Matthew Stafford

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Matthew Stafford
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Stafford with the Rams in 2023
No. 9 – Los Angeles Rams
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1988-02-07) February 7, 1988 (age 36)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Highland Park (Dallas, Texas)
College:Georgia (2006–2008)
NFL draft:2009 / round: 1 / pick: 1
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Most fourth quarter comebacks in a season: 8 (tied with Kirk Cousins) (2016)[1]
  • Career playoff passing yards per game (minimum 150 attempts): 307.9[2]
Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2024
Passing attempts:7,971
Passing completions:5,048
Completion percentage:63.3%
TD–INT:366–187
Passing yards:58,309
Passer rating:90.9
Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Matthew Stafford[3] (born February 7, 1988) is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected first overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2009 NFL draft. Ranking in the top 12 of all time in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns, Stafford is currently fourth all-time in passing yards per game and is the fastest player in NFL history to have reached 40,000 career passing yards.[4]

As the Lions' primary starter from 2009 to 2020, Stafford had a breakout year in 2011 when he became the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for more than 5,000 yards in a single season, while also leading Detroit to their first playoff appearance since 1999. He led the Lions to two further playoff runs in 2014 and 2016, earning Pro Bowl honors during the former and setting the NFL season record for comeback wins in the latter. After mutually agreeing to part ways with the Lions, Stafford was traded to the Rams in 2021 and led them to victory in Super Bowl LVI.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 4CBWin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "NFL Passing Yards per Game Career Playoff Leaders". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Matthew Stafford Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "NFL Passing Yards per Game Career Leaders". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Rams beat Bengals in Super Bowl LVI". NBC Sports. February 13, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2024.