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Who are Brock Purdy’s parents, siblings, girlfriend? Everything you need to know about the 49ers’ QB
The San Francisco 49ers open their 2024 season against the New York Jets on Monday Night Football, led by the former Mr Irrelevant.
As the San Francisco 49ers prepare for their 2024 opener, Brock Purdy is lining up for a second season at the starting quarterback at one of the NFL’s most illustrious franchises.
Purdy first came to the attention of the football fraternity after he was selected by the 49ers with the 262nd and final overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, earning him the title of Mr. Irrelevant. Needless to say, a whole lot has happened since then.
After finding himself in possession of the starter’s spot for the final games of the 2022 season, he led the team to a loss in the NFC championship final against the Philadelphia Eagles. One season later he took them a step further, making it to the Super Bowl. San Francisco were beaten by the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII but Purdy enjoyed another successful season, winning Pro Bowl honours for 2023.
“I think it’s a funny thing,” Purdy said earlier this year, reflecting on his meteoric rise. “If you’re a fan, or even my family, friends and stuff, it’s funny to laugh about it and joke around with it.”
“For me, I’m looking at it as an opportunity. I got my foot in the door, a team believed in me and now I get my opportunity to go and play football. That’s what I want my career to be. That’s what I want my job to be is to be an NFL quarterback and now I have the opportunity to do so. That’s how I’m looking at it.”
Which high school and college did Brock Purdy go to?
When he started his varsity football career back in 2015 as a sophomore at Perry High School, Purdy didn’t long to turn heads. Indeed, by the time he committed to Iowa State in 2018, he was a three-star prospect and it showed.
He went to Iowa State college from 2018 to 2021 and ended his time there as a three-time All Big 12 selection at quarterback. When he ended his time in college it was to the tune of 12,170 yards and 81 touchdowns. This is all to say that Purdy’s parents knew their son was special and had the potential to be even more so.
Who are Brock Purdy’s parents?
A minor league baseball player for the better part of eight seasons, Brock’s father Shawn was and is a pillar in his son’s life. Speaking with the media recently, Shawn explained that he pushed his children to be active from a young age.
“They didn’t have to play a particular sport. They weren’t pressured to become professionals. But if they did play, they’d give it their all,” Brock’s father insisted.
Brock’s mother Carrie was just as supportive of his chosen career and he names her as a key influence in his childhood. He explained: “She’s always going to keep everyone on our toes. She brings the energy to the family, so I think I definitely get that kind of trait from her.”
Even when Purdy found himself being picked last in the NFL Draft, his parents didn’t waver in their belief in him. “It just means a lot because throughout my whole life, the ups and downs of playing quarterback in general...they’re the people at home that believe in you and they always see the best in you,” he told CBS back in December 2022 following his first win with the 49ers.
“They’ve believed in me even though I was the last draft pick,” Brock said. “They’ve always been telling me, ‘You’re good enough and we know that you can do it.’ And so, to see them after that performance meant a lot to me and [I’m] so very blessed to have them as my family.”
Who is Brock Purdy’s partner?
What’s life if you can’t share it with someone? That’s something Brock Purdy addressed just last summer when he proposed to his partner, Jenna Brandt.
Purdy has been in a relationship with Brandt since they met during their studies at Iowa State. A former setter for the university’s volleyball team, Brandt was studying Kinesiology at the time. Since he made his NFL debut Brandt has been a fixture at 49ers games and has never hidden her support for the man with whom she intends to spend the rest of her life.
“The best feeling. God is good - all the time,” she posted on social media following the Niners’ NFC championship game win against the Detroit Lions last season. The couple married a month after the 49ers’ Super Bowl loss at a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa.