currentpositionplain debutyear status statvalue article_title draftround birth_date statseason statweek draftyear heightin image_size heightft image college debutteam name statlabel caption birth_place nfl weight highschool currentnumber draftpick currentteam
quarterback 2009 active 131-85 21,714 83.6 matthew stafford
 1 07 february 1988 2014 17 2009 3 150px 6 matt stafford 2009 cropped.jpg georgia detroit lions matthew stafford td -- int passing yards passer rating stafford in 2009 tampa , florida sta134157 234 dallas -lrb- tx -rrb- highland park 9 1 detroit lions
matthew stafford

john matthew stafford -lrb- born february 7 , 1988 -rrb- is an american football quarterback for the detroit lions of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
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 over 5,000 yards in a single season , including one of three in the 2011 nfl season -lrb- drew brees and tom brady -rrb- , and was the fastest player in nfl history to reach 20,000 passing yards -lrb- 71 games -rrb- .
