Matt Leinart

Matt Leinart
	Leinart with his Heisman Trophy in 2005.
No. 7, 9, 11
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	May 11, 1983; Santa Ana, California
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mater Dei; (Santa Ana, California)
College:	USC
NFL Draft:	2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
	Arizona Cardinals (2006–2009); Houston Texans (2010–2011); Oakland Raiders (2012); Buffalo Bills (2013)*;
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	Heisman Trophy (2004); BCS National Championship (vacated) (2004)[1][2]; Manning Award (2004); Johnny Unitas Award (2005); Walter Camp Award (2004); 2× Archie Griffin Award (2003, 2004); 2× AP National Championship (2003, 2004); 2× First-team All-American (2004, 2005); 2× Quarterback of the Year (2004, 2005); USC Trojans #11 retired;
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts:
Pass attempts:	644
Pass completions:	366
Percentage:	57.1
TD–INT:	15–21
Passing yards:	4,064
Passer rating:	70.2
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at PFR
	College Football Hall of Fame

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.

Honors

"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.

Sporting positions
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

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