Quarterback, USC, 2009–12
Matt Barkley
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Newport Beach, CA
- Born
- Sep 8, 1990, in Newport Beach, California
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Matt Barkley played quarterback at USC (2009–12). He won the 2012 Wuerffel Trophy. He finished sixth in the 2011 Heisman vote. The Philadelphia Eagles took Barkley in round 4, No. 98 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
493passing yards, career highat Arizona, 20126touchdown passes, career highfour times; last vs. Colorado, 2012Honors
All-America: AP third team 2011
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 USC 11 games, 3,273 passing yards, 36 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Hawai’i | W 49–10 | 23 | 38 | 372 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. Syracuse | W 42–29 | 23 | 30 | 187 | 6 | 1 | −17 |
| Sep 15 | at Stanford | L 14–21 | 20 | 41 | 254 | 0 | 2 | −34 |
| Sep 22 | vs. California | W 27–9 | 22 | 34 | 192 | 2 | 2 | −2 |
| Oct 4 | at Utah | W 38–28 | 23 | 30 | 303 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Oct 13 | at Washington | W 24–14 | 10 | 20 | 167 | 1 | 1 | −9 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Colorado | W 50–6 | 19 | 20 | 298 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 27 | at Arizona | L 36–39 | 31 | 49 | 493 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Oregon | L 51–62 | 35 | 54 | 484 | 5 | 2 | −6 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Arizona State | W 38–17 | 20 | 33 | 222 | 3 | 3 | −13 |
| Nov 17 | at UCLA | L 28–38 | 20 | 38 | 301 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
2011 USC 12 games, 3,528 passing yards, 39 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Minnesota | W 19–17 | 34 | 45 | 304 | 3 | 0 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs.Utah | W 23–14 | 20 | 32 | 264 | 1 | 1 | −1 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Syracuse | W 38–17 | 26 | 39 | 324 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Sep 24 | atArizona State | L 22–43 | 21 | 33 | 227 | 1 | 2 | −10 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Arizona | W 48–41 | 32 | 39 | 468 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | atCalifornia | W 30–9 | 19 | 35 | 195 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 22 | at Notre Dame | W 31–17 | 24 | 35 | 224 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Stanford | L 48–56 | 28 | 45 | 284 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 4 | atColorado | W 42–17 | 25 | 39 | 318 | 6 | 1 | −3 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Washington | W 40–17 | 18 | 28 | 174 | 1 | 0 | −3 |
| Nov 19 | atOregon | W 38–35 | 26 | 34 | 323 | 4 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 26 | vs.UCLA | W 50–0 | 35 | 42 | 423 | 6 | 0 | −6 |
2010 USC 12 games, 2,791 passing yards, 26 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atHawai’i | W 49–36 | 18 | 23 | 257 | 5 | 0 | −6 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Virginia | W 17–14 | 20 | 35 | 202 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | atMinnesota | W 32–21 | 17 | 26 | 192 | 2 | 2 | −9 |
| Sep 25 | at Washington State | W 50–16 | 16 | 25 | 290 | 3 | 2 | – |
| Oct 2 | vs.Washington | L 31–32 | 14 | 20 | 186 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
| Oct 9 | atStanford | L 35–37 | 28 | 45 | 390 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| Oct 16 | vs.California | W 48–14 | 25 | 37 | 352 | 5 | 0 | −5 |
| Oct 30 | vs.Oregon | L 32–53 | 26 | 49 | 264 | 1 | 2 | −17 |
| Nov 6 | vs.Arizona State | W 34–33 | 26 | 37 | 215 | 3 | 2 | −2 |
| Nov 13 | atArizona | W 24–21 | 21 | 35 | 170 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 20 | at Oregon State | L 7–36 | 10 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 1 | −17 |
| Dec 4 | atUCLA | W 28–14 | 15 | 26 | 198 | 1 | 2 | −4 |
2009 USC 12 games, 2,735 passing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. San José State | W 56–3 | 15 | 19 | 233 | 1 | 0 | −5 |
| Sep 12 | at Ohio State | W 18–15 | 15 | 31 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 26 | vs.Washington State | W 27–6 | 13 | 22 | 247 | 2 | 0 | −2 |
| Oct 3 | atCalifornia | W 30–3 | 20 | 35 | 283 | 0 | 1 | −6 |
| Oct 17 | atNotre Dame | W 34–27 | 19 | 29 | 380 | 2 | 1 | −17 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Oregon State | W 42–36 | 15 | 25 | 202 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Oct 31 | atOregon | L 20–47 | 21 | 38 | 187 | 2 | 1 | −7 |
| Nov 7 | atArizona State | W 14–9 | 7 | 22 | 112 | 1 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Stanford | L 21–55 | 21 | 31 | 196 | 1 | 3 | −22 |
| Nov 28 | vs.UCLA | W 28–7 | 18 | 26 | 206 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Dec 5 | vs.Arizona | L 17–21 | 20 | 37 | 144 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Boston College | W 24–13 | 27 | 37 | 350 | 2 | 2 | −7 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 227 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| Wingspan | 75¼″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.91 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.58 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 30 | 49 | 300 | 0 | 4 | −2 |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 129 | 216 | 1,611 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 1 | 15 | 25 | 232 | 2 | 0 | −2 |
| 2019 | Buffalo Bills | 2 | 27 | 51 | 359 | 0 | 3 | −4 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 11 | 21 | 197 | 1 | 1 | −6 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 |
| NFL career | 19 | 212 | 363 | 2,699 | 11 | 22 | −15 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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