The biggest day of Matt McGloin’s football life is rapidly approaching, as Penn State will hold a Pro Day for NFL scouts next Monday and the Big Ten’s leading passer will have his final shot at impressing them.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pounder must prove he has the intelligence, arm strength, precision and mobility needed to make it in the NFL. When it comes to confidence, however, the brash Scranton, Pa., native has nothing to prove.
McGloin’s been brimming with the stuff since he set foot on campus as an invited walk-on in 2008, and it’s a big part of what helped him quickly earn a scholarship, then playing time and then the starting job while competing against teammates who had glowing credentials when they entered the program.
Asked what he intends to tell scouts who ask what he’ll bring to their team, McGloin laughed and said, “I could keep you here all day.” Then he rattled off the answer as if he’d said it a thousand times.