By: S Dean: Matt Grothe is currently the sophomore quarterback of the USF bulls. 6 feet tall and weighing in at 200 pounds, Matt is a Florida native who grew up in Lakeland and played for Lake Gibson High School, where he was a two-time state player of the year. Playing the position of quarterback for the entirely of his football career (which started in early childhood), Grothe grew up idolizing scrambling quarterbacks like Steve Young, Troy Aikman and Brett Favre.
Grothe was the most prolific freshman in the 2006 season, earning approximately 250 yards of total offense per game and contributing to 24 touchdowns. Grothe was the Big East’s third leading passer in 2006 and is a big reason that the Bulls are making a run at a national title this year.
Although Grothe had no shortage of college offers when he graduated from Lake Gibson High School (one of which was to play defensive back at Penn State), Goethe chose USF because he wanted to be part of what he knew would be USF’s football history.
Grothe is admittedly superstitions - repetitively wearing sweat bands up near his biceps during every game. He used to be obsessive about an Indianapolis Colts undershirt he wore during every game from 5th grade through his senior year of high school, but his Lake Gibson coach made him burn the shirt, so now he never wears an undershirt at all.
Grothe used to tape his left fingers, but he forgot to tape them before 2006’s 37-20 win over North Carolina. So he’s started a new practice of not taping his fingers at all and it certainly seems to be working for him.
By all accounts, Grothe is a humble, hard working young man, repeatedly stating he’s just happy to be playing for a Division I team. Undoubtedly, he’s not the only one who‘s ecstatic he's here.
Grothe was the most prolific freshman in the 2006 season, earning approximately 250 yards of total offense per game and contributing to 24 touchdowns. Grothe was the Big East’s third leading passer in 2006 and is a big reason that the Bulls are making a run at a national title this year.
Although Grothe had no shortage of college offers when he graduated from Lake Gibson High School (one of which was to play defensive back at Penn State), Goethe chose USF because he wanted to be part of what he knew would be USF’s football history.
Grothe is admittedly superstitions - repetitively wearing sweat bands up near his biceps during every game. He used to be obsessive about an Indianapolis Colts undershirt he wore during every game from 5th grade through his senior year of high school, but his Lake Gibson coach made him burn the shirt, so now he never wears an undershirt at all.
Grothe used to tape his left fingers, but he forgot to tape them before 2006’s 37-20 win over North Carolina. So he’s started a new practice of not taping his fingers at all and it certainly seems to be working for him.
By all accounts, Grothe is a humble, hard working young man, repeatedly stating he’s just happy to be playing for a Division I team. Undoubtedly, he’s not the only one who‘s ecstatic he's here.
