Matt Barkley
Matt Barkley (b. September 8, 1990) is an American football player. He currently starts at quarterback for Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana, California. Barkley was named 2007 Gatorade national player of the year, as the first non-senior to ever been named such. He also won the 2007 Glenn Davis Award, given to best high school football player in Southern California , as well as the inaugural Joe Montana Award as the nation's top high school quarterback.
Matt Barkley passed for 3,576 yards and 35 touchdowns in 2007, completing 63% of his passes with nine interceptions. In 2005, he became the first freshman quarterback to start at Mater Dei High School since Todd Marinovich.
Matt Barkley is rated the top overall prospect in the nation by Rivals.com. On January 23, 2008, Barkley ended all speculation about Norm Chow and UCLA possibly becoming a contender by making his announcement for the USC Trojans.
Matt Barkley had a memorable 2007 junior season, when he was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and won the Pete Maxwell Award for the top prep football player nationally. Matt Barkley threw for 3,560 yards and 35 touchdown passes in helping lead Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei to a share of the Trinity League title.
During his 2006 sophomore season, Matt Barkley was named first-team all-state sophomore and was a finalist for state sophomore of the year. Matt Barkley was named Santa Ana ( Calif. ) Mater Dei's Offensive MVP and threw for 1,349 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Matt Barkley started as a freshman for Santa Ana ( Calif. ) Mater Dei. Matt Barkley threw for 1,685 yards on 126-of-220 passing and 10 touchdown passes. Matt Barkley was the first freshman to ever start at QB for the vaunted Mater Dei program.
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