Matt Leinart is an American football quarterback for the University of Southern California. Leinart also played QB at his high school, Mater Dei High School. 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.

In his freshman year, he backed up quarterback Carson Palmer, who also won the Heisman Trophy and is now the quarterback for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.

Matt's 2004 honors include: Heisman Trophy Winner, 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, SI.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, Playboy pre-season All-American, Orange Bowl MVP.

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