Leinart with his Heisman Trophy in 2005. | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | May 11, 1983 Santa Ana, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
| Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2003 | USC Trojans | 13 | 255 | 402 | 63.4 | 3556 | 38 | 9 | 32 | -62 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | USC Trojans | 13 | 269 | 412 | 65.3 | 3322 | 33 | 6 | 49 | -44 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | USC Trojans | 13 | 283 | 431 | 65.7 | 3815 | 28 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 807 | 1245 | 64.8 | 10693 | 99 | 23 | 132 | -70 | 9 | |||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 2006 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 74.0 | 377 | 214 | 56.8 | 2547 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 69 | 2 | ||
| 2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 71.9 | 112 | 60 | 53.6 | 647 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 17 | 71.2 | 489 | 274 | 56.0 | 3194 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 91 | 2 | |||
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| Preceded by Kurt Warner |
Arizona Cardinals Starting Quarterbacks 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Kurt Warner |
| Preceded by Carson Palmer |
USC Trojans Starting Quarterbacks 2003-2006 |
Succeeded by John David Booty |