Matt Leinart
American football player (born 1983)
Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California Trojans. In 2004, his junior year at USC, he won the Heisman Trophy. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006. The Cardinals released him in 2010, and he was signed by the Houston Texans. He joined the Raiders for the 2012 season.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | Santa Ana, California | May 11, 1983||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | ||||||||||||||
College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Honors
change2004
change- Heisman Trophy Winner
- Rose Bowl MVP
- Walter Camp Award
- AP player of the year
- Touchdown Club Manning Award
- Touchdown Club QB of the Year
- Victor Award (Player of the Year)
- James E. Sullivan Award Finalist
- Newport college player of the year
- AP All-American first team
- Football Coaches All-American first team
- ESPN, CSTV, Rivals.com, SI.com, and CFBNews first team All-American
- Pac-10 Co-offensive player of the year
- ESPN.com player of the year
- Rivals.com player of the year
- Pre-season All-American
2005
change- Orange Bowl MVP
- Unitas Award
- Finalist for Heisman Trophy
- All-American Offensive Player
- LA Sports Sportsman of the Year
- Sporting News Sportsman of the Year
- National Championship MVP
2006
change- Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Males 2006
- ESPN Hottest Male Athlete of the Year
- People Magazine 100 Most Beautiful People
- 10th Pick in the 2006 NFL draft
Career statistics
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Season | Team | GP | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Att | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | USC Trojans | 13 | 255 | 402 | 63.4 | 3556 | 38 | 9 | 32 | -62 | 0 | ||
2004 | USC Trojans | 13 | 269 | 412 | 65.3 | 3322 | 33 | 6 | 49 | -44 | 3 | ||
2005 | USC Trojans | 13 | 283 | 431 | 65.7 | 3815 | 28 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 6 | ||
Totals | 39 | 807 | 1245 | 64.8 | 10693 | 99 | 23 | 132 | -70 | 9 | |||
NFL
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Season | Team | GP | Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Att | Yds | TD | ||
2006 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 74.0 | 377 | 214 | 56.8 | 2547 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 69 | 2 | ||
2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 71.9 | 112 | 60 | 53.6 | 647 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 0 | ||
Totals | 17 | 71.2 | 489 | 274 | 56.0 | 3194 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 91 | 2 | |||
References
change- ↑ "BCS Group vacates USC 2004-05 national championship followingNCAA denial of appeal". BCS Group by way of ESPN. Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ The championship was later vacated by the BCS on June 6, 2011, following the imposition of sanctions by the NCAA, including vacation of games during the 2004 season.
Other websites
change- MattLeinartQB.com Archived 2010-05-16 at the Wayback Machine - Matt Leinart Official Website
- MattLeinart.com - Matt Leinart News
- Matt Leinart at NFL.com
- Matt Leinart on The Internet Movie Database
- SportsUltra Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.
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Preceded by Kurt Warner |
Arizona Cardinals Starting Quarterbacks 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Kurt Warner |
Preceded by Carson Palmer |
USC Trojans Starting Quarterbacks 2003-2006 |
Succeeded by John David Booty |