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===2005=== ===2005===
*Orange Bowl MVP
*Unitas Award *Unitas Award
*Heisman Trophy finalist *Finalist for Heisman Trophy
*All-American Offensive Player *All-American Offensive Player
*LA Sports Sportsman of the Year *LA Sports Sportsman of the Year

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File:Matt-leinart-sports-illustrated-2005-cover.jpg
2005 Sports Illustrated cover featuring Matt Leinart

Matt Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback (QB) who plays for the University of Southern California Trojans. Before attending college Leinart played QB at his high school, Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana. In 2004, his junior year at USC, he won the Heisman Trophy. He also won the inaugural Manning Award for college quarterbacks in the same season.

College career

In his redshirt freshman year, he backed up then-quarterback Carson Palmer, who also won the Heisman Trophy and is now the quarterback for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals. In the following offseason, Leinart beat out Matt Cassel and former Purdue QB Brandon Hance for the Trojan starting job. Since taking over as USC's starter, Leinart has accumulated a 37-1 record, was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year twice, and has won the prestigious Heisman Trophy. Leinart presently is the all-time Pac-10 conference leader in touchdowns with 98. Leinart is expected to pass Palmer in 2005 as USC's all-time passing leader, and was one of only five players to go into a season with the possibilty of winning two Heisman Trophies, joining Archie Griffin in 1975, Billy Sims in 1978, Ty Detmer in 1991, and Jason White in 2004; Griffin went on to win the other Heisman, while Sims, Detmer, White, and now Leinart, failed to do so.

Leinart returned to USC for 2005 despite the lure of millions in the NFL. He only needed to take one class to graduate and chose ballroom dancing, a class which soon after filled up to capacity.

On December 7th, 2005, Leinart was selected as a Heisman Trophy finalist for a second consecutive year, set to appear again at award ceremony with teammate Reggie Bush and University of Texas quarterback Vince Young. Having won the Heisman Trophy in 2004, he was able to cast a vote for the 2005 Heisman. He voted for teammate, Reggie Bush over himself. Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy in a landslide.

Honors

2004

  • Heisman Trophy Winner
  • Rose Bowl MVP
  • Walter Camp Award
  • AP player of the year
  • Touchdown Club Manning Award
  • Touchdown Club QB of the year
  • Victor Award player of the year
  • Sullivan Award Finalist
  • AP All-American first team
  • Football Coaches All-American first team
  • ESPN
  • CSTV
  • Rivals.com
  • SportsIllustrated.com
  • CollegeFootballNews.com All-American first team
  • Pac-10 Co-offensive player of the year
  • ESPN.com player of the year
  • Rivals.com player of the year
  • Pre-season All-American

2005

  • Orange Bowl MVP
  • Unitas Award
  • Finalist for Heisman Trophy
  • All-American Offensive Player
  • LA Sports Sportsman of the Year
  • Sporting News Sportsman of the Year

External links

See also

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