Jaguar Highlights: Enters the fall listed as the starter at quarterback ... Completed 7-of-11 attempts for 78 yards, throwing a seven-yard scoring pass in the opening quarter, to lead the Red team in USA’s annual spring game; he also carried three times for 14 yards.
As A Junior (2012): Took over the starting job at the beginning of Sun Belt Conference play, ending up with 10 starts while appearing in all 13 outings ... Was 189-of-345 passing for 2,148 yards and 12 scores, setting school season records for attempts, completions, passing yards and touchdowns ... Also gained 141 yards and scored once on the ground while recording 99 carries ... Paced the squad with 2,148 yards of total offense ... Ranked 10th in the league in both passing (165.23) and total (176.08) yards per contest ... Recorded 360 yards and two touchdowns on 27-of-44 passing in SBC finale at Louisiana-Lafayette, setting USA standards for completions and passing yards in a game ... Finished with 326 yards of total offense against Florida International, going 19-of-37 passing for 270 yards and a score while rushing eight times for a career-best 56 yards ... Completed 24-of-38 attempts for 241 yards and a school game-record three touchdown passes, also gaining 22 yards on nine attempts at Arkansas State ... Was 23-of-45 passing — a program game record for attempts — for 233 yards and a touchdown at North Texas ... Threw for 211 yards and a pair of scores while completing 21-of-41 attempts at Louisiana-Monroe ... Posted 213 yards of total offense with one touchdown passing and another rushing in three-point, double-overtime win over Florida Atlantic ... Completed 17-of-30 passes for 189 yards and a score while collecting 221 total yards against Middle Tennessee in home finale ... Was 14-of-20 passing for 189 yards with a touchdown at North Carolina State ... Threw for 70 yards in first career start at nationally-ranked Mississippi State.
Virginia Highlights (2009-11): Spent three seasons at UVA, earning his undergraduate degree in sociology in the summer of 2012 ... Completed his only two pass attempts his last season for 36 yards ... Was part of a Cavalier program that finished the year 8-5 after participating in the Chick-fil-A Bowl ... Was 13-of-17 passing for 171 yards and three touchdowns while playing in five contests in 2010 ... Completed 7-of-9 attempts for 68 yards and a score against Florida State, also going 4-of-5 for 53 yards and a touchdown in his collegiate debut against VMI ... Sat out as a redshirt during the 2009 campaign.
High School Highlights: Earned three stars from Rivals.com coming out of Sherando High, where he earned four letters in football ... Ranked 78th by Scout.com and 95th by ESPN.com among quarterbacks ... Was the 30th-ranked player in the state according to both SuperPrep and the Roanoke Times ... Had 7,237 passing yards in his Warrior career, which ranks fifth in Group AA state history ... Also set school record and was 10th in Group AA state history with 69 career touchdown passes ... Was 38-7 as a starter for SHS, helping the team advance to the state playoffs three times ... Was first-team all-region and all-district as a senior despite missing portion of the year due to injury ... Threw for 1,317 yards that fall — including a school-record 403 yards against rival James Wood HS in what proved to be his final game — to also be named honorable mention all-metro by the Washington Post as well earn district offensive player-of-the-year accolades ... Honors his junior year included being selected second-team all-state, first-team all-region and all-district after going 146-of-235 passing for 2,207 yards and 24 touchdowns ... Also was chosen the district offensive player of the year and named the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star’s Male Athlete of the Year ... Helped the Warriors advance to the state championship game for the first time in 11 years, also earning first-team all-region and all-district recognition on defense ... Recorded 1,918 yards and 14 scores through the air his freshman year ... Was an all-area basketball player and member of the baseball team as well.
Personal: Full name is Ross Blaine Metheny ... Born Sept. 20, 1990, in Morgantown, W.Va. ... Son of Jerry and Lynn Metheny ... Is the youngest of three children ... Uncle, Brad Metheny, lettered as a defensive back in 1985 and ’86 for West Virginia ... Favorite movie is “Friday Night Lights” ... Favorite book is “Quiet Strength” ... Favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Favorite player is Aaron Rodgers ... Favorite musical artist is the Dave Matthews Band ... Favorite food is steak ... Favorite subject is math ... Likes to play golf in his spare time ... Would like to become a coach or an athletic director ... Was also recruited by Georgia, Boston College, Maryland and Connecticut out of high school ... Working towards his master’s degree in educational leadership.
