Matt Leinart

**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.

### 2004

- 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

- 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

- 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

### College

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||colspan="7"|Passing|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||colspan="3"|Rushing|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|2003|align="center"|USC Trojans|13|255|align="center"|402|63.4|3556|align="center"|38|9|32|-62|0|
|align="center"|2004|align="center"|USC Trojans|13|269|align="center"|412|65.3|3322|align="center"|33|6|49|-44|3|
|align="center"|2005|align="center"|USC Trojans|13|283|align="center"|431|65.7|3815|align="center"|28|8|51|36|6|
||Totals|align="center"|39|807|1245|align="center"|64.8|10693|99|align="center"|23|132|-70|align="center"|9|

### NFL

|colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||colspan="8"|Passing|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"||colspan="3"|Rushing|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|2006|align="center"|Arizona Cardinals|12|74.0|align="center"|377|214|56.8|align="center"|2547|11|12|align="center"|22|69|2|
|align="center"|2007|align="center"|Arizona Cardinals|5|71.9|align="center"|112|60|53.6|align="center"|647|2|4|align="center"|11|42|0|
||Totals|align="center"|17|71.2|489|align="center"|274|56.0|3194|align="center"|13|16|33|91|2|||

## Other websites

- MattLeinartQB.com  - Matt Leinart Official Website
- MattLeinart.com - Matt Leinart News
- Matt Leinart at NFL.com
- Matt Leinart on The Internet Movie Database
- SportsUltra .

## Infobox (nfl player)

- **name**: Matt Leinart
- **image**: LeinartHeisman2005.jpg
- **image size**: 220px
- **caption**: Leinart with his Heisman Trophy in 2005.
- **number**: 7, 9, 11
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: Santa Ana, California
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 5
- **weight lbs**: 225
- **high school**: Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California), Mater Dei
(Santa Ana, California)
- **college**: USC Trojans football, USC
- **draftyear**: 2006
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: 10
- **pastteams**: * Arizona Cardinals (–)
* Houston Texans (–)
* Oakland Raiders ()
* Buffalo Bills ()*
- **pastteamsnote**: yes
- **highlights**: * Heisman Trophy (2004)
* BCS National Championship (vacated) (2004)
* 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 College Football All-America Team, 2004, 2005 College Football All-America Team, 2005)
* 2× Touchdown Club of Columbus#The Kellen Moore Award, Quarterback of the Year (2004, 2005)
* USC Trojans #11 retired
- **statlabel1**: Pass attempts
- **statvalue1**: 644
- **statlabel2**: Pass completions
- **statvalue2**: 366
- **statlabel3**: Percentage
- **statvalue3**: 57.1
- **statlabel4**: Touchdown, TD–Interception, INT
- **statvalue4**: 15–21
- **statlabel5**: Passing yards
- **statvalue5**: 4,064
- **statlabel6**: Passer rating
- **statvalue6**: 70.2
- **nfl**: LEI453701
- **pfr**: L/LeinMa00
- **collegehof**: 2411