Colby Cameron

Colby Cameron (born April 5, 1990) is an American football quarterback. He currently attends Louisiana Tech in his senior year.

Early Years
Colby was born in Newbury Park, California to Stan and Cathy Cameron. His brother Jordan, plays tight end for the Cleveland Browns. He also has two sisters, Emily and Brynn. Brynn played basketball at USC for the Women of Troy. Cameron played high school football at Newbury Park High School for coach George Hurley. In his final two seasons for the Panthers, he passed for nearly 5,000 yards and 47 touchdowns. In his senior season, Cameron led the Newbury Park Panthers to the Marmonte League Title and the California Division II High School semifinals.

Cameron also played on the Panthers basketball team during his sophomore year. He averaged 4.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.

Collegiate career
Cameron redshirted in his freshman year at Louisiana Tech and played on the scout team.

Played sparingly in his second season at Louisiana Tech. He played in five games throughout the season passing for 142 yards on 14 completions. He also ran the ball 5 times for 20 yards.

Cameron started in 3 games in his sophomore season while splitting time with fellow quarterback Tarik Hakmi. During the 2010 season, Cameron completed 54 of 91 passes for 461 yards and a touchdown. He also had an onside kick recovery against San Jose State.

Prior to his junior season in 2011, his head coach, Sonny Dykes said that, "Cameron is not only light years ahead of where he was a year ago, but also ahead of any of Tech's quarterbacks from the 2010 spring."

In 2012, Cameron set the NCAA record for most consecutive pass attempts in a single season without an interception. On November 10, 2012, Cameron broke Russell Wilson's NCAA record of 379 consecutive pass attempts in a career without an interception against Texas State with his 6th pass attempt of the night.