Matthew James McGloin was born on December 2,1989 and is a former American football quarterback.
43 Facts About Matt McGloin
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Matt McGloin was the starting quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 2010 to 2012.
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Matt McGloin spent six seasons in the NFL, mainly with the Oakland Raiders.
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Matt McGloin is currently an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
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Matt McGloin was a three-sport stand-out at West Scranton High School from 2004 to 2008, earning ten varsity letters.
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Matt McGloin was a three-year starter at West Scranton, throwing for 5,485 career yards with 58 touchdowns.
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Matt McGloin was a four-year starter and scored 1,300 career points for the school's basketball team and served as the team captain.
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Matt McGloin garnered many league and tournament all-star and MVP awards.
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Matt McGloin was a three-year starter on the varsity baseball team as an infielder and pitcher.
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Matt McGloin played on the prestigious Mid Atlantic Prospects summer travel baseball team from Philadelphia.
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Matt McGloin joined the Nittany Lions football team in 2009 as a walk-on.
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Matt McGloin was a backup in 2009, playing against Syracuse, Eastern Illinois, Michigan, and Michigan State where he had a combined zero completions on two attempts.
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Matt McGloin was in a three-quarterback competition for the starting job in 2010 with Newsome and Bolden.
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Bolden won the starting job for the season-opener against Youngstown State, Newsome played in the fourth quarter and scored a touchdown, and Matt McGloin played one play, where he handed off to third-string tailback Curtis Dukes.
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On October 23,2010, Matt McGloin played against Minnesota when Kevin Newsome was sidelined with stomach flu and Bolden left the game with a concussion.
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Matt McGloin threw two touchdowns in Penn State's first Big Ten victory after losses to Illinois and Iowa.
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Matt McGloin passed for 300+ yards and two touchdowns in both of the final regular-season games against Indiana and Michigan St, but threw five interceptions in a loss to Florida in the 2011 Outback Bowl, including one returned 80 yards for a touchdown on a potential game-winning drive late in the game's last minute.
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Matt McGloin finished the season 118-of-215, for 1,548 yards, 14 touchdowns, and nine interceptions for a passer rating of 128.5.
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Matt McGloin saw increasing playing time through the season, both starting and playing his first complete game in a Week 8 victory over Northwestern.
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Matt McGloin had 8 touchdown passes against only 5 interceptions.
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In Week 4 against Eastern Michigan, Matt McGloin went 14-of-17 for 220 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions, for the highest completion percentage and passer efficiency by a Penn State quarterback since 2000.
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Matt McGloin finished the season leading the Big Ten with a school-record 270 completions, 446 attempts, 3,271 yards and 24 touchdowns.
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Matt McGloin earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors and was the 2012 Burlsworth Trophy winner, given by the Rotary Club of Springdale, Arkansas to the most outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on.
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Matt McGloin ended his career at Penn State with a school-record 46 touchdowns, and ranked 2nd in school history to Zack Mills with 513-of-894 for 6,390 yards.
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Matt McGloin was honored on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Rep.
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Matt McGloin was rated the 22nd best quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Matt McGloin was not drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft, but he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Raiders after a visit, May 15,2013.
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Matt McGloin made his first NFL appearance during the fourth quarter of the November 3,2013 game between the Raiders and the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Matt McGloin debuted as the Raiders' starting quarterback on November 17,2013; along with Buffalo Bills quarterback Jeff Tuel, he was one of two undrafted rookie quarterbacks to start a game in the 2013 season, a historically rare occurrence.
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Matt McGloin's 259.0 passing yards per game is second only to Jake Delhomme in NFL history for an undrafted rookie.
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Matt McGloin threw a touchdown and an interception in the loss.
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In 2015, Matt McGloin was promoted to second-string backup after Schaub was released during the offseason.
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Matt McGloin appeared only briefly in two games early in the 2016 season behind a greatly improved Carr.
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Matt McGloin was limited in practice due to his injury but was still active as Cook's backup for the playoff game.
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Matt McGloin was released on November 7,2017, after the team signed Josh Johnson.
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On March 30,2018, Matt McGloin was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Matt McGloin declined to sign with the Alliance of American Football, which began play in February 2019 before it ceased operations in April 2019.
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On October 15,2019, Matt McGloin was allocated to the New York Guardians of the XFL as part of the league's 2020 XFL Draft.
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Matt McGloin signed a contract with the team on November 4,2019.
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Matt McGloin was born to Paul and Catherine McGloin on December 2,1989.
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Matt McGloin completed his degree in broadcast journalism in May 2012, prior to his senior season at Penn State.
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In 2021, Matt McGloin worked as a college football analyst for the Big Ten Network.
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Matt McGloin carried his work for the Big Ten Network into 2022 as a sideline reporter.