[post_page_title]Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen[/post_page_title]
Zach Gilford took on the role of Matt Saracen, the timid quarterback/wide receiver of the Dillon Panthers and boyfriend-turned-fiancé of Julie Taylor. With a father who left him to fight in the war, and a mother who abandoned him when he was a child, Matt frequently shows a fear of abandonment. After the death of his father in the fourth season, he decides to leave football behind him and moves to Chicago with Julie in order to pursue a career in art.
