attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a three-year starter for coach Brian McCloskey, earned All-East honors from Larunt Lemming Prep Football Report and captured All-Southeastern Pennsylvania accolades as a senior quarterback in addition to receiving All-City first-team honors in 2002 and second-team recognition in 2001. A three-time All-League selection, he threw for more than 1,300 yards with 9 touchdowns as a senior, finishing his career by completing more than 52 percent of his pass attempts during all three seasons at the helm.He also played basketball and baseball while in high school and was named captain of all three teams his senior year. He was quarterback of the football team in 2002, played small forward on the basketball team, and was a pitcher and a shortstop on the baseball team.He was Boston College's starter from 2005 to 2007, leading them to three bowl victories and a 25-7 record in 32 starts.He is fifth all-time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions.He also earned MVP honors at the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl and in 2007, Matty led his team to an ACC Atlantic Division championship and was named ACC Player of the Year. But in the 2004 season he was named backup due to an injury to Quinton Porter and saw his first action on October 2, 2004 against the UMass Minutemen. Matt was also a good student, being awarded the 2004 Freshman Male Scholar-Athlete award that same year.
For college stats please visit http://collegefootball.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=1102 Matt was drafted third overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2008 NFL Draft and he was the second first-round pick of the draft to sign when he agreed to a six-year contract on May 20. The contract had an overall value of $72 million and contained $34.75 million in guaranteed money.The contract made him the 4th highest paid quarterback in the NFL behind Peyton Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, and Carson Palmer, despite never having played a professional game.Matt also signed endorsement deals with Nike and AirTran. He entered the 2008 season competing against former starter Chris Redman for the Falcons' starting quarterback position.On August 24, Ryan was named the starting quarterback for the September 7 regular season opener against the Detroit Lions becoming the first rookie quarterback to start a season for the Falcons since Steve Bartkowski in 1975. On October 30, Ryan was honored as the NFC Rookie of the Month for October following an impressive string of games in which he led the Falcons to a 2–1 record. Ryan became the first player in Atlanta Falcons franchise history to be awarded this honor. In week 8 against the Oakland Raiders, Ryan finished with the highest completion percentage of his career (77.3).In his rookie season Matt lead the Falcons to their first playoff berth since 2004. On December 31, Matt was named the AP NFL Rookie of the Year and was voted by his teammates as Offensive Captain alongside Todd McClure at the end of the 2008 Season. He was first on the depth chart and was the Falcons starting quarterback for the second consecutive season.For professional up to the date stats please visit http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=11237 Matt created an activity named "Folleyball" for NFL Play 60 at NFL Rush.com and is also an avid golfer and has participated in such tournaments as the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, including Augusta National Golf Club. Matty is also part of the Falcons online reading program “Read with a Falcon”. Best of luck Matty
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