Quarterback, UCLA, 1995–98
Cade McNown
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Cade McNown played quarterback at UCLA (1995–98). He won the 1998 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He finished third in the 1998 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1998. The Chicago Bears took McNown in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 1999 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2020College Football Hall of Fame
- 1997Second-team All-Pac-10
- 1997National leader in passer rating (168.6)
- 1997Eighth in the Heisman vote
- 1998Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- 1998Consensus All‑American
- 1998Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 1998Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 1997 and 1998
All-America: consensus 1998; AP third team 1997
Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1998
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1995 | 122 | 245 | 49.8 | 1,698 | 7 | 8 | 110.9 | 71 | 311 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 1996 | 176 | 336 | 52.4 | 2,424 | 12 | 16 | 115.2 | 88 | 58 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 1997 | 189 | 312 | 60.6 | 3,116 | 24 | 6 | 166.0 | 79 | 26 | 0.3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 207 | 357 | 58.0 | 3,470 | 25 | 11 | 156.6 | 75 | 182 | 2.4 | 3 |
| Career | 694 | 1,250 | 10,708 | 68 | 41 | 313 | 577 | 16 | |||
From the college statistics table in McNown’s Wikipedia article (Cade McNown, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
MVP of the 1999 Senior Bowl.
| Drill | Combine 1999 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ |
| Weight | 213 lb |
| Arm length | 30″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.73 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.27 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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