Sean Glennon

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name = Sean Glennon


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college = Virginia Tech
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highschool = Westfield High School
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Sean Glennon (born September 5, 1985 in Woodlands, Texas) is a quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

He was named the starter following the dismissal of Marcus Vick and held that job until being replaced by Tyrod Taylor during the 2007 season.cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20070910aaa.html|title=Beamer announces quarterback change|date=2007-09-10|accessdate=2007-09-10|publisher=hokiesports.com] After Tyrod was injured against cfb link|team=Duke Blue Devils|school=Duke University|year=2007|title=Duke, Sean reclaimed the starting duties and started every game since then, splitting time with Tyrod through the remainder of the 2007 season.

Early life and high school

Glennon was born in Woodlands, Texas to John and Nancy Glennon. John, his father, had a position with Exxon Mobil that forced the family to move three times in Sean's grade-school years. From Woodlands, the family would move to New Jersey, back to Texas, then finally to Centreville, Virginia, where they would stay for Glennon's high school years. Sister, Katie also attends Virginia Tech. Brother, Mike, plays for North Carolina State University

Sean Glennon attended Westfield High School in Fairfax County, playing all four years at quarterback, and starting for the Westfield Bulldogs in his junior and senior seasons under head coach Tom Verbanic.

During his junior year, Glennon threw for over 1,700 yards and 21 touchdowns while rushing for another four touchdowns. Over the next year, his final (senior) season at Westfield High School, Glennon led the Bulldogs to the 2003 Virginia AAA Division 6 state championship. He passed for 1,840 yards, 26 touchdowns, and four interceptions during the championship campaign and added four touchdowns on the ground. Following the championship season, Glennon received numerous accolades as he finalized his search for a college choice. In total, Glennon amassed over 4,800 yards passing, 67 passing touchdowns (7th all-time in Virginia), eight rushing touchdowns, and only 11 interceptions.

He was elected to the Associated Press and Virginia Coaches' all-state teams, the Washington Post all-Metro first team, and was ranked No. 21 on the All Mid-Atlantic Team. He earned High School All-America honors from SuperPrep and PrepStar, in addition to being ranked the No. 4 high school player in the state by "The Roanoke Times" and the No. 3 high school player in the state by Rivals.com.

College career

Due to his numerically successful high school career and the number of awards granted him, Glennon was widely recruited by college teams eager to find a stable quarterback. Most Atlantic Coast Conference schools were among those who recruited Glennon. Glennon eventually narrowed that list down to two: Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. After visiting the campuses of each school, Glennon made his decision, committing to Virginia Tech on August 14, 2003.

2004

Despite true freshman status, Sean Glennon participated in four games during the 2004-2005 football season, playing primarily as a relief quarterback in blowouts over Western Michigan University and Florida A&M University.

He saw his first collegiate action on September 11, 2004 in Virginia Tech's 63-0 win over Western Michigan University. Glennon went 4-for-4, completing all of his passes, including a tipped ball that was blocked, caught, and recorded as a pass from Sean Glennon to Sean Glennon. His first pass was a 34-yard touchdown completion to receiver Justin Harper, and he later would record another, 33-yard touchdown pass to backup tight end Duane Brown.

His next action came in the October 16, 2004 homecoming game against Florida A&M University. Taking 40 total snaps in the game, Glennon directed two touchdown drives in the 62-0 blowout. In the game, Glennon went 4-for-7 for 58 yards.

2005

As Marcus Vick returned from his suspension from the Virginia Tech football team to assume the starting quarterback role, Sean Glennon asked for and was granted a redshirt season in 2005. Though still the emergency quarterback who would play in the event that Vick were injured, Glennon did not play and Cory Holt took on the quarterback duty in blowouts. Glennon's only action came in the Maroon-White scrimmage game, where he went 5-for-6 for 36 yards.

2006

Glennon was named the starting quarterback on August 13, 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20060813aaa.html|title=Glennon named starting QB|publisher=hokiesports.com|date=2006-08-13|accessdate=2007-09-02]

In the Hokies' season-opening win over Northeastern University, Glennon completed 15 of his 18 passes for a total of 222 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. He was removed from the game after the second series of the third quarter, having played the entire first half.

In the second game against the University of North Carolina, Glennon went 10-for-16 for 66 yards.

Glennon threw 3 interceptions in the final game of the season against the University of Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Glennon completed 170 of his 302 passing attempts in 2006 for 2191 yards with 11 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2006&org=742&player=7|title=2006 NCAA Statistics|accessdate=2007-09-09|publisher=NCAA]

2007

During winter testing, he set a new record for the bench press among Tech quarterbacks, pressing 375 pounds and surpassing the previous record held by Bryan Randall. [cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2007/glennon.html|title=Sean Glennon (Official Virginia Tech biography)|publisher=hokiesports.com|accessdate=2007-09-02]

In the Hokies' 2007 opener against the cfb link|title=East Carolina Pirates|year=2007|team=East Carolina Pirates, Glennon completed 22 of his 33 passing attempts for 245 yards and one touchdown to tight end Sam Wheeler, after throwing an interception on the Hokies' first offensive snap. [cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20070901aaa.html|title=Hokies hold off East Carolina, 17-7, in season opener|last=Kovatch|first=Matt|date=2007-09-01|accessdate=2007-09-02]

During the Hokies second game of the season, a 48-7 loss to the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, Glennon was pulled from the game after struggling early and replaced with true freshman Tyrod Taylor. Glennon finished the game 2-of-10 passing for 16 yards, two sacks and one interception. [cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20070909aaa.html|title=Tigers swarm Hokies in Death Valley, 48-7|date=2007-09-09|accessdate=2007-09-09|publisher=hokiesports.com] Once Glennon was told he would not be starting he said that he may consider transferring for his final year if he cannot win back his starting position with the team. [cite web|url=http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtfootball/wb/131579|last=Tucker|first=Kyle|title=Glennon disappointed by early hook by coaches|date=2007-09-11|accessdate=2007-09-12|publisher=Roanoke Times]

After back-up duty during the next few games, Glennon returned during the second quarter against cfb link|team=Duke Blue Devils|title=Duke|year=2007 after Tyrod Taylor left the game due to a sprained ankle. Glennon completed 16 of his 21 passes for 258 yards and two touchdowns. [cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20071013aaa.html|title=No. 12 Hokies cruise to 43-14 defeat of Duke|date=2007-10-13|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=hokiesports.com] Glennon's 258 yards were the third most of his career and his personal best since the Hokies' September 30, 2006 loss to Georgia Tech.

On November 1st Glennon was forced to wear a Georgia Tech jersey after 4 Virginia Tech Hokies jerseys went missing. The Hokies won the game by a score of 27-3.

On December 1st, Glennon was awarded the ACC Championship Game MVP award after leading the Hokies to a 30-16 victory over Boston College.

2008

Glennon started the first two games of the Hokies' 2008 season;a loss to the East Carolina Pirates and a victory over the Furman Paladins. Glennon completed 17 of his 31 passes for 181 yards, three interceptions, and one touchdown in his two starts. [cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2008&org=742&player=7|title=Sean Glennon 2008 statistics|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=2008-09-15] He was replaced by Tyrod Taylor for the Hokies' third game against Georgia Tech. Glennon played briefly in relief of Taylor against North Carolina, completing his only pass attempt. [cite web|url=http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtfootball/wb/177693|title=Glennon shows his worth|last=Doughty|first=Doug|accessdate=2008-09-21|date=2008-09-21|publisher=Roanoke Times]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2007/glennon.html Official Virginia Tech biography (hokiesports.com)]
* [http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtfootball/wb/78116 "Glennon tabbed Tech's starting QB" (Roanoke Times, August 14, 2006)]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501285.html "Like His Major, Hokies QB Glennon is All Business" (Washington Post, August 16, 2006)]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/hssports/longterm/allmets/fall03/football.htm The Washington Post's Fall 2003 All-Metro Football Team]
* [http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/2006099aaa.html Hokiesports.com "Hokies' road success continues with win at UNC"]