The name Max Browne is one that many football fans would be familiar with. The former quarterback and current PAC-12 analyst has an amazing resume that includes success in his football career, working with prominent names such as Lewis Howes and Gary Vaynerchuk, and now in commercial real estate and as a football analyst.

Born in Sammamish, Washington, Browne had an outstanding high school football career, where he completed 73.5 percent of his passes for 12,951 yards and 146 touchdowns. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year award for Washington and led his team, the Spartans, to three consecutive Class 4A state finals, winning the final two. He was awarded the prestigious Hall Trophy as U.S. Army Player of the Year after his senior season.

Browne was considered to be the best quarterback recruit of his class and committed to the University of Southern California during his junior year. He played at USC from 2013-2016, but later transferred to the University of Pittsburgh in 2017. At Pitt he was voted captain of the team and earned the starting quarterback job, but suffered a shoulder injury during a game against Syracuse and had to undergo surgery, which put him out for the rest of the season.

Max was a team captain at both schools, received his MBA from USC and his MS in Marketing from Pitt. After college he tried to earn his spot in the NFL but wasn't picked up. He then turned to broadcasting and began analyzing Pac-12 Conference teams, which he continues to this day.

In 2022, he married Victoria Garrick, a former USC volleyball player and mental health and body image advocate.

Max told me, "I was deemed by some publications as the biggest "bust" in college football in the 2010's. Now I embrace my football shortcomings and share my life post football to motivate and inspire others that life can still be amazing even when Plan A doesn't work out."