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Matt Tobin - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

#60 Matt Tobin

Position OL
Height 6-6
Weight 285 lbs.
Class So.
Hometown Worthington, Iowa
High School Dyersville Beckman

2011 – – Saw action in all 13 games, with 10 starts at left guard . . . started at left guard in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech . . . started at left guard and played every offensive down in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State . . . started at left guard in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh as offense gained 475 yards total offense . . . started at left guard in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe as offense gained 453 yards total offense and allowed no sacks . . . started at left guard in 13-3 loss at Penn State . . . started at left guard in 41-31 win over Northwestern as offense gained 379 yards total offense and allowed no QB sacks . . . started at left guard in 45-24 win over Indiana as offfense gained 456 yards total offense . . . saw action in 22-21 loss at Minnesota as offense gained 446 yards total offense . . . saw action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan . . . saw action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State . . . recorded one solo tackle vs. MSU . . . started at left guard in 31-21 win at Purdue as offense gained 408 yards total offense . . . started at left guard in 20-7 loss at Nebraska . . . started at left guard and played every offensive snap in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma.

2010 – – Listed as second team left tackle following spring practice . . . saw action in offensive line in 37-7 opening win over Eastern Illinois . . . saw action in offensive line in 35-7 win over Iowa State as offense gained 479 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 34-27 loss at Arizona . . . saw action in 45-0 win over Ball State as offense gained 562 yards total offense . . . did not see action in 24-3 win over Penn State . . . did not see action in 38-28 win at Michigan . . . did not see action in 31-30 loss to Wisconsin . . . saw action in 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State . . . did not see action in 18-13 win at Indiana . . . did not see action in 21-17 loss at Northwestern . . . did not see action in 20-17 loss to Ohio State . . . did not see action in 27-24 loss at Minnesota . . . did not see action in 27-24 Insight Bowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri.

2009 – – Not listed on two-deep following spring practice . . . did not see any game action.

2008 – – Redshirted after joining team as a walk-on.

High school honors – – Earned second team all-state honors as a senior . . . named first team all-District and all-Area as a senior, being named captain of all-Area squad . . . Career – – played both offensive and defensive line, serving as team captain . . . also earned two letters in baseball and track and field.

Personal – – Born 6/05/90 . . . geoscience major . . . member of prep High Honor Roll with 3.5 GPA . . . parents are Joyce and Jeff Tobin . . . high school coach was Bill Duffy.