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Quarterback, Alabama, 2006–⁠10

Greg McElroy

Number: No. 12
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Southlake, TX
Born: May 10, 1988, in Los Angeles, California

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Greg McElroy played quarterback at Alabama (2006–⁠10). He was the quarterback of the 2009 national champions (14–⁠0). The New York Jets took McElroy in round 7, No. 208 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2,987; Passing yards, 2010 (Alabama, 10–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 208; Round 7, 2011 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

377passing yards, best game on filevs. Auburn, 2010 3touchdown passes, best game on filetwice; last at Duke, 2010

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2009; SEC champions, 2009

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

123

2,508

2,987

7–⁠612–⁠2AP 614–⁠0★ AP 110–⁠3AP 10

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2007*	Alabama	8	9	88.9	73	8.1	1	0
2008*	Alabama	8	11	72.7	123	11.2	1	1
2009	Alabama	198	325	60.9	2,508	7.7	17	4
2010	Alabama	222	313	70.9	2,987	9.5	20	5
On file (2007–⁠10)		436	658	66.3	5,691	8.6	39	10

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Alabama	54	83	1.5	1	16
2010	Alabama	60	−12	−0.2	1	17
On file (2007–⁠10)		114	71	0.6	2	17

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Alabama	12	QB
2008	Alabama	12	QB
2009	Alabama	12	QB
2010	Alabama	12	QB	6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Alabama 13 games, 2,987 passing yards, 20 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	vs.San José State	W 48–⁠3	13	16	218	1	0	7
Sep 11	vs.Penn State	W 24–⁠3	16	24	229	2	0	8
Sep 18	atDuke	W 62–⁠13	14	20	258	3	1	7
Sep 25	atArkansas	W 24–⁠20	18	26	194	1	2	−15
Oct 2	vs.Florida	W 31–⁠6	11	17	84	0	0	33
Oct 9	atSouth Carolina	L 21–⁠35	27	34	315	2	0	−28
Oct 16	vs.Ole Miss	W 23–⁠10	17	25	219	2	0	−6
Oct 23	atTennessee	W 41–⁠10	21	32	264	0	0	−6
Nov 6	atLSU	L 21–⁠24	21	34	223	2	1	−28
Nov 13	vs.Mississippi State	W 30–⁠10	12	18	227	2	1	20
Nov 18	vs.Georgia State	W 63–⁠7	12	13	159	2	0	2
Nov 26	vs.Auburn	L 27–⁠28	27	37	377	2	0	−10
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Michigan State	W 49–⁠7	13	17	220	1	0	4

2009 Alabama 14 games, 2,508 passing yards, 17 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	vs.Virginia Tech	W 34–⁠24	15	30	230	1	1	28
Sep 12	vs.Florida International	W 40–⁠14	18	24	241	1	0	−14
Sep 19	vs.North Texas	W 53–⁠7	13	15	176	2	0	16
Sep 26	vs.Arkansas	W 35–⁠7	17	24	291	3	0	3
Oct 3	atKentucky	W 38–⁠20	15	26	148	2	0	5
Oct 10	atOle Miss	W 22–⁠3	15	34	147	0	0	−12
Oct 17	vs.South Carolina	W 20–⁠6	10	20	92	0	2	1
Oct 24	vs.Tennessee	W 12–⁠10	18	29	120	0	0	22
Nov 7	vs.LSU	W 24–⁠15	19	34	276	2	1	21
Nov 14	atMississippi State	W 31–⁠3	13	18	192	2	0	30
Nov 21	vs.Chattanooga	W 45–⁠0	6	11	80	1	0	8
Nov 27	atAuburn	W 26–⁠21	21	31	218	2	0	−8
Dec 5	vs.Florida	W 32–⁠13	12	18	239	1	0	10
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Texas	W 37–⁠21	6	11	58	0	0	−27

2008 Alabama 4 games, 123 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 13	vs.Western Kentucky	W 41–⁠7	4	6	61	0	0	–
Sep 20	atArkansas	W 49–⁠14	0	1	0	0	1	–
Nov 15	vs.Mississippi State	W 32–⁠7	2	2	18	0	0	–
Nov 29	vs.Auburn	W 36–⁠0	2	2	44	1	0	–

2007 Alabama 1 game, 73 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Western Carolina	W 52–⁠6	8	9	73	1	0	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011
Height	6′1⅞″
Weight	220 lb
Arm length	30¾″
Hand size	9⅜″
40-yard dash	4.99 s
10-yard split	1.70 s^W
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	8′11″
3-cone drill	7.11 s
20-yard shuttle	4.45 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
2012	New York Jets	2	19	31	214	1	1	30

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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