Matt McGloin

Despite a poor 9-of-24 for 98 yard performance the next week, McGloin's Nittany Lions defeated Illinois 10–7 for coach Joe Paterno's record-breaking 409th career win, and the 8–1 team rose to 12th in the AP Poll on the following bye week.

The rest of the season was marred by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, the team lost three of their last four games, and McGloin did not play in the team's TicketCity Bowl loss to Houston after suffering a concussion during a locker room altercation with receiver Curtis Drake.

The victory was also the 400th of Paterno's career.

On November 10, Paterno officially named McGloin the team's starter.

McGloin was 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.

He spent six seasons in the NFL, mainly with the Oakland Raiders.

McGloin is currently an analyst for the Big Ten Network.

McGloin was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

On November 13, McGloin scored the first passing touchdowns in Ohio Stadium by a Penn State quarterback since 1963 and put them up 14–3 over the Buckeyes at halftime.

Matthew James McGloin (born December 2, 1989) is a former American football quarterback.

He was a three-sport (football, basketball, and baseball) stand-out at West Scranton High School from 2004 to 2008, earning ten varsity letters.

McGloin was a three-year starter at West Scranton, throwing for 5,485 career yards with 58 touchdowns.

As the starting quarterback, he led his team to two PIAA Class AAA district titles and a league title.

McGloin 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.

McGloin 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 a three-year starter on the varsity baseball team as an infielder and pitcher.

During his senior year, McGloin 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, McGloin 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 touchdowns, one for each team.

After playing behind Daryll Clark and Kevin Newsome in 2009, McGloin ended up third on the depth chart in early 2010 behind Rob Bolden, a true freshman from Detroit.

He was the starting quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 2010 to 2012.

McGloin was in a three-quarterback competition for the starting job in 2010 with Newsome and Bolden.

Bolden won the starting job for the season-opener against Youngstown State, Newsome played in the fourth quarter and scored a touchdown, and McGloin played one play, where he handed off to third-string tailback Curtis Dukes.

On October 23, 2010, McGloin played against Minnesota when Kevin Newsome was sidelined with stomach flu and Bolden left the game with a concussion.

McGloin threw two touchdowns in Penn State's first Big Ten victory after losses to Illinois and Iowa.

On October 30, McGloin made his first start at quarterback and threw for 250 yards and a touchdown in a 41–31 win over Michigan.

Bolden started the next week against Northwestern, but was pulled from the game by coach Joe Paterno after he was sacked twice and lost a fumble.

McGloin rallied the Nittany Lions from a 21-point deficit to a 35–21 victory with four touchdown passes, a mark he matched twice his senior year but never surpassed.

He 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.

He finished the season 118-of-215, for 1,548 yards, 14 touchdowns, and nine interceptions for a passer rating of 128.5.

McGloin split time at quarterback with Rob Bolden much of the 2011 season.

He went 14–29 in the blue and white game and led Penn State to a game-winning drive over in-state rival Temple in week 3.

McGloin saw increasing playing time through the season, both starting and playing his first complete game in a Week 8 victory over Northwestern.

Despite playing in only 7 of the team's 12 games, he ranked tenth in the conference in completions, attempts, yards, touchdowns, and rating, but tied for 4th in interceptions.