Matt Grothe
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 8, 1986 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Lakeland, Florida | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Lake Gibson (FL) | ||||||||||
| College: | South Florida | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2010 | ||||||||||
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| Player stats at ArenaFan.com | |||||||||||
| Completions: | 29 |
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| Attempts: | 58 |
| Yards: | 440 |
| Touchdowns: | 10 |
| Interceptions: | 2 |
Matt Grothe (born September 8, 1986) is a former semi-professional quarterback. He has been with the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He played college football at South Florida.
Grothe attended Lake Gibson High School in Lakeland, Florida and was a letterman in football. In football, he was a two-time first team Class 4A All-State selection, was named the Lakeland Ledger Player of the Year twice, and as a senior, he was named to the Super Southern 100 by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, was named the Class 4A Player of the Year, finished 2nd by the closest margin ever for Mr. Football in the state of Florida, and was named the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year. Grothe led his team to the state championship football game against Armwood High School. Grothe passed for 2,700 yards and ran for 1,250 yards as a senior. He passed for 33 touchdowns and rushed for 15 touchdowns. After his senior season, he was named the 21st best prospect in Florida by the Tampa Tribune, named the 23rd best prospect in Florida by the Orlando Sentinel, and Rivals.com ranked him as the 24th best dual-threat quarterback in the country and 93rd best overall prospect in the state of Florida. Grothe graduated from Lake Gibson High School in 2005 with a 4.0 grade point average. He also began studying karate as a child and eventually obtained a 2nd degree black belt.
Grothe spent the 2005 campaign as a redshirt behind then-quarterback Pat Julmiste.
The 2006 season marked Grothe's first action on the football team after redshirting all of USF's 2005 bowl season. He won the starting quarterback spot over senior Pat Julmiste in the first game of 2006 against McNeese State. The national buzz continued for Grothe, the 2006 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, after he led his team to an upset of No. 7 West Virginia on the road in Morgantown, West Virginia. In his first post-season appearance, he led USF to the PapaJohns.com Bowl against East Carolina. Although Grothe missed the entire second half of the game with a shin injury(after being up 24–7), the Bulls claimed their first-ever bowl victory by a score of 24–7.
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