Background
Dan was born in Pomona, California, and is a former Parade Magazine All-American at Claremont High School in Claremont, California.
Dan was born in Pomona, California, and is a former Parade Magazine All-American at Claremont High School in Claremont, California.
San Diego State University.
He was also a double-figure scorer and rebounder his last two seasons in basketball. He initially enrolled with the University of Iowa where he played for two seasons in limited action before transferring to San Diego State University. McGwire was a first-round draft pick (16th overall) to the Seattle Seahawks in 1991 and went on to play for five seasons in the NFL from 1991 to 1995.
He played four seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and one season for the Miami Dolphins.
He was a backup to Dave Krieg in his rookie season but was expected to be the quarterback of the future. In his second season he was underwhelming in the pre-season and was named third string quarterback behind Stan Gelbaugh and Kelly Stouffer.
In 1993, the Seahawks drafted Rick Mirer out of the University of Notre Dame in the first round, seemingly giving up on McGwire. In 1994 after an injury to Mirer, McGwire got the first (and only) extended playing time of his career.
He started 3 games in which the team went 1-2, and on the season threw 105 passes, completing 51 of them for 578 yards and a touchdown.
The brief playing time did not materialize into anything larger however, and that would be his last season for the Seahawks. After spending one season in Miami he was out of football. He is generally considered a "first round bust," given the fact that he was the first quarterback taken in the 1991 draft that saw Brett Favre go in the 2nd round.
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