Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Brian Hoyer (born October 13, 1985 in North Olmsted, Ohio) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Michigan State. Hoyer attended Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio which, incidentally, is the same high school that Brian Dowling, another Patriots quarterback, attended. In addition to playing football, Hoyer was a baseball pitcher, infielder and outfielder. In 2002, he compiled an 8-1 record with a 1.99 ERA as a sophomore. He was the winning pitcher in the 2002 Ohio Division I state championship game.