National Football Foundation

Greg McElroy, already a national champion, is now the University of Alabama's sixth NFF National Scholar-Athlete. After graduating in three years, McElroy is working on a graduate degree while leading the No. 7 Crimson Tide in its national title defense.

A Rhodes Scholar nominee, McElroy is a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll honoree. The Southlake, Texas, resident has qualified for the Dean's List four times and the President's List twice. One of The Sporting News' "20 Smartest Athletes," he was named Alabama's Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Marketing and earned the Marketing Senior Gold Certificate.

En route to leading Alabama to its 13th national title in 2009, McElroy was named Most Valuable Player of the SEC Championship Game in a 32-13 defeat of No. 1 Florida. McElroy, who claims a 21-1 record as a starter, currently ranks fourth nationally with a 150.42 career pass efficiency rating. In 2009, McElroy directed an offense that gained more yards from scrimmage than any other in the 118-year history of Alabama football while finishing with the lowest interception percentage in school history and second-lowest in SEC history. This season, McElroy has completed 137-of-194 passes for 1,781 yards with 11 touchdowns and was recently named a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist.

McElroy has volunteered with Read Across America, Habitat for Humanity, the West Alabama Food Bank and Hospice of West Alabama. Since 2007, he has been a member of the university's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is also a member of the UA Athletics and Academics Committee. McElroy was drafted in the seventh round (208th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the New York Jets and appeared in two games for the Jets in 2012, throwing for 214 yards and a touchdown. After one season with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2013, he retired from the NFL. McElroy is a member of the SEC Network broadcast team and co-hosts The First Team on Sirius Radio.