#3

Matt McDonald

QB · Bowling Green · Sr. · #3

Bowling Green 2022 alumnus
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Matt McDonald

QB · Bowling Green · Sr · #3

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1579 national
CFB
College
Bowling Green
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022Bowling Green23238061.1%2,6697.0229134.4----
2021Bowling Green23639360.1%2,5556.5127121.2----
Career46877360.5%5,2246.83416127.7----
SeasonTeam
2022Bowling Green71-9-0.11--
2021Bowling Green80130.24--
Career15140.05--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 42–35

at Toledo

395 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT  ·  QBR 74.8  ·  -12 rush yds (6 car)

Edged out Toledo on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

QB

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Taylor Powell’s 2022 season.

Eastern Michigan · 2022

#2

Cole Snyder

Buffalo · 2022

68%
#3

Payton Thorne

Michigan State · 2022

67%
#4

Sean Clifford

Penn State · 2021

NFL Rd 5
66%
#5

Ben Gulbranson

Oregon State · 2022

66%

Matches Taylor on

INT rate
Completion %
Height

Differs from Taylor on

Rush yards / carry (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DJ Williams’s path through Southern Illinois.

DJ Williams

97%match

Southern Illinois · 2025

#2

Ross Bowers

Northern Illinois · 2020

96%
#3

Ethan Hampton

Northern Illinois · 2024

94%
#4

Camden Orth

Chattanooga · 2025

91%
#5

Aidan Armenta

UL Monroe · 2025

89%

Matches DJ on

Completion %
Yards per attempt
202020212022

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Brayden Schager's junior season at Hawai'i (2023).

Hawai'i · 2023

#2

Payton Thorne

Michigan State · 2022

67%
#3

Ben Bryant

Cincinnati · 2022

64%
#4

Matthew Caldwell

Troy · 2024

63%
#5

Athan Kaliakmanis

Rutgers · 2024

NFL Rd 7
63%

Matches Brayden on

Total pass EPA (college ability)
INT rate
TD rate

Differs from Brayden on

Weight (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Matt McDonald

#1

Ethan Hampton

Northern Illinois · 2022

94%

Development

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2022
2,5552021
2,6692022

+4%

Modest growth (4%) across the multi-season window.