Matt Mauck Dr . Matthew Ryan " Matt " Mauck ( born February 12 , 1979 ) is a former American football quarterback , formerly with the NFL ' s Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans , who is best known for leading the LSU Tigers to the 2003 BCS National Championship . Minor League Baseball . Mauck was a star baseball and football player at Jasper High School in Jasper , Indiana , and helped lead the high school baseball team to their very first and following State Championship banners in 1996 and 1997 . He originally committed to play quarterback for head coach Nick Saban at Michigan State out of high school in 1997 . Ultimately , however , he chose to accept a Major League Baseball contract offer from the Chicago Cubs instead of playing college football . He would play on the minor league level in the Cubs organization for three years , before returning to college to play football . LSU . Mauck accepted an offer to play football at LSU in 2000 . LSU was coached at the time by Nick Saban , the same coach who recruited him to play football at Michigan State three years earlier . Saban had just accepted an offer to come to LSU , and was looking for depth at the quarterback position . Mauck was redshirted during the 2000 season , and saw limited action during 2001 regular season . His first significant action came during the 2001 SEC Championship Game , when he came off the bench to replace injured starting quarterback Rohan Davey . Mauck would run for two touchdowns , leading the underdog Tigers to a come - from - behind 31 - 20 victory over the heavily - favored # 2 Tennessee Volunteers . 2002 season . In 2002 , Mauck entered the regular season as the starting quarterback , beating out Marcus Randall and Rick Clausen . He led the Tigers to a 5 - 1 start , but was lost for the season with a broken foot during the sixth game . The Tigers slumped after the injury , finishing the season with an 8 - 5 record . 2003 season . He returned as the starting quarterback for his junior season in 2003 , and led LSU to its best season in 45 years . He set an LSU record , throwing 28 touchdowns during the season . LSU finished the regular season with an 11 - 1 record , and then beat Georgia 34 - 13 in the 2003 SEC Championship Game . The victory helped the Tigers earn a berth in the 2003 BCS Championship Game , the 2004 Sugar Bowl vs . Oklahoma . Mauck did not have a great game in the Sugar Bowl , throwing two interceptions and no touchdowns . However , the Tigers won the game 21 - 14 , earning LSU the BCS National Championship . NFL . Mauck decided to go pro after the 2003 season , and he was selected in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos with the 225th pick in the 7th round . He made the roster , but did not appear in any games in 2004 . In 2005 , he signed with the Tennessee Titans . He appeared in two games during the season , including one start in the final regular season game of the year , a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars . Mauck entered the 2006 NFL offseason on the Tennessee Titans roster , but was cut at the end of the preseason . He became expendable after the Titans drafted Vince Young and signed free agent quarterback Kerry Collins . However , he was signed back to the Titans ' practice squad after week 2 , after third - string quarterback Billy Volek was traded to the San Diego Chargers . After football . Mauck is a 2011 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Dentistry , and currently works as a dentist in Aurora , CO .