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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
February 8, 1979 ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Wexford (PA) North Allegheny | ||||||||||||||
College: | Rutgers | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2001 / Round: 5 / Pick: 149 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Pass attempts: | 515 |
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Pass completions: | 229 |
TD-INT: | 15-21 |
Passer rating: | 55.1 |
Percentage: | 44.5 |
Passing yards: | 2867 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Michael Edward McMahon (born February 8, 1979) is a former American football quarterback who played for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mostly serving in a back up quarterback role. He spent one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL), and one season in the United Football League (UFL). After playing college football for Rutgers, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played for the Lions for four seasons from 2001 to 2004, and for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005. McMahon played for the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes of the CFL in 2007. He signed with the California Redwoods of the UFL in 2009 and played for the Virginia Destroyers from 2011 to 2012. He last played for the of the Swedish Superseries in 2013.
McMahon played at North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania, where he became the starting quarterback during his senior year in 1996. He graduated in 1997. While in high school, he was featured in an NFL Films Presents episode as a potential next premiere quarterback to originate from Western Pennsylvania.