The Maxwell Award honors the nation's top collegiate player.

"I like that," Brennan said. "That's cool. That's a national honor. When you play (football) video games and you go through a whole season, one of the awards you want your players to win is the Maxwell Award. It's cool I'm on that list. That's really good motivation to work even harder. I'm excited about that."

As a sophomore in 2005, his first year at UH, Brennan led the nation in total offense (371.3 yards per game), passing yards (4,301), touchdown passes (35) and points responsible for (19.7 per game).