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Matt Schaub

NFL Quarterback, Houston Texans

Career Highlights: Matt Schaub, quarterback of the Houston Texans for the past two seasons, is known for being an accurate, strong armed and smart quarterback…After spending two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Schaub joined the Texans in a trade in March 2007…He has thrown for 6,317 passing yards with 527 completions on 830 attempts…Schaub has thrown 30 career touchdowns, including 15 alone in the 2008 season…He went over 3,000 yards for the season and ended the year with a 92.7 quarterback rating…Schaub has his best game as a Texan at Jacksonville on September 28, 2008 when he threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns on 29 completions…Schaub completed 24 of 28 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns versus Cincinnati on October 26, 2008 to set a Houston Texan franchise record with a passer rating of 144.0 and completed a franchise-record 85.7 percent of his passes…In 2007, he led the Texans to a 8-8 record, their first .500 season in the team’s short history…Despite starting 0-4 in the 2008 season, the Texans played well down the stretch and finished 8-8 again… Schaub finished his outstanding collegiate career at the University of Virginia with at least 22 school records…Schaub played in a record 40 games at quarterback and finished his career as one of the most accurate passers in Atlantic Coast Conference history with a .670 career completion percentage…His Virginia statistics include school career records for yards passing (7,502), touchdown passes (56), completions (716), attempts (1,069), completion percentage (,670), 300-yard games (8), and 200-yard games (20)…Schaub was the 2002 ACC Player of the Year, 2002 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, and First-Team All-State Virginia Sports Information Directors Association as a senior…Publicized in 2003 as a Heisman candidate, Schaub suffered a shoulder injury and missed several games…He was MVP of the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl and was twice selected to the All-Academic Football Team…His UVA awards include the John Acree Memorial Trophy, given to the football player with the highest qualities of leadership and unselfish service, and the Ben Wilson Award as the team’s most outstanding offensive player.

Updated: May 2009
Courtesy NBC

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