Brendan Circle

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Villa Park, CA
High School:
Lutheran

At Princeton ? 2006: earned first-team All-Ivy honors, making him the lone returning Prince-ton player to earn first-team honors ... recorded ninth-best single-season receiving performance in team history with 56 catches ... 835 yards ranked sixth-best for a single season and seven touchdowns tied for third best ... recorded eighth-best single-game performance with 12 catches for 178 yards and two touchdowns in dramatic 34-31 comeback win at Yale ... 178 yards ranked seventh-best for a single game ... caught at least two passes in every game and averaged 98.6 yards per game over final seven games of season ... averaged 14.9 yards per catch throughout the season and ranked 15th nationally with 83.5 receiving yards per game ... in three most dramatic wins of the season (Harvard, Penn and Yale), caught an average of nine passes per game for 129.3 yards and two touchdowns per game ... caught game-winning 20-yard touchdown pass with 4:37 remaining in 31-28 victory over Harvard ... caught two second-half touchdown passes and final two-point conversion in 34-31 win at Yale; caught seven passes in second half against Yale, including game-clinching 13-yard reception on 3rd-and-8 ... had career-high 62-yard reception against Harvard ... caught touchdown passes in three straight games and in five of six; last Princeton player to catch touchdown passes in three straight games was Kevin Duffy in 1995. 2005: caught 22 passes, tops among Princeton wide receivers, for 308 yards and one touchdown ... 17 of his 22 receptions gave Princeton a first down ... caught at least one pass in every game, including a 34-yard touchdown pass in Princeton’s 27-24 win at Harvard; touchdown gave Princeton a 17-10 lead ... caught a season-best five passes for 75 yards in season-opening win at Lafayette; four of his five receptions converted first downs, including three on third downs, and his fifth catch put Derek Javarone in range for his eventual game-winning field goal ... caught a career-long 41-yard pass in the 43-3 victory over Columbia ... proved to be a top blocking wideout in the run game ... recorded eight multiple-catch games during the season.

At Lutheran ? earned all-league, all-county and all-CIF honors as a wide receiver, cornerback and holder for the football team ... during his four years, caught 65 passes for 1,253 yards and 20 touchdowns ... led team to the league title in all four seasons; his team went 12-1 during his senior season, the best record during his four years ... named Player of the Year as a guard for the basketball team ... lettered three years as a sprinter and jumper for the track team, and earned all-league honors in the sport ... named to the National Honor Society and the California Scholastic Federation ... ranked second in his class.

Personal ? born Aug. 30, 1985 ... son of Doug and Jan Circle ... father is the president and CEO of Circle Vision LLC, mother is a homemaker ... has an older brother Kyle and a younger sister Leah ... enjoys water skiing.

Circle's Career Statistics

Year Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./Gm.
2005 22 308 14.0 1 41 30.8
2006 56 835 14.9 7 62 83.5
Totals 78 1143 14.7 8 62 57.2