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Matt McDonald, DS #40 QB, Bowling Green 
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Name: Matt McDonald (Transfer from Boston College)
College: Bowling Green Number: 3
Height: 6-2 Weight: 211
Position: QB Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023
40 Low: 4.94 40 Time: 4.98 40 High: 5.04
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Height: 6020
Weight: 211
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Dates: 03/20/23
Hand: 09 1/8 Arm: 32
Wingspan: 76 3/4
Height: 6020
Weight: 211
40 Yrd Dash: 4.98
20 Yrd Dash: 2.93
10 Yrd Dash: 1.71
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20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.58
3-Cone Drill: 7.19
40 Time Range: 4.97-4.98/**Projected 4.72/+.26
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Data Scout Notes: 2022: NAC...PWuerffel/PAFCAGoodWorks...2021: NAC...2020: NAC...Transfer from Boston College
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Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, Player News
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Matt McDonald passed for a career-high 392 yards and four touchdowns - including a 42-yarder to Ta'ron Keith with nine seconds left in the game - and Bowling Green rallied last in a wild finish to beat Toledo 42-35 on Tuesday night. McDonald drove Bowlin g Green (6-5, 5-2 Mid-American Conference) 72 yards in six plays on the game-winning drive, using just 38 seconds. His touchdown strike to Keith came on third-and-10. Tucker Gleason threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jerjuan Newton and scored on a 1-yard q uarterback keeper in a 5-minute span prior to McDonald's heroics to give Toledo (7-4, 5-2) a 35-34 lead. Gleason set up his scoring run by hitting Newton for a 29-yard gain on fourth-and-7.The Rockets trailed 34-21 after McDonald fired a 59-yard s coring strike to Odieu Hiliare with 5:09 left to play. McDonald completed 19 of 35 passes with one interception for the Falcons, who became bowl eligible for the first time since 2015 with the win. Hiliare finished with a career-best 243 yards on seven r eceptions. His yardage total is the third highest in program history behind Freddie Barnes' 278 against Kent State in 2009 and Roger Lewis' 261 against Memphis in 2015. McDonald and Hiliare teamed up for a 25-yard score to open the scoring in the first q uarter. The Falcons led 21-0 early in the second quarter after PaSean Wimberly blocked a punt by Jonathon Batzke that Patrick Day recovered in the end zone. Gleason had a 5-yard touchdown run and a 4-yard scoring toss to Micah Kelly to get the Rockets wi thin 27-14 at halftime. Gleason completed 22 of 40 passes for 329 yards with three touchdowns and two picks. He also carried 17 times for 106 yards and two scores. The two teams combined for 938 yards of offense - 721 of them through the air. - Bowling G reen/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023  QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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Harold Fannin Jr. had a rushing touchdown, Mason Lawler made two field goals and Bowling Green held off Western Michigan 13-9 on Wednesday night despite turning it over three times. Ta'ron Keith returned the second-half kickoff 83 yards and Fannin scored three plays later from 8 for a 13-0 lead. The Broncos pulled within four points on a field goal with 5:28 remaining in the fourth quarter and forced a three-and-out to get it back with four minutes left. Western Michigan used eight plays to get to the B owling Green 19 but lost three yards on fourth down.Matt McDonald was 23-of-31 passing for 161 yards for Bowling Green (5-4, 4-1 Mid-American Conference), which won its third straight conference game. Bowling Green led 6-0 at halftime after holdin g Western Michigan to four first downs and 91 total yards. Western Michigan (3-6, 2-3) scored for the first time with 3:11 left in the third when Corey Crooms caught a short pass over the middle and eluded the Bowling Green safety for a 39-yard touchdown . Crooms finished with eight catches for 151 yards. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
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Matt McDonald threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and Bowling Green beat Akron 31-28 on Saturday in a Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. Bowling Green took a 24-14 lead with 1:15 left before halftime when Akron fumbled inside its 5-yard line on a punt return and McDonald found Christian Sims one play later. Bowling Green went on a seven-play, 88-yard drive to take a 31-21 lead after McDonald's 18-yard connection to Odieu Hiliare in the corner of the end zone.Akron answered with at 41-yard pass from DJ Irons to Alex Adams to cap the scoring with eight minutes left. Seven different Bowling Green rushers combined for 36 carries and 175 yards, led by Jamal Johnson's 13 carries and 70 yards. Hiliare caught four passes for 95 yards a nd a score for Bowling Green (2-3, 1-0). Irons also threw for three touchdowns for Akton (1-4, 0-1). He passed for 224 yards and rushed for 105 more. Adams made four catches for 96 yards, including two scores. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023 QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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SEPT 19 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, QB, Senior, Newport Beach, Calif. (Mission Viejo),...McDonald led BGSU to a 34-31 win over Marshall as he found Ta'ron Keith in the endzone for the game-winning score i n overtime. Marshall was ranked No. 26 in the nation, just a few points away from being in the Top 25. McDonald became the first Falcon since Matt Johnson in 2015 to throw 4+ touchdowns in back-to-back games. He had five last week against Eastern Kentuck y. McDonald had scoring passes of 25 and 30 yards in the second quarter, both coming on fourth down plays. He spread the wealth with six receivers having at least 30+ receiving yards. - MAC Football
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Matt McDonald found Ta'ron Keith from 2 yards out in overtime to lift Bowling Green to a 34-31 win over Marshall on Saturday. The Thundering Herd came into the game looking to build momentum after shocking Notre Dame, 28-21, to break into the Top 25 for the first time in two seasons. Henry Colombi fired a 51-yard touchdown pass to Corey Gammage in the first quarter to open the scoring for Marshall and followed it with a 78-yard strike to Caleb McMillan to take a 14-0 lead after one quarter.McDona ld got the Falcons on the board with a 25-yard strike to Odieu Hiliare, but Marshall answered with a 5-yard run by Khalan Laborn to take a 21-7 lead. McDonald hit Hiliare from 27-yards out, then found Cavon Croom with a 30-yard strike to even the game at 21-21 at intermission. Bowling Green took the lead when Harold Fannin Jr. punched in from the 1, but Marshall answered on an 8-yard run by Laborn to tie the game and force overtime. The Thundering Herd got the ball first in overtime and Rece Verhoff kic ked a 38-yard field goal. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023 QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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SEPT 12 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, QB, Senior, Newport Beach, Calif.,...Threw a career-high five touchdowns, which is tied for third-most in the nation this season and are the most in the MAC. McDonald's six total touchdowns were also a career high. McDonald helped Bowling Green overcome a 14-point deficit in the second half, taking a seven-point lead late. He led BG through seven overtimes, including throwing two touchdown passes and going 3-of-5 on 2- point plays starting in the third OT. McDonald also rushed for a touchdown and a game-high 64 yards. - MAC Football
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When Bowling Green State University football opens its season at UCLA, senior quarterback Matt McDonald will be able to say every football-playing member of his family has played in the Rose Bowl Stadium. McDonald is looking forward to the season opener in the stadium that has hosted "The Granddaddy of Them All", the Rose Bowl football game, since 1902. The Falcons and Bruins will tangle on Sept. 3 with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network. McDonald's excitement is shared by BGSU coach Scot L oeffler and his teammates. "Being a Big Ten guy there is no greater place in the United States to play but in the Rose Bowl," Loeffler said. "I love it. I think the kids are going to have a great experience. "Now with Matt playing every McDonald has play ed in the Rose Bowl, so it is going to be a neat experience for our kids," Loeffler continued. "It's a really great football team - (UCLA coach) Chip (Kelly) does a really great job. We have to go out there and play our very best and find a way to sneak one past them."McDonald's father, Paul McDonald, was a standout quarterback at USC, finishing his collegiate career 22-1-1 and holding the NCAA mark for the lowest interception percentage in a career at 2.3% (13 interceptions in 561 attempts). Wit h Paul McDonald calling the signals, the 1980 Trojans won a national championship with a 17-16 victory over Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. Two of Matt's brothers played quarterback in college football, including Mike, who was a third string QB for USC duri ng the 2005 season. For Matt, who hails from Newport Beach, California and is the youngest of Paul and Allyson McDonald's four children, nothing could be better than beginning his final season on the Rose Bowl stage. "It's the grandaddy of them all. I'm excited," Matt said. "I've always dreamed of playing in that stadium. - Sentinel Tribune
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023 QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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Bowling Green benefits from a veteran presence at quarterback in redshirt senior Matt McDonald, who threw his first collegiate pass at Boston College when Mike Jinks was still coaching the Falcons. After sitting out the 2019 season, he endured a difficul t 2020, passing for just one touchdown against six interceptions as Bowling Green finished a truncated season 0-5. McDonald showed signs of improvement in 2021 that belied his numbers. He threw seven interceptions, but none in the season's final four gam es.He peaked in an Oct. 30 victory over Buffalo, completing 13 of 19 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns. McDonald even rushed for 39 yards on five attempts. Still, his passing efficiency of 121.2 ranked 11th in the conference among qualified quarterbacks. A spate of talented signal-callers loom on the Falcons' schedule in 2022, including UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Mississippi State's Will Rogers, Miami of Ohio's Brett Gabbert, Kent State's Collin Schlee, and the Rockets' Dequan Finn. McDonald will have to raise his game in order to keep Bowling Green competitive in any potential shootouts. - Sentinel Tribune
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2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, Sr., QB,...McDonald (Sr., Newport Beach, Calif.) is a two-time Academic All-MAC recipient. He led BGSU with 2,555 passing yards and 12 touchdowns in 2021, throwin g for 200+ yards in eight of the Falcons' 12 games. Twice in 2021 McDonald was named MAC East Division's Offensive Player of the Week. His two rushing touchdowns at Minnesota led BGSU to a 14-10 upset of the Big Ten foe. McDonald also threw for a career- high 308 yards against South Alabama. McDonald was previously named an AllState AFCA Good Works Team nominee. - Bowling Green Football
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2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green State University,...McDonald takes part in Holidays with Falcon Football, which is when the BGSU football team provides celebration for children in the Bowling Green commu nity who might not otherwise have one during the holiday. He has volunteered at The Nest in Bowling Green, which provides free childcare for parents completing their education. McDonald has also helped at the Bowling Green Christian Food Pantry, among ot her community involvement. - Bowling Green Football
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Matt McDonald understands he doesn't have to become a man of steel to help the Bowling Green State University football team win games this season. McDonald, a senior, is entering his third season as the Falcons' starting quarterback. Since he transferred to the Falcons program from Boston College, McDonald has made strides each season. "Working on just understanding that we have a bunch of playmakers now," McDonald said at the Mid-American Conference football media day. "I don't need to try to be Superm an out there and make plays that aren't necessarily there and take what the defense gives me. Take, check down, be patient. And then when the opportunities arise, then go after them."McDonald last season completed 236 of 393 passes (60 percent) fo r 2,555 yards with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions. His completion percentage soared from 44 (54 of 123) in the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season. He also rushed for four touchdowns, including both BGSU scores in the upset at Minnesota. "Probably t he biggest thing that he's learned is, now that we've got some skill guys, he doesn't need to make every play," Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler said. "And at times whenever he had so much youth around him, he forced the ball in some tight windows." - T oledo Blade
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Matt McDonald completed 24 of 37 passes for 255 yards and a touchdown and Bowling Green beat Ohio 21-10 on Friday in the season finale for both teams. The Bobcats beat Bowling Green 52-10 last season. On fourth-and-goal from the 1, Bowling Green's Nick M osley was dropped in the backfield by Bryce Houston but, after a false start by the Bobcats, Blaine Spires and Karl Brooks stopped Armani Rogers in the end zone to give the Falcons a 15-10 lead with 12:55 to play.Nate Needham, who missed from 43 y ards in the second quarter, made field goals of 23 and 43 yards before his 40-yarder capped a 13-play, 51-yard drive to make it 18-10 with 7:03 left. He added a 39-yard field goal to cap the scoring with 1:17 to play. Rogers, who finished with three carr ies for minus-4 yards, took a snap from the shotgun and plowed into the end zone from 1-yard out early in the second quarter and Steven Johnson kicked a 22-yard field goal to give Ohio (3-9, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) a 10-3 lead with 8:47 left in the first half. The Falcons (4-8, 2-6) responded with an 11-play, 70-yard drive that culminated when McDonald threw a 14-yard pass TD to Austin Osborne that made it 10-all at halftime. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2023 QB Matt McDonald, Bowling Green
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Matt McDonald threw for 263 yards and a career-best four touchdowns - three in the first half - ran 47 yards for the capper with under a minute to play and Bowling Green survived the ejection of head coach Scot Loeffler to upend Buffalo 56-44 on Saturday . McDonald entered the game with six touchdown passes on the season. The teams combined for 49 points in the fourth quarter alone, matching score for score, and Buffalo rallied with 34 points after halftime. The teams amassed 983 yards of total offense. The Falcons (3-6, 1-4 Mid-American Conference) ended a four-game skid. McDonald's run for the final touchdown appeared to be set up as a kneel-down when he saw a gap and bolted out of the pocket.McDonald completed eight of his first 11 passes with two touchdowns to Christian Sims, for 81 and 6 yards - and a third to Tyrone Broden. Broden had two TD catches and 110 yards receiving while Sims made five catches for 103 yards. Terion Stewart rushed for 170 yards and two second-half touchdowns as Bowl ing Green gained 221 yards on the ground. Loeffler was ejected in the third quarter after being flagged for two unsportsmanlike conduct calls on back-to-back drives. He became the first head coach ejected since a rules change in 2016. In 18 minutes after his ejection, Bowling Green scored more points than in any full game over the last two seasons. Buffalo backup quarterback Matt Myers was 12-of-24 passing for 239 yards with a touchdown pass, and he ran for two more after starter Kyle Vantrease left aft er a sack. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
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SEPT 27 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, QB, Senior, Newport Beach, Calif. (Mission Viejo),...McDonald rushed for two touchdowns, accounting for all of BGSU's scores in the upset of Minnesota. The BGSU win hal ted Minnesota's 21-game winning streak against non-conference teams, which was the longest in the nation heading into the week. McDonald navigated the BGSU offense against the nation's No. 14 defense, which has only allowed 255 yards of total offense ove r the last 120 minutes of football. His first touchdown of the game snapped Minnesota's streak of 87:24 of game time without allowing points. Tailing in the late in third quarter, 10-7, led BGSU on an 8-play, 65-yard drive to take the lead for good. His rush on a 4th and 1 opportunity from the BG 43 went for 18 yards. Four plays later BG was in the end zone and on top for good. The 18-yard rush was BG's longest of the game. Lost 32 yards rushing via sacks. - MAC Football
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Quarterback Matt McDonald ran for a pair of scores, and two late interceptions by the Bowling Green defense sealed the win as the Falcons shocked heavily-favored Minnesota, 14-10, on homecoming Saturday. The loss snapped Minnesota's streak of 21 straight non-conference wins, the longest streak in the country entering Saturday's game. The Gophers' last non-conference loss was Sept. 3, 2015 against TCU. It also marked Minnesota's first loss to a non-Power 5 conference opponent since losing to North Dakota State on Sept. 24, 2011. "Give Bowling Green a lot of credit," said Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck. "I know how excited they are, and they deserve it and they earned it. We did not deserve to win that football game whatsoever." Bowling Green came to Minn eapolis as 31-point underdogs but used a strong defensive effort to slow down the Golden Gopher offense.Minnesota's fans booed their team at numerous points in the game, while Falcons players jumped on the field in celebration after the upset was complete. "I couldn't be more happy for a group of kids that have really been through a lot," said Bowling Green head coach Scott Loeffler. "We've got the 24-hour rule. We're going to celebrate for 24 hours, and then we're going to get back to the office ." The Gophers had the ball with a chance to take the lead late in the fourth quarter after Bowling Green failed to fall on a muffed punt by Minnesota's Trey Potts. But one play after recovering the fumble, quarterback Tanner Morgan lofted a deep interce ption into the hands of Devin Taylor with 2:13 remaining. Morgan threw another pick with 17 seconds remaining. The Gophers' passing game struggled all day against the Falcons. Morgan was just 5-of-13 for 59 yards. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
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Matt McDonald threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Bowling Green ended a 10-game losing streak with a 27-10 win over FCS-level Murray State on Saturday. The Falcons (1-2), who went 0-5 in the pandemic shortened 2020 season, dominated the second half behind McDonald, outscoring the Racers 17-0. Bowling Green took the opening drive of the second half and went 71 yards in 13 plays, capped by McDonald's plunge over the right side.Another lengthy drive led to Nate Needham's second field goal in the closing seconds of the third quarter. A third long drive, capped by McDonald flipping a 5-yard clincher to Taron Keith, wrapped it up in the middle of the fourth quarter. McDonald finished 22 of 28 for 221 yards with an interception. Bowling Green had 210 yards in the second half to 83 for Murray State and a 2-to-1 advantage in time of possession. Damonta Witherspoon scored the Racers' touchdown on a 6-yard run in the second quarter. Murray State finished with 201 total yards. - Bowling Green/AP College Football
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SEPT 13 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt McDonald, Bowling Green, QB, Senior, Newport Beach, Calif. (Mission Viejo),...McDonald passed for a career-high 308 yards against South Alabama. The 308 yards was the best by a MAC quarterback in Week No. 2. After South Alabama took its first lead of the game, immediately led the offense on a 3-play 83-yard drive to retake the lead on a 33-yard scoring strike to Andrew Bench (1st career reception). - MAC Football
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BGSU is coming off a 38-6 season opening loss in front of 80,000 fans at Tennessee that saw the Falcons shut out the Volunteers in the second quarter, trailing by just one possession, 14-6, at halftime. "There were some great moments," Loeffler said. "Th e second quarter in particular, I think all three phases played superior together, and we did some really good things. I thought defensively we tackled better, but still giving up a few too many big plays. "Offensively, we struggled running the football. I thought we threw the football and protected fairly well. I thought (senior quarterback) Matt McDonald played well along with (linebacker) Darren Anders on the other side of the football." McDonald completed a career-high 25 passes, surpassing his prev ious best of 17 against Buffalo in 2020.His offense did so well in the second quarter, they controlled the pace and kept Tennessee's offense off the field. "We kind of got in and out of different tempos and throwing out of the pocket - a lot of sp rint outs. They were easy 'gimmes,'" McDonald said. "I looked over during that drive and I saw their defensive line exhausted, and they had to sub out. It was a cool sight to see. "It's something that this team has to build on. The sky's the limit for th is team. We've just got to build off this and become more confident going forward," McDonald continued. - Sentinel Tribune
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BG coach Scot Loeffler said starter Matt McDonald has been "banged up" the past two weeks. Although Loeffler did not elaborate on the injury, McDonald briefly left the Falcons' game at Ohio. In any case, McDonald's numbers this season haven't been pretty . In four games, he has completed 40 of 97 passes for 577 yards with one touchdown and six interceptions. If McDonald can't go against Akron, the Falcons have only two other available quarterbacks: freshmen LaBronz Davis and Riley Keller. Davis played in place of McDonald at Ohio. - Sentinel Tribune
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