McGloin in 2015
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No. 14 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | December 2, 1989 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Scranton, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | West Scranton (PA) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Penn State | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Pass attempts: | 266 |
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Pass completions: | 155 |
Percentage: | 58.2 |
TD–INT: | 11–11 |
Passing yards: | 1,847 |
Passer rating: | 76.2 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Matthew James "Matt" McGloin (born December 2, 1989), is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was a starting quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 2010 to 2012. He is the first walk-on quarterback to start at Penn State since scholarships were reinstated in 1949. Prior to his college career, McGloin was a Pennsylvania all-state quarterback while attending West Scranton High School.
McGloin was a three sport (football, basketball, and baseball) stand-out at West Scranton High School earning ten varsity letters. He was a three-year starter at West Scranton, throwing for 5,485 career yards with 58 touchdowns. As the starting quarterback, McGloin led his team to two PIAA Class AAA district titles and a league title. He was named the 2007-08 Athlete of the Year by the Scranton Times-Tribune, who also named him as their Athlete of the Week three times. He was also a four-year starter and scored 1,300 career points for the school's basketball team and also served as the team captain. He garnered many league and tournament all-star and MVP awards. McGloin was three-year starter on the varsity baseball team as an infielder and pitcher. During his senior year, he was named all-region as a two way player. He hit over .400 and led his team in many offensive categories as well as registering a 7-0 record on the mound. In his senior season, he led his high school baseball team to its first conference championship in 16 years. He played on the prestigious Mid Atlantic Prospects summer travel baseball team from Philadelphia.
McGloin joined the Nittany Lions football team in 2009 as a walk-on. He was a backup in 2009, playing against Syracuse, Eastern Illinois, Michigan, and Michigan State where he had a combined zero completions on two attempts. In the Blue-White game, McGloin was a combined 9-of-13 for 111 yards and threw two touchdown passes, one for each team. After playing behind Daryll Clark and Kevin Newsome in 2009, he ended up third on the depth chart in early 2010 behind Rob Bolden, a true freshman from Detroit.