18 Matthew Palazzo
18 - Matthew Palazzo
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Greeneville, Tenn.
High School: Chuckey-Doak HS
Position: QB
Major: Sport Management / Business Administration
gp 9
yds 800
td 5
yds/g 88.9

2024: Enters season with 2,045 career passing yards (10th in TU history), 301 career completions (10th in TU history) and a .545 career completion percentage (8th in TU history)... AFCA Good Works Team nominee.

2023: Appeared in 10 games including nine starts at quarterback where he posted a 6-3 record and led the Pioneers to a SAC Mountain Division title... Passed for 2,045 yards (3rd in SAC / 47th in NCAA II) going 164-for-301 and accounted for 26 touchdowns (19 pass, 7 rush)... 19 TD passes were second in the league (37th in NCAA II) and the ninth-most in a TU single-season... Seven rushing touchdowns were ninth in the SAC... Passed for a season-high 370 yards and four touchdowns in road win at Carson-Newman (Oct. 7), TU's first win in Jefferson City since 1934... Rushed for two touchdowns in first collegiate start in 23-21 win at Wingate (Sep. 16)... Passed for 202 yards including the game-winning 46-yard TD with 2:59 remaining in the contest... Ran for 56 yards and two TDS in home win over Catawba (Sep. 23).where he also passed for 226 yards and two scores... Named TSWA Offensive Player of the Week and SAC Offensive Player of the Week... Passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns vs UVA Wise (Oct. 14) and was named TSWA Offensive Player of the Week and SAC Offensive Player of the Week... Threw for three touchdowns going 18-for-22 with 229 yards...   CSC Academic All-District First Team... AFCA Good Works Team nominee... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2022: Played in two games against St. Augustine's (Sep. 1) and Catawba (Sep. 24)... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2021: Redshirt.

High School: Graduated from Chuckey-Doak HS in Afton, Tenn... Coached by Tusculum football alum Ben Murphy (football)... Lettered three years in football and four times in baseball... Three-time All-Region 1-3A (2018-2020)... 2020 Greeneville Sun All-County QB... 2019 Region Player of the Year... HMG Scholar Athlete of the Year (2020)... 2020 Academic All-Region... Guided CDHS to back-to-back TSSAA Playoff appearances... Led Black Knights to 2019 Region title, first in school history... Owns numerous school records including career completions, single-game passing yards (405 vs Unicoi County - 2019), single-game passing TDs, single-game completions... Named WJHL-TV and WCYB-TV Player of the Week for his 405-yard, 4-TD performance against Unicoi County HS in 2019... 2019 Stats: 1,772 total offensive yards (1331 pass, 441 rush), 15 touchdowns; 2020 Stats (7 games): 1,036 total offensive yards (719 pass, 317 rush) and accounted for seven touchdowns.

Personal: Born Nov. 5, 2002 in Slidell, La... Son of Michael and Alicia Palazzo... Brothers: Ethan (23), Nicholas (18), Benjamin (16)... Engaged to Jules Aiken... Majoring in sport management with a minor in visual communication design and business administration... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Dean's List... Charles Oliver Gray Honors List... Future plans: Work in college athletics... Student assistant in the Tusculum Athletic Communications Office...Also assists with radio broadcasts for Radio Greeneville, Inc. for football and basketball... Hobbies: Pickleball, watching movies, reading... Community Service: Nettie Day of Service, CDHS youth football camp instructor, Locust Springs Christian Retreat Center Camp counselor, Greeneville First Church of God Livestream producer... Mother played basketball at the University of New Orleans (1994-1997)... Brother, Ethan, played basketball at Milligan and Tusculum and graduated from TU in May 2024... Favorite class at Tusculum: New Testament with Dr. Travis Williams... Favorite book: Thr3e by Ted Dekker... Favorite midnight snack: Ramen Noodles; Favorite movie: "Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson"; Favorite musical artist: Tyler Childers; Favorite song: "Why Are Sundays So Depressing" - The Strokes; Favorite sports teams: LSU Tigers, New Orleans Saints; Matthew can't imagine a week without: Football, Netflix; Favorite athlete: Joe Burrow; Advice to kids: "Be unafraid and be yourself"; Favorite color: Orange; Favorite food: Chicken Alfredo; Most famous person Matthew has ever met: Dylan Crews... What people don't know about Matthew: 900 elo on chess.com

Recent Games
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14
Statistics category Overall Conf
Completions 62 55
Attempts 114 104
Completion % 54.4% 52.9%
Yards 800 758
Yards per game 88.9 94.8
Yards per attempt 7.0 7.3
Touchdowns 5 5
Interceptions 7 6
Sacks 10 9
Yards lost 53 47
Pass Efficiency 115.5 118.4
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 7 10 70.0% 42 4.2 0 1 1 6
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 5 8 62.5% 51 6.4 1 1 1 6
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 2 8 25.0% 64 8.0 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 2 3 66.7% 37 12.3 0 0 1 2
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 9 15 60.0% 148 9.9 2 2 1 6
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 4 10 40.0% 46 4.6 0 1 1 3
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 11 17 64.7% 193 11.4 1 0 3 13
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 9 18 50.0% 118 6.6 1 0 2 17
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 13 25 52.0% 101 4.0 0 2 0 0
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 2 -1 -0.5 5 0 - -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 4 -1 -0.3 4 0 1 1
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 4 12 3.0 7 0 - -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 3 -6 -2.0 5 0 1 0
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 9 1 0.1 7 0 1 1
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 - -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 7 -12 -1.7 5 0 2 2
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 11 37 3.4 20 0 - -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 9 31 3.4 14 1 - -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 - - - - - 2 2
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 - - - - - 0
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 - - - - - 0
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 1 -1 - - - -1
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 1 -1 - - - -1
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 1 12 - - - 12
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 1 -6 - - - -6
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 1 1 - - - 1
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 1 -3 - - - -3
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 1 -12 - - - -12
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 1 37 - - - 37
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 1 31 - - - 31
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at West Ala. L, 45-9 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Newberry L, 50-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 at #6 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 37-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Limestone L, 49-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Emory & Henry L, 23-21 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mars Hill L, 30-3 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Anderson W, 30-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at UVA Wise L, 35-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 #21 Carson-Newman L, 56-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Catawba   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 164 301 54.5% 2045 204.5 6.8 19 14 73 123.1
2024-25 9 62 114 54.4% 800 88.9 7.0 5 7 90 115.5
Total 21 226 415 54.5% 2845 135.5 6.9 24 21 90 121.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2021-22 - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 2 1 2 1.0 2.0 0 2 - -
2023-24 10 110 136 13.6 1.2 7 38 9 2
2024-25 9 50 58 6.4 1.2 1 20 5 4
Total 21 161 196 9.3 1.2 8 38 14 6
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2021-22 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 2 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
2024-25 9 - - - - - - -
Total 21 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2021-22 - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2024-25 9 - - - - - - - 0
Total 21 - - - - 0 0 - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2021-22 - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 2 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 21 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2021-22 - - - - - 0 -
2022-23 2 2 - - - 2 1.0
2023-24 10 136 - - - 136 13.6
2024-25 9 58 - - - 58 6.4
Total 21 196 - - - 196 9.3
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2021-22 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 0 0.0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0
2023-24 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2024-25 6 0.7 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Total 48 2.3 8 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2021-22 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024-25 9 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 21 2 0 2.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 9 62 114 54.4% 800 88.9 7.0 5 7 90 115.5
Conference 8 55 104 52.9% 758 94.8 7.3 5 6 90 118.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 5 40 68 58.8% 530 106.0 7.8 4 5 90 129.0
Away 4 22 46 47.8% 270 67.5 5.9 1 2 57 95.6
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 1 11 17 64.7% 193 193.0 11.4 1 0 90 179.5
Losses 8 51 97 52.6% 607 75.9 6.3 4 7 57 104.3
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September 3 14 26 53.8% 157 52.3 6.0 1 2 57 101.9
October 4 26 45 57.8% 424 106.0 9.4 3 3 90 145.6
November 2 22 43 51.2% 219 109.5 5.1 1 2 25 92.3
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 9 50 58 6.4 1.2 1 20 5 4
Conference 8 48 59 7.4 1.2 1 20 5 4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 32 13 2.6 0.4 1 14 5 4
Away 4 18 45 11.3 2.5 0 20 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 7 -12 -12.0 -1.7 0 5 2 2
Losses 8 43 70 8.8 1.6 1 20 3 2
-
September 3 10 10 3.3 1.0 0 7 1 1
October 4 20 -20 -5.0 -1.0 0 7 4 3
November 2 20 68 34.0 3.4 1 20 - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 9 - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 9 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 8 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 9 58 - - - 58 6.4
Conference 8 59 - - - 59 7.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 5 13 - - - 13 2.6
Away 4 45 - - - 45 11.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 1 -12 - - - -12 -12.0
Losses 8 70 - - - 70 8.8
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September 3 10 - - - 10 3.3
October 4 -20 - - - -20 -5.0
November 2 68 - - - 68 34.0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 6 0.7 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 0.8 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 6 1.2 1 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 0.8 1 - - - - - - - - 0
-
September 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
November 6 3.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 9 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 2 0 2.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 2 0 2.0 .4 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 2 0 2.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
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September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 2 0 2.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -