Colorado University Athletics
PATRICK DEVENNY BIOGRAPHY
PATRICK DEVENNY, QB
6-4, 230, Roseville, Calif. (Granite Bay)
HIGH SCHOOL?As a senior, SuperPrep named him to its All-Far West squad (ranked as the No. 88 overall player in California), while Rivals.com tabbed him the No. 14 quarterback in the state and named him a postseason honorable mention all-state performer. A captain, who garnered his team’s MVP honor, he was a first-team all-Metro League selection and also earned supreme all-area and all-city accolades. He was also the all-area MVP and Metro League Offensive MVP, en route to earning second-team all-section quarterback honors. Playing in the Sierra Foothills League his junior season, he earned all-area quarterback notice, was a first-team all-league honoree and was named his team’s most improved player. As a senior he set nine school records, including the most passing yards (267) and completions (17) in a game, the most completions (127) and attempts (212) in a season, and the most completions (222), attempts (381), yards (3,706), total yards (4,048) and touchdowns passes (43) in a career. He completed 127-of-212 passes (60 percent) for 2,004 yards and 23 touchdowns his senior year, when he also rushed 73 times for 216 yards and five scores. As a junior he was 95-for-169 (56 percent) for 1,702 yards and 20 touchdowns, also gaining 124 yards with three touchdowns on the ground (including an 80-yard TD scamper). His top prep games include a 47-0 victory over Yuba City his senior year when he was 9-of-12 for 230 yards and three scores; in a 17-14 loss to Sonora, he was 16-of-20 for 225 yards and one touchdown; and against Vacaville in a 37-37 tie, he posted 230 yards and four touchdowns going 9-of-12, and also ran for 32 yards on five carries. Under coach Ernie Cooper, Granite Bay was league champs his senior and junior seasons, posting a 9-2-1 record in 2004 and 9-3 mark in 2003, before falling in the section semifinals each year. He lettered in track (sprints) once, with personal bests in the 100 (11.2) and 200 (22.0), and also played basketball.
ACADEMICS?He is interested in pre-law or business as a major at Colorado. As a prep, he owns a 3.75 cumulative grade point average, he was one of seven football players on his team to carry a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters during the 2004 season. His junior year, he won the Co-Curricular Scholar Award for being a student-athlete with a 3.75 GPA or higher during the football season.
VITALS?Has 4.75 speed in the 40, bench presses 285 pounds (owns a 250-pound dead lift) and squats 465 pounds. He is one of 14 athletes in his school’s history to join the Thousand Pound Club, which is an elite group of lifters who boast at least a combined 1,000 pounds in the three major exercises.
RECRUITING?He selected Colorado over Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State, Oregon and San Diego.
PERSONAL?Born March 19, 1987 in San Jose, Calif. Hobbies include snowboarding, wakeboarding, playing video games and lifting weights. His father, Patrick Sr., played defensive end at UTEP in the early 1970s.
(Last name is pronounced duh-vain-E)