SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Matt Cavallaro

Ahead of Saturday's Senior Day festivities, take a look back at the career of QB Matt Cavallaro.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Matt Cavallaro
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Matt Cavallaro /

Matt Cavallaro (Matamoras, Pa.) joined the Mountaineer football team as a transfer from Lackawanna Junior College in 2020. He redshirted when he got to Morgantown, and had his first season in the gold and blue immediately halted by COVID-19.

He hasn't seen game action for WVU, but works with the offense as a play-calling liaison in-game.

Matt Cavallaro
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2021 (Jr.)

  • Did not see game action

2020 (COVID)

  • Redshirted after enrolling at WVU in January 2020

2019 (Fr.) - Lackawanna College

  • Played for coach Mark Duda at Lackawanna College
  • Started 11 games, leading Lackawanna to a 10-1 mark and the NJCAA National Championship game
  • Completed 116-of-227 passes for 1,754 yards and 23 touchdowns
  • Scored two rushing touchdowns
  • Season-high 229 yards and five touchdowns on 19-of-29 passing against ASA Miami
  • Finished with 12 completions on 22 attempts for 210 yards and a season-high six touchdowns against Hocking
  • Threw multiple touchdowns in seven games
  • Played junior hockey in Foxboro, Massachusetts, for 1 1/2 years before attending Lackawanna

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