Patrick Cowan

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

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| position = Quarterback

| image = Patrick_Cowan.jpg

| caption = Cowan in August 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|23}}

| birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 218

| high_school = St. John Bosco
(Bellflower, California)

| college = UCLA

| undraftedyear = 2009

| pastteams = * New Orleans Saints (2009)*

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Patrick Edmund Cowan (born March 23, 1986, in Surrey, British Columbia) is a former American football quarterback.{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2007/10/19/uclas-cowan-needs-to-be-better-than-good/|title= UCLA’s Cowan needs to be better than good |first=Robert|last= Kuwada |work= Orange County Register|date=October 19, 2007}}

Cowan was previously the starting quarterback at UCLA after starter Ben Olson was injured in the middle of the 2006 season. Cowan was a redshirt sophomore. His best game came when he went 12/21 for 124 yards when the Bruins upset the #2 USC Trojans on December 2, 2006. With the win, the Bruins qualified for the Emerald Bowl against Florida State.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/former-ucla-quarterback-patrick-cowan-to-visit-portos-to-meet-bruins-parents|title= Former UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan to visit Porto’s to meet Bruins parents|work=The Downey Patriot|date=January 29, 2018}} Cowan was 15/26 for 240 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in the loss to Florida State.

Cowan and USC linebacker Rey Maualuga will be remembered in the tradition-filled UCLA-USC football rivalry for a violent sideline collision-tackle of Cowan in the 2nd quarter of the 2006 game, which was broadcast to a national television audience. To Cowan's credit, after the collision he walked to his sideline unassisted and returned to play the remainder of the contest. In the post-game ESPN telecast, legendary college football coach Lou Holtz observed that the Maualuga tackle of Cowan was "the most violent tackle I have ever seen on a college football field".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZGNJox8eLpE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101023235807/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=ZGNJox8eLpE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGNJox8eLpE&NR=1| title = Rey Maualuga @ UCLA | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Cowan ended his UCLA football career due to a knee injury during the 2008 spring practices. He served as an undergraduate assistant coach on the football team in 2008. He was eligible for the 2009 NFL draft, but was not selected. Following the draft he was signed and later released by the New Orleans Saints.[http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_12234965 NFL taps USC for 11 players in draft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429004244/http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_12234965 |date=2009-04-29 }}{{Cite web |url=http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2009/05/new_orleans_saints_sign_receiv_2.html |title=New Orleans Saints waive quarterback Patrick Cowan |access-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531052305/http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2009/05/new_orleans_saints_sign_receiv_2.html |archive-date=2009-05-31 |url-status=dead }}