Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa
Ana, California) is an American football quarterback
(QB) for the Arizona Cardinals of the National
Football League. He played college football for the
University of Southern California Trojans, leading
them to an AP national championship in 2003, a BCS
national championship in 2004, and an appearance in
the 2005 BCS national championship game. Leinart
earlier played QB at Mater Dei High School, Santa
Ana. 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.
