PRO: Pat McQuistan has been a valuable tackle with the flexibility to play both the right and left side while also being able to fill in at guard. He will continue to learn from some of the best in the league in Pro Bowler, Flozell Adams and Marc Colombo after seeing time in all 16 games as a reserve lineman and on special teams in 2007 and again in 2008.
TRANSACTION SUMMARY:
4/30/06: Drafted in seventh-round (211th overall) by Dallas.
2008:
Saw action in every game - mainly on special teams.
Took a few snaps at left tackle in place of Adams against Cincinnati (10/5).
Replaced Cory Procter at left guard in the third quarter of the season finale at Philadelphia (12/28).
2007:
Saw action in every game - mainly on special teams.
Played at right tackle in place of Colombo on the team's final drive against St. Louis (9/30).
Relieved Adams at left tackle on the final drive against the N.Y. Jets (11/22).
Recorded his first NFL kickoff return for 12 yards against Philadelphia (12/16).
Played at left tackle for the fourth quarter at Washington (12/30).
2006:
Made the active roster out of training camp as a backup tackle to Adams.
Had two starts in the preseason when Adams was out with a bruised calf.
Inactive the first 15 games of the regular season.
Made his NFL debut against Detroit (12/31), playing mostly on special teams.
Played on special teams in the wild card game at Seattle (1/6/07).
COLLEGE:
Played in all 11 games in 2005 at Weber State, helping the Wildcats go 6-5 after they went 1-10 in 2004 as the offense averaged 381.2 yards-per-game and finished with 2,466 passing yards and 1,727 rushing yards.
In his first season at Weber State, played in 10 games at tackle and guard.
Enrolled at Weber State during the summer and sat out the 2003 season as an academic redshirt.
Originally signed to play at Weber State in February 2002 along with his brother, Paul, but was declared academically ineligible.
Enrolled at Edmonds Community College and played baseball for one season.
PERSONAL:
Patrick Shawn McQuistan attended Lebanon, Ore., High School.
Earned second-team All-Valley League honors as a defensive lineman and honorable mention All-Valley League as an offensive lineman and punter as a senior.
Was a business major at Weber State.
Twin brother, Paul, was selected in the third round (69th overall) by the Oakland Raiders in the 2006 NFL Draft.
Paul and Pat are the youngest of seven children. Their brother David is in the Air Force.
He and his wife, Amy, were married in July of 2007.
COMMUNITY:
2006 Dallas Cowboys Rookie Club.
Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Dallas Cowboys Tailgate Party for North Texas Food Bank.
2008-09 Poker for Pets for SPCA of Texas.
Annual team Holiday Hospital Visits.
Salvation Army Angel Tree Christmas Program.
Dallas Cowboys Kickoff Luncheon and Cowboys Family Cookbook benefitting Happy Hill Farm.
