATT COMP YDS INT TD LG
2007 13/0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 13/2 53 31 338 2 3 36
TOTAL 26/2 53 31 338 2 3 36
TONEY'S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS
YR G/S NO YDS AVG TDS LG
2007 13/0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2008 13/2 19 -1 0.0 0 10
TOTAL 26/2 19 -1 0.0 0 10
TONEY'S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME
Passing Opponent ATT CMP YDS INT TD LG
10/18/08 E. Carolina 15 11 65 0 0 24
10/25/08* S. Miss 16 8 125 1 1 36
11/8/08* SMU 19 9 130 1 2 28
11/29/08 Tulane 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/20/08 USF 3 3 18 0 0 11
