Hall of Fame

Tanney, Mitch

Mitch Tanney

  • Class
    2006
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Football
The analytics can be simplified to this: In the two years Mitch Tanney started as quarterback for the Fighting Scots, they lost only two games. The Scots finished 9-1 his junior year, and followed that up with a 10-0 regular season in 2005, securing Monmouth's first-ever NCAA playoff appearance.
 
As a senior, Tanney set an NCAA single-season record, completing 73.6 percent of his passes. That year, he made Football Gazette's All-West Region first team, was Academic All-District V and was the Midwest Conference's Offensive Player of the Year.
 
In two years at Monmouth, Tanney threw for 4,539 yards and 57 touchdowns. His 9.0 yards per pass attempt and pass efficiency rating of 177.5 stood as school records at the time of his induction.
 
After a brief quarterback career in Europe and arena football, the summa cum laude math and Spanish major became a pioneer in the new field of pro football analytics, successfully putting his skills to the test as director of analytics for the Super Bowl 50 champion Denver Broncos.
 
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