Matthew Stafford
Stafford in 2016
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| No. 9 Detroit Lions | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | February 7, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Dallas (TX) Highland Park | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 4,285 |
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| Pass completions: | 2,634 |
| Completion percentage: | 61.5% |
| TD–INT: | 187–108 |
| Passing yards: | 30,303 |
| Passer rating: | 86.8 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
John Matthew Stafford (born February 7, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was raised in Dallas, Texas, and attended Highland Park High School. He played college football at Georgia, and was drafted by the Lions first overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Stafford is the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season, including one of three in the 2011 NFL season, and is the fastest player in NFL history to reach 30,000 passing yards (109 games). Stafford holds the NFL record for the most comeback wins in a season, recording eight such wins in the 2016 NFL season.
Stafford was born in Tampa, Florida, to John and Margaret Stafford. He lived in Dunwoody, Georgia, while his father attended graduate school at the University of Georgia. He was the eldest of five siblings. His family then moved to Dallas, Texas, and Stafford attended Highland Park High School with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. He was coached by Randy Allen and was widely considered to be one of the best high school quarterbacks in the United States in the Class of 2006, ranked ahead of Tim Tebow.
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