Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan attended The William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a three year starter for coach Brian McCloskey.
Ryan fails to impress vs. Panthers: Falcons QB Matt Ryan completed 21-of-41 passes for 158 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions in a Week 4 loss to the Panthers.
Ryan threw for more than 1,300 yards with 15 touchdowns and just two interceptions as a senior.
ACC 2007 Player of the Year…2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner…also won the Manning Award as the nation’s top quarterback…won the Scanlan Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a BC football player…finished seventh in Heisman Trophy balloting…set the BC school record for single-season passing yards…finished his career third on BC’s all-time passing yardage list , behind Doug Flutie and Glenn Foley…threw 56 career touchdowns, third on the all-time list…BC’s career leader in pass completions…registered 12 300-yard passing games, including five games with more than 400 yards… finalist for 2007 Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year Award…finished 25-7 record in 32 career starts 11-3 in 2007, 9-3 in 2006, 5-0 in 2005 and 0-1 in 2004.
Matthew Thomas Ryan is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons.
He has thrown for 200 or more yards 15 times and is fifth all-time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions.
He also rushed 37 times for 94 yards and five scores, becoming the first BC quarterback since 1998 to run for two scores in a game vs.
Matt Ryan was less than spectacular, going 21-of-41 for 158 yards for the Falcons.
He made his first collegiate start on November 27, 2004 in the final game of that season, completing 24 of 51 passes for 200 yards against Syracuse.
He would go on to rank eighth in the nation in total offense and established new school records for 400-yard passing performances in both a career and season, en route to throwing for 4,507 yards.
He played college football at Boston College.
He also had five rushing touchdowns and 94 yards.
Received All-ACC first-team honors in 2006…preseason ACC Offensive Player of the Year in several publications…played with a foot injury for nearly the entire season; had surgery during the off-season and is now 100%…has recorded a 14-4 mark in 18 career starts…finished his junior campaign having completed 419-of-693 passes for 4,806 yards and 25 touchdowns; has also ran for nine touchdowns…has thrown for 200 or more yards 16 times… is fifth all-time in school history in passing yards and fourth in pass completions…earned MVP honors at the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl; threw for 256 yards and three touchdowns against Boise State.
He led the ACC in total offense , points responsible for , pass completions and passing yards per game.
He served as football team captain in 2002 and also captained the school’s basketball and baseball teams.
Eagles’ Smith signs 1-year deal for $4.5M.
Ryan faced his toughest test of the season on Sunday and he pretty much failed, although he didn’t cost his team the game with any interceptions.
Atlanta visits Green Bay in Week 5.
BOSTON With the boos barely faded away after Boston College headed to the locker room trailing at halftime, Eagles coach Jeff Jagodzinski decided to let quarterback Chris Crane throw his way out of his struggles in the second half.
Michael Turner had 18 touches and gained 56 yards in defeat.
