The Washington Redskins have agreed to terms with quarterback Colt Brennan, the team’s sixth-round pick in the 2008 draft.

Per the Washington Post, it’s a four-year deal with a signing bonus of roughly $100,000.  The base salaries are $295,000, $385,000, $470,000, and $555,000. 

Curiously, the contract doesn’t seem to contain a fourth-year escalator that would pay Brennan a salary in the range of the first-round restricted free agency tender.

Of course, his bigger problem is showing that he can play well at the NFL level.

Brennan, who played college football at Hawaii, was the recipient of considerable hype last season, finishing as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.  He threw an NCAA-record 58 touchdown passes against only 12 interceptions.

But a poor showing against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl caused Brennan’s draft stock to drop, and he plunged to round six after undergoing surgery in early April to repair a torn labral in his hip, an injury that he suffered during the first Senior Bowl practice.

It also didn’t help that Brennan thereafter gained 33 pounds.  (Mmmmm.  Pineapple.)

Maybe the strategy here was to make teams forget about a certain unfortunate incident that got Brennan booted from the Colorado football team.  He was charged with felony burglary and trespassing, and sexual assault and indecent exposure.  “I made a mistake, but did not commit a crime,” Brennan once said.  “For me to be charged with what I was charged with, it was just wrong.”

A jury disagreed, as to the first two charges.  He was convicted of felony burglary and trespassing, and spent seven days in jail.