Quarterback, USC, 2001–05
Matt Leinart
Lettered 2002–05 (school media guide)
- Hometown
- Santa Ana, CA
- Born
- May 11, 1983, in Santa Ana, California
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Matt Leinart played quarterback at USC (2001–05). He won the 2004 Heisman Trophy, the 2004 Manning Award, the 2004 Walter Camp Award and the 2005 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2004. The Arizona Cardinals took Leinart in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
At a glance
Career highs
400passing yards, best game on filevs. Notre Dame, 20045touchdown passes, best game on filetwice; last vs. Oklahoma, 20042rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat California, 2005Honors
- 2004Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 2017College Football Hall of Fame
- 2003, 2004Archie Griffin Award
- 2003, 2004Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2003, 2004, 2005First-team All-Pac-10
- 2003Sixth in the Heisman vote
- 2004Manning Award
- 2004Walter Camp Award
- 2004AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2004, 2005Kellen Moore Award
- 2004Consensus All‑American
- 2005Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- 2005Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 2004
All-America: consensus 2004; Walter Camp first team 2005; AFCA 2005; AP second team 2005
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | 255 | 402 | 63.4 | 3,556 | 38 | 9 | 164.5 | 32 | -62 | -1.9 | 0 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | 269 | 412 | 65.3 | 3,322 | 33 | 6 | 156.5 | 49 | -44 | -0.9 | 3 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | 283 | 431 | 65.7 | 3,815 | 28 | 8 | 157.7 | 51 | 36 | 0.7 | 6 |
| Career | 42 | 39 | 807 | 1,245 | 10,693 | 99 | 23 | 132 | -70 | 9 | |||
From the college statistics table in Leinart’s Wikipedia article (Matt Leinart, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Game by game
2005 USC 12 games, 3,451 passing yards, 25 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Hawai’i | W 63–17 | 18 | 24 | 332 | 3 | 1 | −1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Arkansas | W 70–17 | 18 | 24 | 381 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 24 | at Oregon | W 45–13 | 23 | 39 | 315 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Oct 1 | at Arizona State | W 38–28 | 23 | 39 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Arizona | W 42–21 | 26 | 40 | 360 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Notre Dame | W 34–31 | 17 | 32 | 301 | 0 | 2 | −11 |
| Oct 22 | at Washington | W 51–24 | 20 | 26 | 201 | 4 | 0 | −5 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Stanford | W 51–21 | 22 | 28 | 259 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Nov 12 | at California | W 35–10 | 20 | 32 | 246 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Fresno State | W 50–42 | 22 | 33 | 200 | 1 | 0 | −3 |
| Dec 3 | vs. UCLA | W 66–19 | 21 | 40 | 233 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Texas | L 38–41 | 29 | 40 | 365 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.
2004 USC 13 games, 3,322 passing yards, 33 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 24–13 | 19 | 29 | 272 | 3 | 0 | −3 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Colorado State | W 49–0 | 20 | 31 | 231 | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Sep 18 | at BYU | W 42–10 | 22 | 34 | 236 | 2 | 1 | −3 |
| Sep 25 | atStanford | W 31–28 | 23 | 30 | 284 | 1 | 1 | −16 |
| Oct 9 | vs.California | W 23–17 | 15 | 24 | 164 | 2 | 1 | −30 |
| Oct 16 | vs.Arizona State | W 45–7 | 13 | 24 | 224 | 4 | 0 | −9 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Washington | W 38–0 | 24 | 43 | 217 | 2 | 1 | −12 |
| Oct 30 | at Washington State | W 42–12 | 23 | 28 | 235 | 2 | 0 | −8 |
| Nov 6 | at Oregon State | W 28–20 | 17 | 31 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Arizona | W 49–9 | 27 | 35 | 280 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Notre Dame | W 41–10 | 24 | 34 | 400 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Dec 4 | atUCLA | W 29–24 | 24 | 34 | 242 | 0 | 1 | −24 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 55–19 | 18 | 35 | 332 | 5 | 0 | −11 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2006 | Combine or pro day 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″ | |
| Weight | 223 lb | |
| Arm length | 33½″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.90 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 37″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′5″W |
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
6 seasons, 33 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 213 | 376 | 2,542 | 11 | 12 | 44 |
| 2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 60 | 112 | 647 | 2 | 4 | 42 |
| 2008 | Arizona Cardinals | 4 | 15 | 29 | 264 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 51 | 77 | 435 | 0 | 3 | −6 |
| 2011 | Houston Texans | 2 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 0 | −1 |
| 2012 | Oakland Raiders | 2 | 16 | 33 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 33 | 365 | 640 | 4,060 | 15 | 21 | 84 | |
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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