He played college football for the Washington Huskies and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

At Folsom, Browning had a 4.0 grade point average and set national and state high school records.

[8][9] In his sophomore year, Browning performed on a much higher level, guiding UW to a 12–2 record, and the Huskies' first conference championship since 2000.

Browning came in sixth in the 2016 Heisman Trophy voting, narrowly missing an invitation to attend the award ceremony in New York City.

Browning underwent shoulder surgery on his throwing arm a couple of weeks after facing Alabama in the College Football Playoff.

[12] Browning started all 13 games of the 2017 season at quarterback, was named to the Academic All-Pac-12 second-team, was an honorable mention All-Pac-12, and broke the UW career touchdown passes record this year.

The team was invited to the Rose Bowl, where they were defeated by Ohio State to end the year at 10–4, 7–2 in conference play.

[31] He competed with Trevor Siemian to be the Bengals' backup quarterback throughout training camp in 2023, with Browning eventually winning the job after the third preseason game.

The next day, it was revealed Burrow suffered a season-ending injury to his throwing wrist, elevating Browning to the starting role.

[37] On December 10, in the third start of his career against the Indianapolis Colts Browning threw for 275 yards and 2 touchdowns with one interception en route to the Bengals 34–14 victory.