Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan is married to a woman named Sarah. She gave birth to twin sons, Marshall and John (Johnny), on 8th April 2018.

Other than football, he is also an avid golfer and takes part in golf tournaments such as the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic.

Matthew Thomas Ryan was born on 17th May 1985, in Exton, Pennsylvania in the US to Michael and Bernice Ryan, who are Roman Catholics of Irish descent. He is the third of four siblings.

He attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. A football player from a young age, he performed quite well and received honors such as ‘All City First Team’ and second-team recognition. He finished his school career throwing more than 1300 yards with 9 touchdowns as a senior. He was also proficient in basketball and baseball.

Matt Ryan started attending Boston College in 2003, and he made his debut for the college football team in October 2004. In his first match against UMass Minutemen, he completed two passes for sixteen yards. The same year, he was awarded the Freshman Male Scholar-Athlete Award. From 2005 to 2007, he led the college team to three consecutive bowl victories.

During his college career, he won several honors such as the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was also named the Most Valuable Player of the MPC Computers Bowl.

During the 2008 NFL Draft, Matt Ryan was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons as the third overall pick. He signed a six-year contract for $72 million. This made him the fourth highest paid quarterback in the NFL. At around the same time, he also signed with Nike and AirTran for endorsement of their products.

In 2008, he was named the starting quarterback for the season’s opening game against Detroit Lions. He became the first rookie quarterback to start a season for the Falcons since 2001. He performed well in the game, and completed his first NFL pass for a 62-yard touchdown to Michael Jenkins. This made him the first quarterback to throw a touchdown on his first career pass in the NFL since Michael Bishop in 2000.

His performance improved over the following weeks and he completed the then-longest touchdown pass in his career for 70 yards to Roddy White in a match against the Kansas City Chiefs. The next week, he completed passes to six different players. He threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns in a match against the Green bay Packers. In October, he was honored as the NFC Rookie of the Month, becoming the first player in the history of the Falcons franchise to be awarded this honor.

He finished the season with more than 3000 passing yards, becoming the first Falcons rookie quarterback in history to make that record. He was named the AP NFL Rookie of the Year and named to the All-Rookie Team for the 2008 season. Due to his performance, he was voted by his teammates as the “Offensive Captain” at the end of the season.

During the 2009 season, he suffered an injury and had to miss some games. Despite this, he managed to finish the season with 2916 yards with 22 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and a quarterback rating of 80.9. He continued performing brilliantly in the next season and was named the 52nd Best Player in the league on the list of NFL Top 100 Players of the Year. He was invited to the 2011 Pro Bowl as well.