Matt Ryan (American football)
Matthew Thomas Ryan is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Falcons with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Ryan was Boston College’s starting quarterback from 2005 to 2007, leading them to three bowl victories and a 25–7 record in 32 starts. He is third all time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions. In 2016, Ryan was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player and led the Falcons to Super Bowl LI.
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Matthew Thomas Ryan is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Falcons with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Ryan was Boston College’s starting quarterback from 2005 to 2007, leading them to three bowl victories and a 25–7 record in 32 starts. In 2007, Ryan led his team to an ACC Atlantic Division championship and was named ACC Player of the Year. In 2016, Ryan was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player and led the Falcons to Super Bowl LI, where they were defeated by the New England Patriots. After signing a USD 150 million five-year extension with the Falcons in 2018, Ryan became the first USD 30 million per year quarterback and the highest paid player in NFL history until being surpassed months later by Aaron Rodgers. Ryan attended the William Penn Charter School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a three-year starter and earned All-East honors from Larunt Lemming Prep Football Report. Ryan played football, basketball and baseball while in high school and wasnamed captain of all three teams his senior year. He also played small forward on the basketball team, and was a pitcher and a shortstop on the baseball team. Ryan says he was “mildly” recruited and began receiving scholarship offers as a sophomore. He made his collegiate debut on October 2, 2004 against the UMass Minutemen and completed two of three passes for 16 yards in the 29–7 victory.
He would not complete his first touchdown until November 20, 2004, after throwing a 32-yard touchdown pass to Larry Lester. He completed 9-of-15 passes for 121 yards in a 34–17 victory against Temple, after replacing the injured Paul Peterson. Ryan started his first bowl game in the MPC Computers Bowl versus Boise State. He threw for more than 1,300 yards with nine touchdowns as a senior, finishing his career by completing more than 52 percent of his pass attempts during all three seasons at the helm. Ryan is third all time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions. He earned MVP of the game honors at the 2005 MPC Computing Bowl. In the final game of that season, he completed 24 of 51 passes for 200 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions in a 43–17 loss against Syracuse. In 2008, Ryan started all 16 games for the Falcons and led them to the playoffs with an 11–5 season record. In his rookie year, he earned honors as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the year. In 2010, he started five of the ten games in which he started. He had eight touchdowns and five interceptions and also rushed for five touchdowns and 94 yards. In 2012, he had a career-best 27–21 victory against North Carolina State to help Boston College finish #18 in the final AP Poll. After a 28–17 win over Virginia Tech, coach Tom OBrien finally went to Ryan for good in the fourth quarter of the next game.
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