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Holy Cross QB Matthew Sluka has entered the portal...

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I posted this elsewhere but felt the need to make it's own post as well. This should be a familiar name for those who have followed the speculative portal threads the past two offseasons. Here's some info on
Matthew Sluka. Gotta wonder if RU makes a push for him. Sluka might be the best QB in the FCS. I've written about him for two off-seasons now. Here's what I said in October of last year...

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Matthew Sluka (JR, Holy Cross):
Sluka is listed at 6-3, 215 lbs and would have 2 years of eligibility remaining after this season. He hails from Long Island (Locust Valley, N.Y. and went to Kellenberg Memorial HS) and spent a post-grad year at the Peddie School. Sluka had a perfect record his final 2 years as a HS QB and while at Peddie (3 straight seasons as a starting QB without a loss). Sluka has a PFF grade of 92.2 and is PFF's #2 overall QB (out of 294 qualifying QBs). His previous 2 seasons he put up PFF grades of 84.7 (2021) and 73.1 (2020).

He's currently in his 3rd season as Holy Cross' starting QB (started as a true freshman during the shorted COVID year) and in his career has put up 206/358 (58%) for 2,875 yards 24 TDs and 7 INTs through the air and 1,454 rushing yards on 286 carries (5.1 ypc) and 23 TDs on the ground in 22 career starts. He’s gone 18-4 as a starting QB in college.

He’s off to his best season of his career in 2022 (69/115 for 1,176 yards passing 11 TDs/1 INT through the air, 352 yards and 5 TDs on the ground through 5 games) while leading Holy Cross to a 5-0 record.

This kid would fit Gleeson’s offense perfectly.




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Here's an update on Sluka for 2023. He's led his team to a 7-4 record on the season, while missing 2 games with an injury. Holy Cross has lost two games to FBS opponents by 3 points each (BC and Army).

He's continued his incredible production, both from a PFF grading standpoint and from a statistical standpoint. He's got a career high PFF grade of 92.0 this season putting him at the 4th overall QB out of 310 qualifiers...

YearGradeOverall
202392.04th (out of 310 qualifiers)
202291.68th (out of 308 qualifiers)
202184.746th (out of 294 qualifiers)

From a statistical standpoint, Sluka is a true dual threat. Here are his stats as a starter at Holy Cross:


Passing
YearPassing YardsTD/INTCompletion %
2023 (11 games)1,72820/5122/197 (61.9%)
2022 (13 games)2,48926/4153/266 (57.5%)
2021 (13 games)1,51211/5117/208 (56.3%)

Rushing
YearRushing YardsTDsYPC
20231,24796.7
20221,234116.1
2021868145.2

Here's an additional highlight tape I was able to find:





In games against FBS competition in his career he's put up the following statlines...

2023 @ Army (Loss 17-14): 16/23 (69.6%) passing for 156 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT. 37 rushes for 171 rushing yards
2023 @ Boston College (Loss 31-28): 10/15 passing (66.7%) for 130 yards, 0 TDs and 0 INTs. 19 rushes for 131 rushing yards and 2 TDs
2022 @ Buffalo (Win 37-31): 13/21 passing (61.9%) for 238 yards, 3 TDs and 0 INTs. 25 rushes for 146 yards and 0 TDs
2021 @ UConn (Win 38-28): 9/16 passing (56.3%) for 123 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs. 14 rushes for 112 yards and 1 TD.

Dude can play at the P5 level. If we decide to target a QB in the portal it should be this kid...
 
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