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MATT LEINART
QUARTERBACK
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 234 | College: Southern California |
Hometown: Santa Ana, California | 5th NFL Season |
1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 27 |
Acquired: FA-’10 | 2010 GP/GS: 0/0 | Career GP/GS: 29/17 |
Teams: Arizona, 2006-09; Houston, 2010 |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Arizona Cardinals
with the 10th overall pick in the 2006 NFL
Draft...Signed by Cardinals on August 15, 2006...
Released by Cardinals on September 4, 2010...
Signed by the Houston Texans on September 6,
2010.
PRO: Talented young quarterback who joined the
Texans prior to Week 1...former Heisman Trophy
winner has NFL starting experience should his
number be called...expected to compete for the
backup quarterback position...has thrown for
3,893 yards with 14 touchdowns and 20 interceptions...completed
340-of-595 passes (57.1
percent) in his career...has played in 29 games
with 17 starts...has played in one playoff game...
Arizona’s 2009 Walter Payton Man of the Year.
2010 (Houston 0/0): Inactive as the third quarterback
vs. Indianapolis (9/12), at Washington
(9/19), vs. Dallas (9/26), at Oakland (10/3), vs. NY
Giants (10/10), vs. Kansas City (10/17), at Indianapolis
(11/1), vs. San Diego (11/7), at Jacksonville
(11/14), at NY Jets (11/21) and vs. Tennessee
(11/28).
2009 (Arizona 8/1): Served primarily as the
second-string quarterback, starting one game
and seeing limited action in seven others as
well as one postseason game…completed 51-
of77 passes (66.2 percent) for 435 yards with no
touchdowns and three interceptions in regular
season play...saw action near the end of the
third quarter with Arizona up 31-3 at Jacksonville
(9/20)...came on in the final minute of the game
vs. Indianapolis (9/27)…played the final 5:36 at
Seattle (10/18) with the Cardinals up 27-3 in the
fourth quarter…saw action in the fourth quarter,
throwing an interception on his only pass
attempt at Chicago (11/8)…threw for 74 yards
on 10-of-14 passing in relief work at St. Louis
(11/22), including a key 20-yard completion on
third down to seal the victory…started at Tennessee
(11/29) and completed 21-of-31 passes
for 220 yards and a QB rating of 88.1…came on
in relief during the season finale vs. Green Bay
(1/3/10) and completed 13-of-21 passes for 96
yards and two interceptions…saw action in his
first career playoff game in the NFC Divisional
Playoff at New Orleans (1/16/10), twice coming in
for injured starter Kurt Warner, completing seven-of-10
passes for 61 yards...drove the team 47
yards on seven plays with 1:10 left in the first half
to set up a 50-yard FG attempt as time expired.
2008 (Arizona 4/0): Served as the backup QB behind
Pro Bowl starter Kurt Warner, seeing limited
action in four regular season games...completed
15-of-29 passes for 264 yards with one touchdown
and one interception...saw late game action
and completed 1-of-2 passes for 15 yards vs.
Miami (9/14)…did not play in the next 11 games...
came in during the fourth quarter and completed
3-of-5 passes for 28 yards vs. Minnesota (12/14)...
played the majority of the second half and registered
a career-long 78-yard touchdown pass
to WR Larry Fitzgerald @ New England (12/21)...
suited up but did not play during Arizona’s run
to Super Bowl XLIII as the backup quarterback.
2007 (Arizona 5/5): Started first five games of
2007 before suffering a season ending collarbone
injury at St. Louis…in season-opening
start, rushed for career-high 35 yards on six carries
with a career long of 20 yards at San Francisco
(9/10)…registered second-most passing
yards of his career with 299 yards in the home
opener vs. Seattle (9/16), including a 30-yard
scoring pass to TE Leonard Pope…registered
3,000th career passing yard at Baltimore (9/23)…
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