Dan McGwire
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Daniel Scott McGwire is a former American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
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 and Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
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 of the National Football League
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Early life

Dan was born in Pomona, California
Pomona, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Pomona had a population of 149,058, a slight decline from the 2000 census population. The population density was 6,491.2 people per square mile...

, and is a former Parade Magazine All-American at Claremont High School
Claremont High School (Claremont, California)
Claremont High School is a public secondary school situated in Claremont, California, USA. Part of the Claremont Unified School District, it is a California Distinguished School, a two-time national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence , and recently a nationally recognized International Baccalaureate...

 in Claremont, California
Claremont, California
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. He made Street & Smith's top 50 list, was named honorable mention all-America by USA Today
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, completed 203 of 328 passes (61.9 percent) for 3,172 yards and 33 TDs as a senior, punted for a 40-yard average, led his team to California
California
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's East Sectional title (includes 550 teams), was named California's 1985 Offensive Player of the Year, made the Cal-Hi Sports first team all-state squad, quarterbacked squad to three-year record of 36-3-1 including 13-1 mark as a senior, passed for 345 and 303 yards in sectional championship games as junior and senior, was named 1985 state MVP, and accumulated three-year varsity totals of 6,559 yards passing and 65 TDs. He was also a double-figure scorer and rebounder his last two seasons in basketball.

College career

He initially enrolled with the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

 where he played for two seasons in limited action before transferring to San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...

. In 1989, McGwire passed for 3,651 yards and in 1990 threw for 3,883 yards and 27 touchdowns and was named First-Team All-Conference and earned the title of Offensive Team Captain and won team MVP honors as a Senior.

Professional career

McGwire was a first-round draft pick (16th overall) of the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

 in 1991 and went on to play for five seasons in the NFL
National Football League
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 from 1991 to 1995. He played four seasons for the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
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 and one season for the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. He was a backup to Dave Krieg
Dave Krieg
David Michael Krieg is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He attended Milton College and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent...

 in his rookie season but was expected to be the quarterback
Quarterback
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 of the future. In his second season he was underwhelming in the pre-season and was named third string quarterback behind Stan Gelbaugh
Stan Gelbaugh
Stanley Morris Gelbaugh is a former professional American football quarterback. Although he played several seasons in the National Football League, he attained his greatest success in the World League of American Football with the London Monarchs, where he was the league's Offensive Most Valuable...

 and Kelly Stouffer
Kelly Stouffer
Kelly Wayne Stouffer is a former American football quarterback in the NFL. He spent most of his career with the Seattle Seahawks from 1988–1992. He graduated from Rushville High School in Rushville, Nebraska and attended Colorado State University...

. In 1993, the Seahawks drafted Rick Mirer
Rick Mirer
Richard Franklin Mirer is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. After a successful collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame, Mirer was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the second pick in the 1993 NFL Draft. Mirer was traded to the Chicago Bears during...

 out of the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
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 in the first round, seemingly giving up on McGwire. In 1994 after an injury to Mirer, McGwire got the first (and only) extended playing time of his career. He started 3 games in which the team went 1-2, and on the season threw 105 passes, completing 51 of them for 578 yards and a touchdown. The brief playing time didn't materialize into anything larger however, and that would be his last season for the Seahawks. After spending one season in Miami he was out of football.

He is generally considered a "first round bust," given the fact that he was the first quarterback taken in the 1991 draft that saw Brett Favre
Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...

 go in the 2nd round.

Personal life

At six feet, eight inches, he is the tallest quarterback drafted in the NFL to date. Dan's brother, former St. Louis Cardinals ballplayer Mark McGwire
Mark McGwire
Mark David McGwire , nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He is currently the hitting coach for the St...

, as well as younger brother Jay McGwire have both admitted to using HGH (Human Growth Hormone) to improve athletic performance. He is currently the president of a vitamin water company in Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

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