Matthew Brent Blundin is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 quarterback

Quarterback

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 in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He was a back-up

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 quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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 and the Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 during the 1990s.

College career

Blundin was a heavily recruited athlete by a number of colleges during his time in Ridley High School

Ridley High School

Ridley High School serves the Ridley School District. Ridley High School is located in Folsom, Pennsylvania, and has an average student population of 2,100. The school draws students from many socioeconomic backgrounds, due to Ridley Township's economically diverse population. The new high school...

. Penn State

Penn State Nittany Lions football

The Penn State Nittany Lions football team represents the Pennsylvania State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference. It is one of the most tradition-rich and storied college football programs in the...

 recruited the Pennsylvania native to play football

College football

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, however he enrolled at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

 since he was promised the opportunity to play basketball

Basketball

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 in addition to football. Blundin had limited offensive

Offense (sports)

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 skills but was a valuable interior defender and rebounder

Rebound (basketball)

A rebound in basketball is the act of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. Rebounds in basketball are a routine part in the game, as all possessions change after a shot is successfully made...

 for the Cavalier basketball team

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball

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. In 1989, Blundin was part of a Virginia team that advanced to the Elite Eight

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 of the NCAA Tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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. In football, Blundin was the primary back-up to Shawn Moore

Shawn Moore

Shawn Levique Moore is a former National Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback and coach. He attended college at the University of Virginia and has returned to Virginia as an assistant coach under Mike London....

 from 1988 to 1990 and made two starts

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 when Moore was injured. In the first game of the 1991 season, Virginia, which had an explosive offense in 1990, was only able to score 6 points in a loss at Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

. Blundin then developed a serious bacterial infection in his throwing arm that forced him to miss the next two games, a win over Navy and a narrow road loss to highly ranked Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

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. Although backup Bobby Goodman performed well, especially against Georgia Tech, coach George Welsh did not hesitate to restore Blundin as the starter. Both Blundin and the Cavaliers thrived for the remainder of the regular season, with the only setback a tie at Clemson

Clemson University

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. The Cavaliers finished the regular season 8-2-1 and were invited to the Gator Bowl

Gator Bowl

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, where they suffered a lopsided loss to the Oklahoma Sooners

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

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Blundin's most noteworthy accomplishment during his college career was that he threw 224 passes over the entire 1991 regular season without throwing a single interception

Interception (football)

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. He also led the ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 in passing efficiency

Passer rating

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 that year and was named the ACC player of the year.

Professional career

Despite Blundin's limited starting experience, his strong arm and 6'7" height resulted in him being drafted in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft

1992 NFL Draft

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 by the Kansas City Chiefs. In 1995 he was allocated to the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe. Blundin received limited playing time in his career as a backup for the Chiefs and later the Detroit Lions. ESPN

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 broadcaster

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 Chris Berman gave him the nickname Matt "Werewolves of" Blundin which was inspired by the song "Werewolves of London

Werewolves of London

"Werewolves of London" is a rock song composed by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon and performed by Zevon. Included on Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy, it featured accompaniment by bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.The single was released by Asylum as...

" by Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon

Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...

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Life after football

He formerly taught at Western Albemarle High School

Western Albemarle High School

Western Albemarle High School is a public high school located in Crozet, Virginia and is part of the Albemarle County Public School System, serving the western and central areas of Albemarle County. Its approximate enrollment is over 1000 students...

 in Crozet, Virginia

Crozet, Virginia

Crozet is a census-designated place in Albemarle County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is situated along the I-64 corridor approximately west of Charlottesville and east of Staunton. Originally called "Wayland's Crossing", it was renamed in 1870 in honor of Colonel Claudius Crozet, the...

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