Name: Matt Ryan
Height: 6-4 3/8″
Weight: 224
40 Time: 4.96
Position: QB
College: Boston College
Birthdate: May 17, 1985
Hometown: Exton, PA
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NFL Draft Scouting Report
Widely considered as a good pro prospect … Good athletic ability … Great size … Confident … Pocket presence and moves well … Was 5-0 as a starter in 2005 and led a comeback victory over Wake Forest … Accurate … Steps up in pocket … Poised … Throws with touch … Decision making … Leadership … Good arm strength, but sometimes lets himself down with footwork when pressured … Threw for 169 yards on 17-34 passing against Miami in 2006, with one good pump fake and delivery … Fumbled a snap, had a tough interception on a rollout and twice completed passes short of the marker on fourth down …
College career
Senior Year
v Wake Forest: Started … Badly timed underthrow intercepted for a score on first play of the season … Nice downfield throws on second drive … 18 yard TD pass at sideline as CB gambled and almost had a pick six but got enough on it … Picked apart the WF zone early … Rolled left and threw across field to the right for a 39 yard TD at the goalline, good arm strength, just got it there to open receiver in time on tough NFL calibre throw … Great deep throw despite hit, although wouldn’t have counted anyway … Picked up three on pass deflected back to him … Great throw downfield when given time … Marched the team downfield with ease on 2 minute warning with four straight downfield passes including fortuitous TD pass that deflected of one WR right to the other … Spread ball around to ten different receivers … Avoided sack and threw side-arm for key first down … Strong 10 yard TD pass out to sideline against double coverage … Great composure and vision on third and goal to buy time and eventually find man open at sideline for 5 yard TD on side-arm … Did not get enough on fourth quarter interception … Key first down on out pattern to wide side of the field … 32-52-408-5-2 // v Army: 1 yard TD on QB sneak … Fired TD pass over middle to WR at goalline // v BGSU: 4 TD passes including 51 yard screen to WR over the middle // v VT: Started 1 for 5, completed 8 of his next 11, but then went 2 of his next 11 as conditions worsened … Potential TD throw on corner route was dropped … Fumbled on second quarter sack … Hit WR over the middle for 33 yard catch and run … Bad throw to outside as WR slipped was intercepted … Forced throw over the middle for interception down ten with only 6 minutes left … Got the ball back down 10-0 at his own 8, with 4:15 to go, hit 25 yard pass downfield, 22 yard touch pass over LB, dump off for yards after the catch from TE and took off for an 11 yard scramble to set up great throw on corner route for 16 yard TD, to cut it to 10-7 with 2:11 to go … Got the ball back at his 34 after onside kick, hitting 20 yard throw downfield, scrambled around in backfield to find WR on sideline for 12, rolled left and found WR in endzone only for it to be negated by hold, then finally evaded sack, rolled left and threw back across body to endzone for game winning 25 yard TD with 11 seconds left … Finished 25-52-285-2-2 // v Miami: 8 yard TD pass to RB in flat … 20 yard TD pass to WR down seam in endzone // v FSU: Underthrew pass to the outside for interception … Couldn’t put any points on the board in the first half … Rolled out and threw off back foot for underthrown interception … Went deep to endzone for 30 yard TD pass … Went deep for 38 yard completion inside the ten … Went deep for 43 yard gain down to the 5 … Playaction pass to TE for one yard TD … Pass to TE with one minute left was intercepted for a TD as LB jumped route // v MSU (Champs Sports Bowl): Rolled left on playaction and found open TE in the endzone … Took off for 12 on keeper … 29 yard TD pass down the middle to the endzone … Didn’t see LB over the middle and threw interception … 68 yard TD pass on deep bomb as WR got away with a push off … Fumbled snap on key late 3rd and one … Finished up 22-47-249-3TDs
Junior Year
Completed 263-of-427 passes (61.6 completion percentage) for 2,942 yards and 15 touchdowns; also ran for four touchdowns…had fifth most passing yards for a season in school history… led the ACC in total offense (242.2 ypg) and in passing yards (245.5 ypg)…completed 32-of-48 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns (3, 24 and 29 yards) against Central Michigan; earned ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors for his performance… was 29-of-48 for 356 yards and two touchdown passes (18 and 25 yards) to Tony Gonzalez, as well as one rushing touchdown for one yard against BYU; earned his second ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors… was 40-of-57 for a career-high 402 yards and one touchdown at Wake Forest… was 19-of-29 for 249 yards and two touchdowns (17 and 34 yards) against Maryland; earned his third ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors…was 22-of-38 for 212 yards and one touchdown; also scored a one yard touchdown run in win over Clemson…completed 13-of-25 passes for 149 yards and one touchdown pass at North Carolina State…was 15-of-26 for 182 yards and also ran for 36 yards on six carries, including a career-high 15-yard rush against Maine…completed 16-of-29 pass attempts for 174 yards and two touchdowns (15 and 18 yards) in win over Virginia Tech…was 16-of-26 for 262 passing yards, including a game-high 48-yard pass to Tony Gonzalez at Florida State… completed 23-of-37 passes for 219 yards and two touchdown passes (1 and 24 yards) against Duke…was 20-of-29 for 242 yards and one touchdown in the Meineke Car Care Bowl against Navy.
Sophmore Year
Played in 10 games as quarterback, earning the starting nod in five contests; saw action in all 12 games including his service on the special-teams unit…completed 121-of-195 passes (62.1 completion percentage) for 1,514 yards and eight touchdowns… ran for 94 yards and five scores…ranked ninth among all ACC players in total offense, averaging 160.8 yards per game…completed 7-of-8 passes for 89 yards against Army…completed 7-of-11 passes after taking over for the injured Quinton Porter midway through the third quarter against Florida State …made his second career start at Clemson and completed 24-of-42 passes for 221 yards; also ran eight times for 13 yards and one touchdown to lead the team to its first-ever ACC win…completed 21-of-29 passes for 206 yards and one touchdown in a starting role against Ball State; carried the ball six times for 43 yards and two touchdowns against the Cardinals to become the first BC quarterback to run for two scores in one game since Scott Mutryn scored twice against Rutgers in 1998…inserted into the game with 3:30 remaining in the game against Wake Forest and BC trailing by nine points (30-21); engineered the come-from-behind win by completing 7-of-9 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning 26-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Challenger…completed 2-of-6 passes for 17 yards at Virginia Tech…completed 10-of-14 passes for 93 yards and one touchdown at North Carolina…earned the start against North Carolina State and completed 8-of-16 passes for 185 yards including one touchdown pass and two rushing touchdowns; connected on a 52-yard pass to Will Blackmon in the second quarter and on a career-long 61-yard pass to Blackmon in the third quarter…completed 16-of-24 passes for 230 yards at Maryland; threw a 45-yard completion to Blackmon…completed 19-of-36 passes for a career-best 256 yards and three touchdowns against Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl; hit Blackmon for a 52-yard completion; earned team MVP honors for his performance against the Broncos.
Freshman Year
Completed 34-of-71 passes for 350 yards on the season; threw two touchdown passes and three interceptions…made the first start of his young career against Syracuse in the regular-season finale; completed 24 of 51 passes for 200 yards against the Orangemen, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Joel Hazard in the fourth quarter…completed 8-of-15 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown at Temple after taking over at quarterback for an injured Paul Peterson late in the second quarter; his touchdown pass – the first of his career – was a 32-yard completion to Larry Lester…saw his first collegiate action against Massachusetts, completing 2-of-3 passes for 16 yards…completed 1-of-2 pass attempts for 13 yards against North Carolina in the Continental Tire Bowl.
High school career
Earned All-East honors from Tom Lemming…captured All-Southeastern Pennsylvania accolades as a senior quarterback at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia….gained All-City first-team honors in 2002 and second-team honors in 2001…was a three-time All-League (InterAc) selection…threw for more than 1,300 yards in his senior season; threw 15 touchdowns passes and just two interceptions…finished his schoolboy career with a 52 percent completion percentage…was a three-year starting quarterback for head coach Brian McCloskey…served as football team captain in 2002; also captained the school’s basketball and baseball teams.
Background
Matthew Thomas Ryan, born May 17, 1985…enrolled in the Carroll School of Management …a fine student who was the 2004 recipient of BC’s Freshman Male Scholar-Athlete Award…Matt is the third of Bernice and Michael Ryan’s four children; his uncle, John Loughery, played quarterback at Boston College from 1979-82.