Elijah Brown, from Huntington Beach, California, and Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, threw for 302 yards as Washington beat Purdue 38–26 for its first Big Ten win of 2026.
The game was Friday, October 16, at Ross-Ade Stadium. Brown went 21-of-27 with 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The week before, he threw for 251 yards and 3 touchdowns against Iowa.
The 302 yards are his career high, topping 284 at North Carolina in 2025. He is in his third college season after transferring from Stanford, where he appeared in 9 games. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and moved Washington to 4–3 overall and 1–3 in the Big Ten. The streak ended on 302 yards from the Huntington Beach native.
Sources: q13fox.com, uwdawgpound.com, uwhuskieswire.usatoday.com.
