{"id":424613,"date":"2023-05-09T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=424613"},"modified":"2023-05-09T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:20:17","slug":"cowboys-invite-elon-qb-matthew-mckay-for-participating-in-rookie-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/cowboys-invite-elon-qb-matthew-mckay-for-participating-in-rookie-minicamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Invite Elon QB Matthew McKay For Participating In Rookie Minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys are closely monitoring a potential young quarterback named Matthew McKay in a league where quarterback skill is eagerly sought after.<\/p>\n<p>The NFC East side has asked the former Elon player to throw at their rookie minicamp because the Cowboys did not choose a quarterback in the just completed 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Dak Prescott&#8217;s starting position won&#8217;t be in jeopardy, but if McKay performs well at minicamp, the Cowboys could consider him as a capable backup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon QB Matthew McKay remains an UDFA and is waiting to receive an invite to rookie mini camps. He\u2019s an impressive 6\u20194\u201d, 225 lbs, who can run and throw. <\/p>\n<p>McKay passed for 2,690 yards, 21 TDs\/4 INTs in 2022, while running for another 458 yards (3.8 YPC) and 3 TDs. <\/p>\n<p>Against\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdRHbMfNrV\">pic.twitter.com\/fdRHbMfNrV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tanner Phifer (@TannerPhiferNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TannerPhiferNFL\/status\/1654516640715792386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Invite Elon QB Matthew McKay For Participating In Rookie Minicamp<\/h2>\n<p>McKay, who was passed over in the 2023 NFL Draft, has traveled a long way to the Cowboys&#8217; audition this week.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to moving on to Montana State in 2021, where he passed for 2,201 yards with 17 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, he started his career at North Carolina State and played there for three seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Cowboys will have QB Matthew McKay at their rookie minicamp later this week.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 61% of his passes last season at Elon for 2,690 yards, 21 TDs and 4 INTs. He also rushed for 458 yards and 3 TDs. He began his college career at North Carolina State <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdtVBa5Qlf\">https:\/\/t.co\/kdtVBa5Qlf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Machota (@jonmachota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1655706935272898563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At Elon, where he spent the year 2022, he completed 61% of his throws for 2,690 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions. In addition, he ran for 458 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>He completed 5,708 passes for 41 touchdowns and 8 interceptions throughout his collegiate career. His 873 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Elon quarterback Matthew McKay tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_MLFootball<\/a> he has received an invite to the Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> rookie minicamp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AEtrh30cqw\">pic.twitter.com\/AEtrh30cqw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1655681542616743938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys appear to have taken note of the QB&#8217;s success with Elon. McKay has similar abilities to Prescott, showing off a powerful arm, agility, and the capacity to make plays both in and out of the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the quarterback was not selected, he still has a chance to make an NFL team in 2023 if he can win over coaches and scouts in attendance at the Cowboys rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9w2Z7AyTso\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lonnie Walker IV Was The Highlight Of Game 4, As He Lead Lakers To A Win Against Warriors\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lonnie-walker-iv-was-the-highlight-of-game-4-as-he-lead-lakers-to-a-win-against-warriors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lonnie Walker IV Was The Highlight Of Game 4, As He Lead Lakers To A Win Against Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys are closely monitoring a potential young quarterback named Matthew McKay in a league where quarterback skill is eagerly sought after. The NFC East side has asked the former Elon player to throw at their rookie minicamp because the Cowboys did not choose a quarterback in the just completed 2023 NFL Draft. Dak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":424614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,48],"tags":[8064,3930,8062,2211,8063],"class_list":["post-424613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas-cowboys","category-nfl","tag-cowboys-matthew-mckay","tag-cowboys-news","tag-elon-qb-matthew-mckay","tag-nfl-news","tag-qb-matthew-mckay"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}