{"id":116816,"date":"2020-04-25T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T23:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=116816"},"modified":"2020-04-25T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T23:11:16","slug":"mcdonald-drafted-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/25\/mcdonald-drafted-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole McDonald drafted by Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Tennessee Titans are getting another quarterback with Hawaiʻi<\/span> ties.<\/p>\n

Former University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa quarterback Cole McDonald<\/strong> was drafted in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL<\/abbr> draft by the Tennessee Titans.<\/p>\n

McDonald, the 224th pick, completed his redshirt junior season for the Rainbow Warriors in 2019 ranked No. 3 nationally in passing yards with 4,135, No. 6 in total offense with 322.7 yards per game and No. 8 in passing touchdowns with 33.<\/p>\n

The native of La Mirada, Calif., led the Rainbow Warriors to a 10-5 record, including a Mountain West Conference (MW<\/abbr>) West Division title and a victory in the SoFi Hawaiʻi<\/span> Bowl over BYU<\/abbr>, 38-34. McDonald completed 28-of-46 passes for 493 yards and four touchdowns, earning him the SoFi Hawaiʻi<\/span> Bowl MVP<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

McDonald, a Rainbow Warrior since 2016, was named to the all-MW<\/abbr> second team, selected as the Alec Waterhouse team MVP<\/abbr>, named a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist, and named to the Davey O\u2019Brien Award, Manning Award and Maxwell Award watch lists.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the Titans drafted Saint Louis School standout Marcus Mariota. He was Tennessee\u2019s starting quarterback until partway through this past season. Mariota left for the Raiders in the off season.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cole McDonald was named to the all-Mountain West second team and won the Alec Waterhouse team MVP<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-116816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t