Weber State University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Barron, Bronson
Jersey Number 10
Bronson Barron
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- American Fork, UT
- High School:
- American Fork
Bio
Bronson played in 26 career games over three seasons at Weber State. He helped lead the Wildcats to one Big Sky Championship and two trips to the FCS Playoffs during his three seasons.
Over three seasons, he passed for 5,146 career yards and 36 touchdowns. After the 2022 season, he ranked seventh in Weber State history in career passing yards and seventh in career total offense yards with 5,341.
2022 (Sophomore)
Started all 13 games for the Wildcats and helped lead Weber State to a 10-win season, a top 10 national ranking, and the second round of the FCS Playoffs…Passed for 2,529 yards and 21 touchdowns…Ranked sixth in the Big Sky in passing yards at 194.5 per game…Also ranked ninth in total offense at 210.1 yards per game and totaled 2,731 yards of total offense…Threw for 200 or more yards seven times…Had a career-high 368 yards and four touchdowns in Weber State’s win over Utah Tech and was honored as the Big Sky Player of the Week…Also had three touchdowns in the win at Portland State…Ran for 202 yards and two more touchdowns…Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Professional Sales.
2021 (Freshman)
Played in eight games for the Wildcats during the season…Finished the year sixth in the Big Sky in passing yards with an average of 128.8 per game…Threw for 1,520 yards and eight touchdowns with a 60 percent completion rate…Passed for over 200 yards in five of his eight games…Had a season-high 226 yards passing in WSU’s win at No. 2 Eastern Washington…Also threw for 225 yards and a season-high three touchdowns in Weber State’s shutout win at Southern Utah…Had a season-long 70-yard completion to Rashid Shaheed in the win at SUU.
Spring 2021
Played and started at quarterback in five games during the spring season, helping Weber State to a fourth straight Big Sky Championship…Finished the season fifth in the Big Sky in total offense with 1,132 yards, an average of 226.4 yards per game...Was sixth in the league in passing, and finished the season 72 of 130 passing for 1,071 yards and seven touchdowns, with just two interceptions...Averaged 214.2 yards passing per game...Was named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman in the country...In his first collegiate game, was 17 of 27 passing for 312 yards and four touchdowns in Weber State’s season opening win at Idaho State...Was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week for his performance...Also threw for 232 yards and one touchdown in the April 10 win over Idaho State...Had passing touchdowns at Southern Utah and against Southern Illinois...Had 22 rushing attempts for 61 yards and one touchdown.
American Fork High School
Graduated from American Fork High School in 2018...Earned First Team All-State honors and was named the Region IV Offensive MVP...Was the team MVP for the Cavemen and was a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year Award...Totaled 7,390 offense yards during his career at American Fork and threw for 73 career touchdowns...Threw for a school-record 3,697 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior...Averaged 301 yards passing per game...Earned Academic All-Region honors in football and basketball and was a nominee for the National Football Foundation Scholar Leader Athlete Award.
Personal
Was born Oct. 5, 1999, in American Fork...Parents are Bryan and Renee...Has five siblings...Married his wife Kennedy during the bye week of the 2022 season...Signed at Weber State in February 2018, then served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Ghana from 2018 to 2020...Is majoring in Professional Sales at Weber State.
Over three seasons, he passed for 5,146 career yards and 36 touchdowns. After the 2022 season, he ranked seventh in Weber State history in career passing yards and seventh in career total offense yards with 5,341.
2022 (Sophomore)
Started all 13 games for the Wildcats and helped lead Weber State to a 10-win season, a top 10 national ranking, and the second round of the FCS Playoffs…Passed for 2,529 yards and 21 touchdowns…Ranked sixth in the Big Sky in passing yards at 194.5 per game…Also ranked ninth in total offense at 210.1 yards per game and totaled 2,731 yards of total offense…Threw for 200 or more yards seven times…Had a career-high 368 yards and four touchdowns in Weber State’s win over Utah Tech and was honored as the Big Sky Player of the Week…Also had three touchdowns in the win at Portland State…Ran for 202 yards and two more touchdowns…Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Professional Sales.
2021 (Freshman)
Played in eight games for the Wildcats during the season…Finished the year sixth in the Big Sky in passing yards with an average of 128.8 per game…Threw for 1,520 yards and eight touchdowns with a 60 percent completion rate…Passed for over 200 yards in five of his eight games…Had a season-high 226 yards passing in WSU’s win at No. 2 Eastern Washington…Also threw for 225 yards and a season-high three touchdowns in Weber State’s shutout win at Southern Utah…Had a season-long 70-yard completion to Rashid Shaheed in the win at SUU.
Spring 2021
Played and started at quarterback in five games during the spring season, helping Weber State to a fourth straight Big Sky Championship…Finished the season fifth in the Big Sky in total offense with 1,132 yards, an average of 226.4 yards per game...Was sixth in the league in passing, and finished the season 72 of 130 passing for 1,071 yards and seven touchdowns, with just two interceptions...Averaged 214.2 yards passing per game...Was named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman in the country...In his first collegiate game, was 17 of 27 passing for 312 yards and four touchdowns in Weber State’s season opening win at Idaho State...Was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week for his performance...Also threw for 232 yards and one touchdown in the April 10 win over Idaho State...Had passing touchdowns at Southern Utah and against Southern Illinois...Had 22 rushing attempts for 61 yards and one touchdown.
American Fork High School
Graduated from American Fork High School in 2018...Earned First Team All-State honors and was named the Region IV Offensive MVP...Was the team MVP for the Cavemen and was a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year Award...Totaled 7,390 offense yards during his career at American Fork and threw for 73 career touchdowns...Threw for a school-record 3,697 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior...Averaged 301 yards passing per game...Earned Academic All-Region honors in football and basketball and was a nominee for the National Football Foundation Scholar Leader Athlete Award.
Personal
Was born Oct. 5, 1999, in American Fork...Parents are Bryan and Renee...Has five siblings...Married his wife Kennedy during the bye week of the 2022 season...Signed at Weber State in February 2018, then served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Ghana from 2018 to 2020...Is majoring in Professional Sales at Weber State.
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