Cade McNown
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[edit] CADE McNOWNFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cade B. McNown (born January 12, 1977 in Portland, Oregon) is a quarterback who played in the National Football League. He attended and played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles. He started his professional career with the Chicago Bears, who selected him as the twelfth overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft and finished his brief professional career as a back-up quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. College career McNown became the starting quarterback at UCLA as a true freshman, four games into the season, ranking first among all freshmen quarterbacks in many statistics. In 1995, UCLA was 7-5 and played in the Aloha Bowl. He was less successful in 1996, when UCLA would go 5-6 and he would be ranked 9th in the Pac-10 in pass efficiency. In 1997, McNown announced the team's goal to score an average of 30 points per game. After an 0-2 start, UCLA would win all of its remaining games, to end ranked 5th in the nation. At the season's end, McNown was a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, began being mentioned as a Heisman contender, was named an All-American by the Associated Press (third team), The Sporting News (third team) and to the All-Pac-10 team (second team). He led the nation in passing efficiency with a 168.6 rating. His play broke many UCLA records, most of which had been previously set by Tom Ramsey. In 1998, McNown and UCLA went to a 10-2 record, and lost to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1999 Rose Bowl. He set new school passing records, finished third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy voting, and was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press. He would again be considered as a contender for the Davey O'Brien award, as well as Maxwell Award, but received neither, although he won the Johnny Unitas Award and Pop Warner Award.[2] Sidenote: Personal hero to enthusiastic bruin internet personality/ucla fan Hugh Johnson
1. ^ Database Football. 2. ^ Bruin Gold, Sons of Westwood: Bruin Legends. [edit] Statistics<stats> Player=Cade McNown Sport=NFL </stats> [edit] References[edit] Related Articles[edit] Recent Cade McNown ArmchairGM Stories
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