Luke McCown

Lucas Patrick McCown (born July 12, 1981) is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs, and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. McCown also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005 to 2008, prior to being picked up by Jacksonville. He is the younger brother of Josh McCown and former Texas A&M quarterback Randy McCown.

Early life
McCown was born and raised in Jacksonville, Texas. Like his older brothers Josh and Randy McCown, he showed an aptitude for sports. He attended Jacksonville High School, where he was a standout in both football and basketball. In basketball, he garnered All-District and All-East Texas honors. For college he attended Louisiana Tech University, where he played for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team.

Cleveland Browns
McCown was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He went on to start in four games for Cleveland. After the season he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the weekend of the 2005 NFL Draft.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
During week 13 of the 2007 NFL season, McCown produced his finest performance as an NFL quarterback, throwing for 313 yards and 2 touchdowns during an emergency start for the injured Jeff Garcia in Tampa Bay's 27-23 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

McCown started the next game against the Houston Texans and was 25-38 for 266 yards and no interceptions, but a loss. He came in relief in the second half of week 16 and threw for 185 yards and one interception. McCown started the last game as the Bucs had already clinched a playoff spot. He threw for 236 yards and one interception with 2 TDs. McCown played in 5 games, starting 3, during the 2007 season, and threw altogether for 1,009 yards, 3 interceptions, 5 touchdowns, with a 91.7 QB rating.

Jacksonville Jaguars
McCown was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars for an undisclosed 2010 draft pick on September 5, 2009. He played as a backup to starting quarterback David Garrard the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

On September 6, 2011, five days before the 2011 regular season opener, Jacksonville announced they were cutting Garrard and that McCown would succeed him as starter for week 1.

On September 18, 2011, McCown was benched after posting the lowest passer rating (1.8) for a starting quarterback in Jaguars history.

New Orleans Saints
On June 7, 2012, McCown signed with the New Orleans Saints. The New Orleans Saints released McCown on August 28, 2012

Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons signed McCown to replace the released Chris Redman on August 28, 2012.

Personal
McCown's brother, Josh, is a quarterback in the National Football League (signed by the Chicago Bears on November 23, 2011). His older brother Randy played quarterback at Texas A&M University. Luke is married to his wife Katy, and has four sons and one daughter.