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Quarterback, Boston College, 2003–07
Matt Ryan
- Born
- May 17, 1985, in Exton, Pennsylvania
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Matt Ryan played quarterback at Boston College (2003–07). He won the 2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the 2007 Manning Award. He finished seventh in the 2007 Heisman vote. The Atlanta Falcons took Ryan in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
435passing yards, best game on fileat Georgia Tech, 20075touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Wake Forest, 20072rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. NC State, 2005Honors
- 2006, 2007First-team All-ACC
- 2007Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- 2007Manning Award
- 2007ACC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2007ACC Player of the Year
- 2007Seventh in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big East champions, 2004
All-America: AFCA 2007; Pro Football Weekly 2007
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 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 71 | 49.3 | 350 | 2 | 3 | 91.5 | 12 | -3 | -0.3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 10 | 5 | 121 | 195 | 62.1 | 1,514 | 8 | 5 | 135.7 | 37 | 94 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | 263 | 427 | 61.6 | 2,942 | 15 | 10 | 126.4 | 51 | -35 | -0.7 | 4 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | 388 | 654 | 59.3 | 4,507 | 31 | 19 | 127.0 | 68 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 43 | 32 | 807 | 1,347 | 9,313 | 56 | 37 | 168 | 58 | 11 | |||
From the college statistics table in Ryan’s Wikipedia article (Matt Ryan (American football), 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
2007 Boston College 14 games, 4,507 passing yards, 31 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Wake Forest | W 38–28 | 32 | 52 | 408 | 5 | 2 | −9 |
| Sep 8 | vs. NC State | W 37–17 | 15 | 34 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 15 | at Georgia Tech | W 24–10 | 30 | 44 | 435 | 1 | 0 | −9 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Army | W 37–17 | 35 | 51 | 356 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Massachusetts | W 24–14 | 24 | 42 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Bowling Green | W 55–24 | 24 | 32 | 312 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 13 | at Notre Dame | W 27–14 | 32 | 49 | 291 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Oct 25 | at Virginia Tech | W 14–10 | 25 | 52 | 285 | 2 | 2 | −22 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Florida State | L 17–27 | 26 | 53 | 415 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| Nov 10 | at Maryland | L 35–42 | 33 | 56 | 421 | 3 | 2 | −23 |
| Nov 17 | at Clemson | W 20–17 | 31 | 47 | 315 | 1 | 1 | −29 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Miami | W 28–14 | 26 | 43 | 369 | 3 | 2 | −3 |
| Dec 1 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 16–30 | 33 | 52 | 305 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Michigan State | W 24–21 | 22 | 47 | 249 | 3 | 1 | −24 |
2006 Boston College 12 games, 2,939 passing yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Central Michigan | W 31–24 | 32 | 47 | 323 | 3 | 0 | −24 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Clemson | W 34–33 | 22 | 38 | 212 | 1 | 0 | −20 |
| Sep 16 | vs. BYU | W 30–23 | 29 | 48 | 356 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sep 23 | atNC State | L 15–17 | 13 | 25 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Maine | W 22–0 | 15 | 26 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Virginia Tech | W 22–3 | 16 | 29 | 174 | 2 | 0 | – |
| Oct 21 | atFlorida State | W 24–19 | 16 | 26 | 262 | 0 | 1 | −13 |
| Nov 4 | atWake Forest | L 14–21 | 40 | 57 | 402 | 1 | 2 | −7 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Duke | W 28–7 | 23 | 37 | 219 | 2 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Maryland | W 38–16 | 19 | 29 | 249 | 2 | 0 | – |
| Nov 23 | atMiami | L 14–17 | 17 | 34 | 169 | 0 | 1 | −31 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Navy | W 25–24 | 20 | 29 | 242 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2005 Boston College 10 games, 1,514 passing yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs.Army | W 44–7 | 7 | 8 | 83 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Florida State | L 17–28 | 7 | 11 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Sep 24 | atClemson | W 16–13 | 24 | 42 | 221 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Ball State | W 38–0 | 21 | 29 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Wake Forest | W 35–30 | 7 | 9 | 134 | 2 | 0 | – |
| Oct 27 | atVirginia Tech | L 10–30 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Nov 5 | at North Carolina | L 14–16 | 10 | 14 | 93 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs.NC State | W 30–10 | 8 | 16 | 185 | 1 | 0 | −3 |
| Nov 19 | atMaryland | W 31–16 | 16 | 24 | 230 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Boise State | W 27–21 | 19 | 36 | 256 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
2004 Boston College 4 games, 350 passing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vs.Massachusetts | W 29–7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Nov 20 | at Temple | W 34–17 | 8 | 15 | 121 | 1 | 0 | −10 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Syracuse | L 17–43 | 24 | 51 | 200 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs.North Carolina | W 37–24 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4¾″ |
| Weight | 228 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.95 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 sW |
| 3-cone drill | 7.40 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.51 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
15 seasons, 234 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2016
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2016; Pro Football Writers first team 2016.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 265 | 434 | 3,440 | 16 | 11 | 104 |
| 2009 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 263 | 451 | 2,916 | 22 | 14 | 49 |
| 2010 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 357 | 571 | 3,705 | 28 | 9 | 122 |
| 2011 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 347 | 566 | 4,177 | 29 | 12 | 84 |
| 2012 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 422 | 615 | 4,719 | 32 | 14 | 141 |
| 2013 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 439 | 651 | 4,515 | 26 | 17 | 55 |
| 2014 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 415 | 628 | 4,694 | 28 | 14 | 145 |
| 2015 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 407 | 614 | 4,591 | 21 | 16 | 63 |
| 2016 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 373 | 534 | 4,944 | 38 | 7 | 117 |
| 2017 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 342 | 529 | 4,095 | 20 | 12 | 143 |
| 2018 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 422 | 608 | 4,924 | 35 | 7 | 125 |
| 2019 | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 408 | 616 | 4,466 | 26 | 14 | 147 |
| 2020 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 407 | 626 | 4,581 | 26 | 11 | 92 |
| 2021 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 375 | 560 | 3,968 | 20 | 12 | 82 |
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 309 | 461 | 3,057 | 14 | 13 | 70 |
| NFL career | 234 | 5,551 | 8,464 | 62,792 | 381 | 183 | 1,539 | |
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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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