Michael Rocco

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Weight:
228
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lynchburg, Va.
High School:
Liberty Christian Academy

2014
• Played in all 14 games, making four starts
• Threw for 117-of-207 passes for 1451 yards and four touchdowns in his final season
• Rushed for 75 yards on 43 attempts with five touchdowns on the year
• Threw a pass for 27 yards in the playoff win against Morgan State
• Completed 3-of-9 passes against James Madison
• Went 23-of-47 for 280 yards and a touchdown, while picking up 11 yards rushing with a touchdown at Maine
• Threw for 314 yards off 21-of-42 passes with one rushing touchdown in the win against No. 3 Villanova
• Had a career day at Elon, throwing for 296 yards off 21-of-33 passes
• Threw for 162 yards off 17-of-31 passes and a touchdown in the win against Rhode Island
• Had 69 yards off 9-of-11 in the win at Albany
• Threw a touchdown pass in the win at Liberty
• Scored his third-career rushing touchdown as a Spider against No. 7 New Hampshire
• Went 6-of-7 for 74 yards, while taking for a season-high four rushes for 26 yards in the win over Hampton
• Threw for 97 yards on 5-of-11 passing at Virginia
• Made her first Spider appearance in the season opener against Morehead State
• Threw 9-of-13 for 117 yards and a touchdown against the Eagles

2013
• Transferred from Virginia
• Will redshirt in 2013 and be eligible to compete in 2014

2012 (at Virginia)
• Started eight of the 11 games in which he appeared
• Earned second letter
• Finished the season ranked No. 8 all-time at UVa in career passing (4,731) and No. 7 in all-time TD passes (27)
• Finished season with a career completion percentage of .603 - which ranks No. 3 all-time at UVa
• Also finished the season No. 8 all-time at UVa in total offense (4,829)
• Finished season No. 3 all-time at UVa in career 300-yard passing games (4)
• Posted his third career 300-yard passing game with 311 on 25-of-37 passing and a TD against Richmond
• Went 6-of-6 for 97 yards and a TD on the game-winning drive against Penn State • Threw for 278 yards and two TDs vs. La Tech
• Came off bench to throw for 83 yards and TD at NC State
• Started vs. Miami and had a career-high 4 TD passes and set UVa record with 18 consecutive completions
• Named ACC Offensive Back of the Week for his Nov. 10 game against Miami
• Started the North Carolina and Virginia Tech game to finish the season
• The Penn State and Miami games were the third and fourth games of his career that he engineered a fourth quarter game-winning drive in the closing minutes

2011 (at Virginia)
• One of 13 Cavaliers to have started all 13 games
• At the age of 19 became the youngest UVa QB to win his first two career starts in program history
• With 2,671 passing yards he ranks No. 1 at UVa among starting QBs in their first season
• Season total ranks No. 4 all-time for a season at UVa
• Passed for 174 yards in first career start, serving as the seventh-most in program history by a UVa QB making his first career start
• Passed for a career-high 307 yards with 2 TDs at Maryland
• Fourth 200-yard game and first-career 300-yard game (307) at Maryland
• MD game also represented back-to-back 200-yard performance (226 in Week 8 at Miami)
• Tossed No. 13 all-time at UVa with six career games with 200 or more yards passing
• Led two 4th quarter comebacks for a win, both of which were on the road (Indiana & Florida State)
• Was the starting QB as UVa became the first college program to ever win road games at Miami and Florida State in the same season
• Tossed for 312 yards against Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl
• The Chick-fil-A Bowl performance ranks No. 2 in the UVa annals for a bowl game and is only the second time a UVa signal caller surpassed 300 yards passing in a bowl
• His 26 completions against Auburn is a Virginia bowl record

2010 (at Virginia)
• Appeared in six of Virginia's 12 games
• Went 4-of-6 with a touchdown for 64 yards in his collegiate debut against VMI
• Teamed up with Marc Verica and Ross Metheny against VMI to become the first UVa quarterback trio in the post-World War II era to toss touchdowns all in the same game
• His TD strike coupled with Metheny's against VMI served as the first time in program history two freshman threw scoring strikes in the same game
• Went a perfect 3-of-3 for 12 yards in the second quarter at Boston College

High School
• 2009 Private Schools All-State second-team defensive back
• 2009 Private Schools All-State honorable mention quarterback
• 2009 Lynchburg News & Advance All-Area second-team defensive back
• 2009 Lynchburg News & Advance All-Arena honorable mention quarterback
• Ranked No. 109 quarterback in the nation by Scout.com
• Ranked No. 109 quarterback in the nation by ESPN.com
• Four-year starter at Liberty Christian
• Passed for 2,066 yards, 24 touchdowns and rushed for seven scores as a junior in 2008
• Suffered a broken left arm and dislocated left wrist before the start of his senior season
• Returned for LCA's final five regular season games and led the Bulldogs to the 2009 VIS state championship game, passing for 235 yards and three touchdowns

Personal
• Son of Leslie and Frank Rocco
• Nephew of Richmond head football coach Danny Rocco
• Father, Frank Rocco, Jr., is a former quarterback at Penn State and a member of the Nittany Lions' 1982 National Championship team
• Grandfather, Frank Rocco, Sr., served as an assistant coach at Penn State under legendary Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno
• Played for his father, Frank Rocco, at Liberty Christian
• Brother, Chris Rocco, was an All-Big South Conference safety at Liberty
• Sister, Jennifer, is currently a teacher in Charlottesville at Monticello High School