John Matocha
John Matocha is an American football quarterback for the Colorado Mines Orediggers. Early life and high school 
Matocha grew up in Magnolia, Texas and attended Magnolia West High School. As a senior, he completed 66 percent of his passes for 3,441 yards and 38 touchdowns and also rushed for 868 yards and 15 touchdowns. College career 
Matocha became the Colorado Mines Orediggers' starting quarterback two games into his freshman season. He was named first-team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and the conference's  Offensive Freshman of the Year after passing for 2,825 yards with 29 touchdown passes and five interceptions while also rushing for 598 yards and 11 touchdowns. Matocha's sophomore season was cancelled due to Covid-19. In 2021, Matocha passed for 3,105 yards and 38 touchdowns and was named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Year. He repeated as the RMAC Offensive Player of the Year and won the Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in NCAA Division II in 2022. Matocha finished the season with 4,778 passing yards and 52 touchdown passes. On October 28, 2023, in the Orediggers' week 8 game against Western Colorado, Matocha threw for 3 touchdowns in a 42–7 win, and in doing so, surpassed Tyson Bagent to become the all-time total touchdowns leader in NCAA Division II, with 173 in his career. Statistics

References

External links 
Colorado Mines Orediggers bio

Living people
Players of American football from Texas
American football quarterbacks
Colorado Mines Orediggers football players
Year of birth missing (living people)