Matt Barkley Class: Sophomore Hometown: Newport Beach High School: Mater Dei Height / Weight: 6-3 / 220 Position: QB Experience: 1V

CAREER:
He is 15th on USC's career passing list with 211 completions

2010:
Now an experienced sophomore in 2010, the talented Barkley is looking to build on an impressive 2009 debut season when he started at quarterback. He had surgery on his right wrist prior to 2010 spring practice to relieve stiffness and clean up inflammation.

2009:
Barkley, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2009 after graduating a semester early from high school and had an impressive showing in 2009 spring practice, won the starting quarterback job as a first-year freshman in 2009. Overall in 2009 while starting 12 games (he missed the Washington game with an injury), he was 211-of-352 (59.9%) with 2,735 yards, 15 TDs and 14 interceptions. He also had 2 short rushing touchdowns. His 211 completions put him 13th on USC's season passing list. He also was 12th on USC's season total offense list (2,697 yards). He was a semifinalist for the 2009 Davey O'Brien Award (he was the only freshman among the 15 semifinalists). He was named a 2009 CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-American honorable mention.

He completed 78.9% of his passes (15-of-19) for 233 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions against San Jose State as he became the first USC true freshman to ever start a season opener at quarterback (and the first true freshman quarterback to start an opener for an AP Top 5 team since No. 3 Michigan's Rick Leach did so in 1975), as well as just the third Trojan true freshman signalcaller to ever start a game (joining Rob Johnson, 1 start in 1991, and Carson Palmer, 5 starts in 1998). He showed tremendous poise and leadership at noisy Ohio State as he completed 15-of-31 passes for 195 yards (with an interception) and led USC on a late 86-yard game-winning drive (contributing 55 passing yards and 2 sneaks for first downs in the series) despite bruising his throwing (right) shoulder in the second half, which sidelined him for the subsequent game at Washington. He returned to the starting lineup against Washington State and hit 13-of-22 passes for 247 yards, with a pair of long touchdowns (29 and 57 yards), despite still somewhat bothered by a sore shoulder. He was 20-of-35 for 283 yards with an interception at California. He hit 19-of-29 passes for a career-best 380 yards with 2 touchdowns and an interception at Notre Dame (he was 11-of-14 for 234 yards in the second half, including completing 8 consecutive throws) to earn Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week honors. He hit 15-of-25 passes for 202 yards with 2 TDs and 2 interceptions (and he also scored on a sneak) against Oregon State. He completed 21-of-38 passes for 187 yards and 2 short touchdowns at Oregon (his final pass was intercepted). He was 7-of-22 for 112 yards with a TD (a 75-yarder, the longest at USC since a 93-yarder from Carson Palmer to Kareem Kelly in 2001 against Oregon) and an interception at Arizona State. He was 21-of-31 for 196 yards with 1 TD and 3 interceptions against Stanford. He was 18-of-26 for 206 yards with a 48-yard TD and an interception against UCLA. He was 20-of-37 for 144 yards with a TD and an interception against Arizona. He hit 73.0% of his passes (27-of-37, with a career high for completions) for 350 yards and 2 TDs, plus ran for a short TD, against Boston College.

HIGH SCHOOL:
His 2008 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American first team, ESPN 150, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Dream Team, MVP of the Under Armour All-American Game, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team and All-Trinity League Co-MVP as a senior quarterback at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana (Calif.). He completed 177-of-325 passes (54.5%) for 2,877 yards with 23 TDs and 18 interceptions in 2008.

As a junior in 2007, he was named the Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year and the Gatorade National Football Player of the Year (the first time a junior was ever selected for either honor), as well as winning Joe Montana Quarterback of the Year Award. He also made the 2007 USA Today All-USA second team, EA Sports All-American second team, Rivals.com Junior of the Year, Rivals.com Junior All-American first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Cal-Hi Sports California Junior of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division first team, Los Angeles Times All-Star Glenn Davis Award (as the top Southern California prep football player) and Orange County Register All-Orange County Offensive MVP. He completed 213-of-340 passes (62.6%) for 3,576 yards (an Orange County record) and 35 TDs and 9 interceptions in 2007.

As a sophomore in 2006, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore while passing for 1,349 yards and 11 TDs.

A 4-year starter, he threw for 1,685 yards and 10 TDs as a 2005 freshman. Current Trojans Robbie Boyer (Barkley's cousin) and Khaled Holmes also prepped at Mater Dei.

PERSONAL:
He's a communication major at USC with a B average (3.17 GPA). While in high school, he was active in his church (playing guitar in the choir) and in community service (he helped build homes for the poor in Mexico, volunteered at an orphanage in South Africa and spearheaded the Monarchs For Marines program that raised money for the families of wounded and fallen soldiers). His father, Les, lettered for 4 years (1976-79) in water polo at USC, captaining the Trojans his final 2 seasons and earning All-American second team notice in 1979.

GAME-BY-GAME WITH MATT BARKLEY

2009