Brian Bratton

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name = Brian Bratton

| team = Indianapolis Colts

| image =

| caption =

| status =

| import = yes

| position1 = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|07|31}}

| birth_place = Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.

| number =

| College = Furman

| high_school = Lakeside

| Height_ft = 5

| Height_in = 10

| Weight_lbs = 185

| playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2005}}

| playing_team1 = Atlanta Falcons*

| playing_years2 = {{NFL Year|2005}}

| playing_team2 = Baltimore Ravens*

| playing_years3 = 2006

| playing_team3 = Cologne Centurions

| playing_years4 =

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2007}}–{{CFL Year|2012}}

| playing_team5 = Montreal Alouettes

| coaching_years1 = 2013–2014

| coaching_team1 = North Greenville
Wide receivers coach

| coaching_years2 = 2015–2016

| coaching_team2 = Furman
Wide receivers coach

| coaching_years3 = 2017–2020

| coaching_team3 = Furman
Special teams coordinator & wide receivers coach

| coaching_years4 = 2021

| coaching_team4 = Furman
Pass game coordinator & wide receivers coach

| coaching_years5 = 2022

| coaching_team5 = Furman
Co-offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach

| career_footnotes = *Offseason and/or practice roster member only

| career_highlights =

2× Grey Cup champion (2009, 2010)
Tom Pate Memorial Award (2012)

| CFLAllStar =

| CFL-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20150512003232/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1073

| coaching_team6 = Indianapolis Colts
Offensive quality control

| coaching_years6 = ({{nfly|2022}}–present)

}}

Brian Bratton (born July 31, 1982) is an American former Canadian football wide receiver who is currently a football coach at Indianapolis Colts. He most recently played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Having played with the Alouettes since 2007, he is a two-time Grey Cup champion, after winning in 2009 and 2010. He played college football for the Furman Paladins from 2002 to 2005.

Professional career

=Atlanta Falcons=

Bratton signed his first professional contract with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League in May 2005 and attended the team's training camp. He was later released in September of that year.

=Baltimore Ravens=

Following his release from Atlanta, Bratton signed with the Baltimore Ravens in October 2005 and spent time on the team's practice roster.

=Cologne Centurions=

After the 2005 season, Bratton was allocated to NFL Europe's Cologne Centurions in January 2006. While playing for Cologne, he started 10 games and caught 23 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns.{{cite web |url=http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/1073 |title=Montreal Alouettes |website=en.montrealalouettes.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401234606/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/1073 |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead}} He was released in August, thereby terminating his contract with the Centurions.

=Montreal Alouettes=

Bratton signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League on February 27, 2007, to a one-year plus an option contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/transaction_997/ |title=Alouettes Transactions |access-date=August 10, 2020}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In his first season, he mainly played on special teams, returning punts and kickoffs. He recorded his first career touchdown on July 26, 2007, against the Toronto Argonauts on a 79-yard punt return. He achieved a career-high in touchdowns scored in the 2008 season when he scored seven receiving touchdowns.

He played in both of Montreal's Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, he recorded a career-high in receiving yards with 675 yards to go along with five touchdowns, including the 20th scored of his career that year. At the end of the 2012 Eastern Final against the Toronto Argonauts, Bratton missed an attempt to catch a deflected ball which would have been the game-tying touchdown with only 39 seconds left on third town. The Alouettes lost possession of the football and the Argonauts went on to win the 100th Grey Cup. Two weeks before entering free agency, Bratton was released on February 1, 2013, so that he could pursue offers from other teams.{{Cite web |url=http://cfl.ca/article/bratton-mcpherson-guy-released-by-alouettes |title=Bratton, McPherson, Guy released by Alouettes |access-date=2013-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204003119/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bratton-mcpherson-guy-released-by-alouettes |archive-date=2013-02-04 |url-status=dead }}

In 2012, he won the Tom Pate Memorial Award for outstanding sportsmanship and because he had made a significant contribution to his team, his community and Association.

Statistics

{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1073|title=Brian Bratton|work=Rosters|publisher=CFL.ca|access-date=2009-02-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201215523/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1073|archive-date=2009-02-01}}

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Receiving

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Post-season

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2007

| MTL

| 12

| 20

| 199

| 10.0

| 17

| 0

| colspan="6" | Did not dress

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| MTL

| 18

| 54

| 641

| 11.9

| 75

| 7

| 2

| 6

| 60

| 10.0

| 19

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2009

| MTL

| 18

| 58

| 613

| 10.6

| 47

| 2

| 4

| 98

| 24.5

| 45

| 2

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010

| MTL

| 17

| 48

| 530

| 11.0

| 48

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 24

| 8.0

| 9

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2011

| MTL

| 18

| 55

| 675

| 12.3

| 46

| 5

| 1

| 5

| 83

| 16.6

| 48

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| MTL

| 13

| 28

| 469

| 16.8

| 69

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 35

| 17.5

| 22

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 96

! 263

! 3,127

! 11.9

! 75

! 23

! 8

! 20

! 300

! 15.0

! 48

! 2

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Punt Returns

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Post-season

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2007

| MTL

| 12

| 52

| 511

| 9.8

| 79

| 1

| colspan="6" | Did not dress

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| MTL

| 18

| 4

| 34

| 8.5

| 26

| 0

| 2

| 24

| 12.0

| 17

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2009

| MTL

| 18

| 3

| 20

| 6.7

| 0

| 2

| 1

| -7

| -7.0

| -7

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010

| MTL

| 17

| 8

| 54

| 6.8

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2011

| MTL

| 18

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| MTL

| 13

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 96

! 67

! 619

! 9.2

! 79

! 1

! 8

! 3

! 17

! 5.7

! 17

! 0

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="2" | Kickoff Returns

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="6" | Post-season

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

! Games

! No.

! Yards

! Avg

! Long

! TD

ALIGN="center"

| 2007

| MTL

| 12

| 19

| 438

| 23.1

| 35

| 0

| colspan="6" | Did not dress

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| MTL

| 18

| 14

| 261

| 18.6

| 39

| 0

| 2

| 48

| 24.0

| 27

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2009

| MTL

| 18

| 10

| 155

| 15.5

| 28

| 0

| 2

| 3

| 82

| 27.3

| 56

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010

| MTL

| 17

| 8

| 142

| 17.8

| 31

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2011

| MTL

| 18

| 1

| 10

| 10.0

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| MTL

| 13

| 1

| 12

| 12.0

| 12

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0.0

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | CFL totals

! 96

! 53

! 1018

! 19.2

! 39

! 0

! 8

! 5

! 130

! 26.0

! 56

! 0

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.brianbratton85.com/|Brian Bratton official website}}
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401234606/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/1073 Montreal Alouettes bio]}}

Category:1982 births

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Category:Furman Paladins football players

Category:Players of Canadian football from West Virginia

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Category:Sportspeople from Wheeling, West Virginia

Category:Players of American football from West Virginia

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Category:American expatriate players of American football

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Category:North Greenville Crusaders football coaches

Category:Indianapolis Colts coaches

Category:American football wide receivers

Category:Furman Paladins football coaches