in the AP Poll on the following bye week. The rest of the season was marred by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, the team lost 3 of their last four games, and McGloin did not play in the team's TicketCity Bowl loss to Houston after suffering a concussion during a locker room altercation with receiver Curtis Drake. Though McGloin took only 2/3 of the team's snaps that season, he led the team and finished 9th in the Big Ten with 125 completions, 231 attempts, a 54.1% completion percentage, 1,571 passing yards, and an efficiency of 118.3. He also had 8 touchdown passes (10th in the Big Ten) against only 5 interceptions. 2012 season The arrival of new head coach Bill O'Brien paid huge dividends for McGloin. Though one of three quarterbacks considered for the starting role until just before opening day, McGloin started all 12 games and had a passer efficiency rating over 100 in all of them. In Week 4 against Eastern Michigan, McGloin went 14-of-17 for 220 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions, for the highest completion percentage (82.4%) and passer efficiency (249.3) by a Penn State quarterback since 2000. On November 17, 2012, in the course of a 395 yard, four-touchdown effort over Illinois, he surpassed Daryll Clark's career record for touchdown passes (45) in Penn State history, Clark's single-season record of 3,003 passing yards, and Anthony Morelli's single-season record of 234 completions. He finished the season leading the Big Ten with a school-record 270 completions, 446 attempts, 3,271 yards and 24 touchdowns. McGloin earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors and was the 2012 Burlsworth Trophy winner, given by the Rotary Club of Springdale, Arkansas to the most outstanding college football player who began his career as a walk-on. College statistics Legacy at Penn State McGloin ended his career at Penn State with a school-record 46 touchdowns, and ranked 2nd in school history to Zack Mills with 513-of-894 for 6,390 yards. His career efficiency of 130.2 is the highest among players with at least 750 pass attempts. McGloin was honored on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Rep. Marty Flynn in 2013. Flynn cited McGloin's "daily demonstration of grit and tenacity." The Worthington Scranton campus of Penn State University named its baseball field after McGloin. Professional career McGloin was rated the 22nd best quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. Oakland