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LEINART, MATTseven minutes and resulted in a touchdown…after completing 7-of-13 passes for 100 yards andone interception, suffered a season-ending collarbonefracture in the second quarter at St. Louis(10/7)…placed on injured reserve (10/9).2006 (Arizona 12/11): Took over as the starting QBin game five of his rookie season and started 11games before sitting out the season finale with aleft shoulder injury...passed for 2,547 yards whilecompleting 214-of-377 passes (56.8 percent) with11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions...made hisNFL debut at Atlanta (10/1) when he replacedQB Kurt Warner in the fourth quarter, completing5-of-8 passes for 49 yards and an interception…starting the first game of his NFL career, threwtouchdown passes of 49 and five yards on his firsttwo possessions vs. Kansas City (10/8) as partof a 253-yard performance on 22-of-35 passingwith two touchdowns for a 91.7 passer rating…completed 24-of-42 passes for 232 yards and twotouchdowns on Monday Night Football vs. Chicago(10/16), becoming the first QB in NFL history tothrow two touchdown passes in the first quarterof his first two starts…completed 20-of-38 passesfor 216 yards and ran for a three-yard score vs.Dallas (11/12)…logged his highest QB rating of theseason (101.7) while earning his first NFL victoryas he completed 19-of-29 passes for 233 yards andone touchdown in a win vs. Detroit (11/19)...alsoran for his second score in two weeks and secondof the season…completed 31-of-51 passes for405 yards, all career-highs, with one touchdownpass at Minnesota (11/26)...his 405 passing yardsestablished a new NFL rookie record, surpassingJake Plummer’s previous mark of 388 yardsset in 1997…went 21-for-34 with 232 yards andtwo touchdowns vs. Seattle (12/10), completing atleast 60 percent of his passes for the fourth consecutivegame…completed 9-of-13 passes for 162yards and one score before leaving the game witha sprained shoulder in the second quarter at SanFrancisco (12/24)…inactive for the season finale@ SD (12/31).COLLEGE: A three-time All-American and one ofthe most decorated QBs in college football history...compiledthe highest winning percentage ofany USC QB and the second highest in NCAA historywith a 37-2 record as a starter (94.9%)...onlyToledo’s Chuck Ealey (35-0, 1969-71) had a higherwinning percentage among QBs with at least 25starts...completed 807-of-1,245 passes (64.8%) for10,693 yards and 99 touchdowns with only 23 interceptionsin four seasons at USC…as a seniorstarted all 13 games, completing 283-of-431 passes(65.7%) for 3,815 yards and 28 touchdowns withonly eight interceptions…passed for 365 yardswhile completing 29-of-40 passes for one touchdownand one interception against Texas in theRose Bowl…completed 269 of 412 passes (65.3%)for 3,332 yards, 33 touchdowns and only six interceptionsin 13 games as a junior en route to aHeisman Trophy and National Championship…completed 24-of-34 passes for 242 yards and fivescores vs. Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl…33touchdown passes were second on the USCseason record list; 269 completions were third;and 3,322 passing yards and 3,278 yards of totaloffense were fourth…33 touchdown passes alsotied for third on the Pac-10 season-record list…after winning the starting job in a preseason battle,went on to complete 255-of-402 passes (63.4%)for 3,556 yards, 38 touchdowns and only nine interceptionswhile winning a National Championshipas a sophomore…completed 23-of-34 passesfor 327 yards and three touchdowns againstMichigan in the Rose Bowl…ranked third nationallyin passing efficiency (164.5, first in Pac-10)…set a Pac-10 season record with 212 consecutivepasses without an interception, stretching overeight games, and fell just four passes short of thePac-10 career record…164.5 passing efficiencyrating was the best season in USC history…38touchdown passes was a Pac-10 season recordand the second-most by any sophomore in NCAAhistory (Chad Pennington, 39, 1997)…became thefirst USC sophomore to have back-to-back 300-yard passing games and the first USC sophomoreto have thrown for 3,000 yards in a season…ap-HOUSTONTEXANS.COM