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Theo Day

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Theo Day
No. 12
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born: (2000-07-20) July 20, 2000 (age 24)
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolDivine Child (Dearborn, Michigan)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MVFC (2022)

Theo Day (born July 20, 2000) is an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and Northern Iowa Panthers.

Early life

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Day grew up in Canton, Michigan and attended Divine Child High School.[1] As a senior he completed 120-of-203 passes for 1,622 yards and 16 touchdowns and also rushed for 878 yards and 13 touchdowns.[2] Day was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Michigan State over offers from Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky, and Boston College.[3]

College career

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Day began his college career at Michigan State and joined the team as an early enrollee in January 2018.[4] He redshirted his true freshman season.[5] Day played in two games as a redshirt freshman with his most significant playing time coming in a 28-7 loss to Penn State, where he completed 2-of-3 pass attempts for 12 yards but was benched after calling the wrong play in the huddle.[6] He competed for the Spartans' starting quarterback job against Rocky Lombardi and Payton Thorne entering the 2020 season, but ultimately was listed as the third-string prior to the season-opener.[7] Day did not play in any games during the season, which was shortened and did not count towards his eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Following the end of the season Day entered the NCAA transfer portal.[9]

Day ultimately transferred to Northern Iowa.[10] He became the Panthers' starting quarterback in his first season with the team and was named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) All-Newcomer team after passing for 2,316 yards with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.[11] Day was named first team All-MVFC in 2022 after completing 210 of 323 pass attempts for 3,121 yards with 26 touchdowns and six interceptions and four rushing touchdowns.[12][13]

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 5+12 in
(1.97 m)
224 lb
(102 kg)
33 in
(0.84 m)
10 in
(0.25 m)
4.81 s 1.72 s 2.76 s 4.53 s 7.25 s 35.0 in
(0.89 m)
9 ft 5 in
(2.87 m)
All values from Pro Day[14]

References

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  1. ^ Trieu, Allan (February 23, 2017). "Trieu: Divine Child QB Theo Day on MSU: 'They love me'". The Detroit News. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  2. ^ Goricki, David (January 24, 2018). "Blue Chip profile: Summer work pays dividends for Theo Day". The Detroit News. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Recruiting: Dearborn Divine Child QB Theo Day commits to MSU". Lansing State Journal. February 26, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Wenzel, Matt (December 20, 2017). "Michigan State QB signee Theo Day ready to enroll early and start learning the offense". MLive.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "How Theo Day went from Michigan State backup to UNI starter". The Gazette. October 15, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Wenzel, Matt (December 24, 2019). "Michigan State QB Theo Day looking forward to competing for starting job". MLive.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Solari, Chris (October 19, 2020). "Resetting Michigan State football's QB battle with Rutgers game looming". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "UNI's Theo Day gets attention of NFL evaluators". The Des Moines Register. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "Michigan State football QB Theo Day latest to enter transfer portal". Detroit Free Press. April 28, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  10. ^ Wenzel, Matt (May 25, 2021). "Former Michigan State QB Theo Day transferring to Northern Iowa". MLive.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "Theo Day, Jared Brinkman earn MVC awards". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. November 30, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "College Football: Confidence, natural talent makes UNI's Day best college QB in Iowa". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  13. ^ Kolpack, Jeff (August 20, 2023). "Missouri Valley '23: Northern Iowa returns top QB gun in Theo Day". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "2024 NFL Draft Scout Theo Day College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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