Matt Leinart
Leinart with his Heisman Trophy in 2005.
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| No. 7, 9, 11 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 11, 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Santa Ana, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei | ||||||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 644 |
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| Pass completions: | 366 |
| Percentage: | 57.1 |
| TD–INT: | 15–21 |
| Passing yards: | 4,064 |
| Passer rating: | 70.2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Matthew Stephen "Matt" Leinart (born May 11, 1983) is a former American football quarterback who now works as a studio analyst for Fox Sports’ college football coverage. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC) from 2001 to 2005. He was the starting quarterback for the Trojans in 2003, 2004, and 2005. As junior in 2004, he won the Heisman Trophy. Leinart played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals (2006–2009), Houston Texans (2010–2011), Oakland Raiders (2012), and Buffalo Bills (2013). Leinart signed a deal with the Pac-12 Network, making his official debut as a Studio Analyst on August 30, 2014. He is a recurring guest, via voicemail, on the Barstool Sports podcast Pardon My Take. Leinart will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
Leinart was born in Santa Ana, California, with strabismus (commonly known as "crossed eyes"); his left eye was not aligned correctly with his right. He underwent surgery when he was three years old and was fitted with special glasses to correct the problem, but the eyewear combined with Leinart's already-overweight frame made him an easy target for other children's ridicule. "I used to get made fun of for being cross-eyed. It's just a terrible thing because kids are so cruel to the fat kid, to the kid with the glasses. So I turned to sports," he would later say.
Leinart attended Mater Dei High School and was a letterman in football. As a junior, he led his team to a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division I co-championship and was named the Serra League's Offensive Most Valuable Player. Wearing number 7, he was chosen as the Gatorade California high school football player of the year.
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