-
Matt threw for a career high 405 yards in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings on November 26, 2006.
-
Matt was excused from practice with the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 to be in Southern California for the birth of his son, Cole.
-
In Matt's first career NFL start against the Kansas City Chiefs on October 8, 2006, he completed 22 of 35 passes for 253 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.
-
Matt was nicknamed "Lion Heart Leinart" or simply "Lion Heart" by some of his Arizona Cardinal teammates.
-
Matt played quarterback at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.
-
Matt won the Walter Camp Award in 2004 as the college football Player of the Year.
-
Matt was the Rose Bowl MVP in 2004 and the Orange Bowl MVP in 2005.
-
Matt's career college statistics at USC in 3 seasons include 10,693 yards, 99 touchdowns, 23 interceptions, 807 completions out of 1,245 pass attempts in 39 games.
-
People Magazine named Matt among one of the 100 Most Beautiful People in 2006.
-
Matt was the 10th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
-
When he was nominated for the 2005 Heisman, Matt was given the chance to vote for the winner since he was a past Heisman recipient. He voted for Reggie Bush instead of himself.
-
Matt led USC to two straight national championships in 2003 and 2004. He led USC to the championship game against the Vince Young-led Texas Longhorns in 2005 but did not clinch a victory.
-
After winning the Heisman Trophy in his junior year, Matt opted to return to USC instead of putting his name in the NFL draft, a move that is becoming rare among students.
-
Matt was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in 2005, his senior year. Reggie Bush, his teammate, received the award.
-
Matt is friends with former-Mr. Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey. Nick has partied with him at clubs, and has attended USC football practices.
-
Matt sat out his high school sophomore season (1998) with a rotator cuff injury to his left (throwing) shoulder.
-
Matt has a 2.75 grade point average at USC.
-
Matt was named to the 2004 Playboy Pre-Season All-American team.
-
Matt is left-handed.
-
Matt wears jersey number 11 for USC.
-
Recently, Matt attended a party with USC teammate Reggie Bush. Fans were excited to take pictures with the two players. A guy sent some pictures of a girl with Matt via email to friends along with a false story saying that Matt was slapped by the girl after groping her. The story quickly spread over the internet.
-
Matt has a reputation of being quite a party-animal.
-
Matt is 6'5" tall, and he weighs 225 pounds.
-
Matt attended Mater Dei High School. He graduated in 2000.
-
Matt was born with strabismus (cross-eyes); he underwent surgery when he was three years old and was then fitted with corrective glasses.
-
Matt won the Heisman Trophy in 2004.
-
Matt's roommate at USC is Dwayne Jarrett.
-
Matt is currently studying Sociology at USC.
-
Matt is currently the quarterback for the USC Trojans.