| Monmouth Fighting Scots — No. 11 | |
| Quarterback | Senior |
| Major: Business Administration | |
| Date of birth: 1987 | |
| Place of birth: Lexington, Illinois | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) |
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| High school: Lexington High School | |
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Alex Tanney (born 1987) is an American football quarterback from Lexington, Illinois. He is the starting quarterback for the Monmouth College Fighting Scots. Tanney missed the entire 2010-11 season after tearing his A-C joint in his right shoulder in the Midwest Conference season opener, home debut against Grinnell College, and 1,000th game in school history.[1] Tanney is known for making a montage video showing trick football throws that went viral.[2] On October 29, 2011, in a game against Carroll University, Tanney set the NCAA record for all-time career touchdown passes.
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He was a three-sport high school standout athlete at Lexington High School in Lexington, Illinois. He was a two time first team Illinois All-State quarterback and lead his team to the IHSA state semi-finals his senior year. He holds nearly every football passing record at Lexington. He was also a star basketball player becoming the all-time points leader in LHS history. Tanney also placed at the IHSA State Track and Field Finals his junior and senior years.
Tanney was named Pre-Season All-American for the 2009 season. He was named the 2008 Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the year headlining the First-Team offensive squad. After only two years at Monmouth Tanney has shattered nearly every Monmouth College passing record. He leads in five different categories. These include yardage (3,624) and touchdowns (50) in the 2008 season. In just two years, he set the new career marks for completions with (560) and games with over 300 yards (14). With two years remaining, he is just nine touchdowns shy of the career mark of 83 touchdown passes.
Tanney was awarded the 2009 Melberger trophy which is given annually to the best player in Division III. He repeated again as the Midwest Conference Player of the Year while leading the Scots to the playoffs throwing for the most passing yards in the country with 3,856 yards and tossing 44 touchdowns while rushing for one. He was also named second team All-American by D3football.com and First Team All-West Region. He gained notoriety in 2011 posting a quarterback trick shot video on YouTube.
In July 2011, History Channel’s “Stan Lee’s Superhumans” filmed an episode featuring Tanney. The episode featured Tanney's "super-human" throwing accuracy.[3]
On October 29, 2011, in a game against Carroll University, Tanney set the NCAA record for all-time career touchdown passes. He is leader for touchdown passes with 150, surpassing Jimmy Terwilliger who had 148.
Tanney finished his collegiate career with 157 touchdown passes.
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| NCAA record for all-time career touchdown passes (157) | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
| Associated Press Little All-American | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
| AFCA Division III Coaches' All-American | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
| D3football.com All-West Region | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
| D3football.com All-American | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
| Melberger Award Trophy | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
| Offensive Player of the Year in the Midwest Conference[4] | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2011 | |||||||
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| All-Time record for pass-completions (Illinois)[5] | 1 | 2006 | |||||||
| Illinois All-State | 2 | 2005, 2006 | |||||||
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