Gerry Bohanon
| BYU Cougars – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 26, 1999 Earle, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Earle (Earle, Arkansas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Gerry Bohanon (born November 26, 1999) is a former American football quarterback. Bohanan played college football for the Baylor Bears, South Florida Bulls and the BYU Cougars between 2018 and 2024.
Early life
Bohanon attended Earle High School in Earle, Arkansas. As a senior in 2017, he passed for 2,675 yards and 34 touchdowns, along with an additional 1,200 rushing yards and 17 rushing touchdowns.[1] In 2017, he was named to the Elite 11 finals.[2] A four-star recruit, Bohanon committed to play college football at Baylor University.[3]
College career
Bohanon served as a backup quarterback in his true freshman, redshirt freshman, and sophomore seasons, primarily to Charlie Brewer. Bohanon became the starting quarterback for the 2021 season, his junior season, leading the Bears to an 9–2 start, including three ranked wins, before a hamstring injury in November kept him out of the team's remaining games for the season. In his first six games, he threw zero interceptions. He led the Bears to a 21–7 Sugar Bowl win over Ole Miss. As starter, Bohanon led Baylor to 12–2 record, the most wins in a single season in the school's history. The Bears finished the season in the Top-10 in the AP Poll.[4]
On May 8, 2022, he announced his transfer to USF. On November 28, 2023, Bohanon entered the transfer portal for a second time where he committed to Brigham Young University on January 4, 2024.[5]
On January 21, 2025, Bohanon declared himself for the 2025 NFL draft. He was not selected.[6]
College statistics
| Season | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Comp | Pct | Yards | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| 2018 | Baylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Baylor | 10 | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 109.2 | 42 | 272 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 2020 | Baylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 158.8 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2021 | Baylor | 12 | 275 | 173 | 62.9 | 2,200 | 18 | 7 | 146.6 | 76 | 323 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 2022 | South Florida | 7 | 160 | 91 | 56.9 | 1,070 | 6 | 6 | 117.9 | 60 | 386 | 6.4 | 3 |
| 2023 | South Florida | 0 | Did not play | ||||||||||
| 2024 | BYU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 34 | 473 | 282 | 59.6 | 3,464 | 26 | 13 | 133.8 | 184 | 1,005 | 5.5 | 15 | |
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) |
225 lb (102 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | |||||||||
| All values from Pro Day[7] | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Gerry Bohanon – Football". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "Elite 11 Finals, Los Angeles". 247Sports. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ Rapp, Timothy (December 19, 2017). "4-Star QB Prospect Gerry Bohanon Commits to Baylor over Arkansas". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ Cherry, Brice (November 10, 2021). "No bone to pick with Bohanon: Bears keep faith in QB, despite interceptions". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "2024 College football Transfer Portal".
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGqaMOvZyN/?hl=en
- ^ "Gerry Bohanon College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.