HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Matt Ryan
Tier 2
Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.
Evidence collection in progressThis profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
Why Tier 2?
2016 AP NFL MVP.
Achievement reference ↗
At least 1 AP NFL MVP award OR 3 distinct AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro seasons OR 2 Super Bowl MVP awards.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
Full rules, exceptions and exclusions →
Before the NFL.
DRAFT RECORDYear, round & overall pick
2008 · Round 1 · Pick 3
Atlanta Falcons
College: Boston College
Primary draft / entry record →
Draft year, round, overall selection and selecting team checked against the linked primary source on November 13, 2026. Draft-day trades are distinguished from the selecting team.
SCOUTING AT THE TIMEPre-draft reports
The profile praised accuracy, toughness, leadership and intelligence; his 19 interceptions in 2007 were a stated concern.
Source context: contemporaneous pre-draft team reporting, 2008-04-02
Publication: 2008-04-02
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NFL COMBINE ONLYMeasurements & testing
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Compare the evidence.
Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.
Experience
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Production
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Background
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Physical profile
Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.
The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.
Source and interpretation policy.
Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.
View the full evidence register →College career passing.
59.9% completion · 807/1,347 · 9,313 yards · 56 TD · 37 INT · 1.51:1 TD-to-INT · 6.91 yards/attempt
Boston College, 2004–2007
Includes bowls. Official Colts draft release gives all totals; BC corroboratescmp/att/yd. An old Ravens draft article incorrectly says54TD; BC/Colts/Falcons support56.
Source 1 ↗ · Source 2 ↗ · Source 3 ↗
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Age when drafted.
22 years, 345 days on 2008-04-26.
Born 1985-05-17. NFL draft selection date.
Source 1 · Source 2
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 4.75 in · 228 lb · BMI 27.2. 2008 NFL draft prospect record. Status: source verified.
Official pre-draft record; original measurement event not explicitly identified on table.
Source 1 ↗
NCAA QB starts: 32.
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Current 28-player similarities →