2019 First-Team All-ECAC
• At Navy: Elected as one of four team captains by his teammates, which is one of the greatest honors a Navy student-athlete can receive ... enters the fall as a starter at free safety ... a starter in 20 contests in his career, including 18 of the last 19 (11 So // 9 Jr) ... has earned two varsity letters.
• 2020: A starter in 9 of the 10 games in which he played ... played the bandit position in each of the first-5 contests, before moving to free safety against Houston due to the injury which forced the retirement of Evan Fochtman ... finished the season second on the team in tackles with 68 (35-33) and pass breakups with 5 ... also had 1.5 tackles for a loss on the year ... produced 7 tackles, including a tackle for a loss, at Army ... tallied 5 stops against Tulsa ... turned in 5 tackles against Memphis and broke up a career-high tying 2 passes ... posted 4 solo stops at SMU ... led Navy in tackles with a season-best 11 against Houston, including a half a tackle for a loss ... returned to the starting lineup at East Carolina where he recorded 8 tackles and broke up a pair of passes ... despite missing the first half of the Temple contest, he amassed 7 tackles over the final 30 minutes of action ... was Navy’s leading tackler (6) when he was ejected from the Air Force game for targeting (14:05, 3Q) ... eclipsed the 100-tackle mark for his career in the Air Force contest ... helped spark a defensive effort that saw the Mids hold Tulane scoreless in the second half and to just 82 yards of total offense over the final 30 minutes of a 27-24 victory ... turned in 6 tackles and broke up a pass against the Green Wave ... produced 9 tackles in Navy’s opener against BYU.
• 2019: A starter in 11 of the 13 games in which he played, he closed out the year second on the team in tackles with 81 (31-50) ... also contributed 2.5 tackles for loss, intercepted 2 passes, and broke up 4 passes ... garnered First-Team All-ECAC honors ... pitched in 3 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss in the Mids’ victory over Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl ... turned in 9 tackles in the win over Army ... led the team in tackles at Houston with 7, including a tackle for loss ... came up with his second interception of the year and broke up a pass against the Cougars ... turned in 9 tackles against SMU ... chipped in a tackle and broke up a pass at Notre Dame ... paced the team with a career-high 12 tackles at UConn, including a half a tackle for loss ... produced 8 tackles against Tulane ... turned in 6 tackles and a pass breakup against USF ... totaled 5 tackles at Tulsa ... produced 9 tackles in the win over Air Force ... turned in 4 tackles at Memphis ... earned his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ AAC opener against East Carolina where he posted 3 solo stops, broke up a pass and returned an interception, his first, for 10 yards ... made his collegiate debut in the opener against Holy Cross where he produced 5 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss.
• 2018: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2018 graduate of Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Brennan was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in football (4) and track & field (2) ... a four-time All-State (N.J.) selection in football - 2014 Honorable Mention, 2015 Third Team, 2016 Second Team, 2017 First Team ... named a Second-Team Freshman All-American in 2014 ... a three-time all-league and all-county football selection ... a three-year captain of the football team ... member of the Don Bosco Prep football team that claimed the 2015 state title with a 9-3 record and the league championship a year later with a 9-3 mark ... also received offers from Army, Air Force, Boston College and Bowling Green ... a member of the National Honor Society ... served as his high school’s Spanish Honor Society Treasurer ... brother, Sean, is a 2019 graduate of the Naval Academy and was a standout thrower on the track & field team ... son of Dave and Ann Brennan ... majoring in quantitative economics ... recorded a 3.26 grade-point average in the spring.
