Matthew Schaub was born on June 25,1981 and is an American former football quarterback who played for 17 seasons in the National Football League.
56 Facts About Matt Schaub
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Matt Schaub played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round with the 90th pick of the 2004 NFL Draft.
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Matt Schaub spent his first three professional seasons with the Falcons as a backup.
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Matt Schaub was traded to the Houston Texans in 2007, where he spent the next seven seasons as a starter and was selected to two Pro Bowls.
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Matt Schaub then had stints as a backup with the Oakland Raiders and Baltimore Ravens in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
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Matt Schaub then returned to the Falcons in 2016, where he remained a backup for his final five seasons in the NFL.
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Matt Schaub enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1999, and began his career as a member of the Virginia Cavaliers football team.
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Matt Schaub was the starter for the first game of the 2001 season at the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Matt Schaub finished the season with 1,524 passing yards, 10 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.
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However, Matt Schaub was briefly replaced by redshirt freshman Marques Hagans in the first game of the 2002 season against the Colorado State Rams.
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Hagans was named the starter for the next game, against the Florida State Seminoles, but was replaced by Matt Schaub who went on to his breakout season.
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Matt Schaub finished the season with 2,976 passing yards, 28 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.
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Matt 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.
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Matt Schaub finished the season with 2,952 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions.
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Matt Schaub was the Most Valuable Player of the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl and was twice selected to the All-ACC Academic Football Team.
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Matt Schaub finished his college career with at least 22 school records.
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Matt Schaub was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft as the 90th overall pick.
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Matt Schaub was the fifth of seventeen quarterbacks taken in a quarterback-rich class, including Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger.
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In 2004, Matt Schaub played in six games with the Atlanta Falcons, including starting the Week 16 contest against the New Orleans Saints, replacing the injured Michael Vick.
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In 2005, Matt Schaub was named the Most Valuable Player in the American Bowl preseason game in Tokyo, Japan.
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Matt Schaub was the holder on extra points and field goals.
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In 2006, Matt Schaub again was the holder on extra points and field goals.
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Matt Schaub was introduced to his new team at a press conference on March 22,2007, and the same day, the Texans released David Carr, opening the door for Matt Schaub to become their long-term starter.
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Matt Schaub did not perform well in the first two games, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans but then had a great game against the Jacksonville Jaguars despite another loss.
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Matt Schaub sat out the Week 5 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
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In Week 6, Matt Schaub set the Texans franchise record for passing yards with 379 in a comeback win against the Miami Dolphins in which Matt Schaub scored the winning touchdown on a quarterback draw with 3 seconds left.
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Matt Schaub helped teammate wide receiver Andre Johnson lead the league in both receptions and receiving yards through Week 8 of the season, having 56 catches for 772 yards.
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Matt Schaub's season was broken up however with a knee injury against the Minnesota Vikings, which expected to keep him out for around four weeks, making Sage Rosenfels the new starter.
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Matt Schaub earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his game against the Packers.
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Matt Schaub earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Titans.
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Matt Schaub led the league in passing yards, completions, yards per game, and passing attempts, while finishing fifth in touchdowns, compiling a quarterback rating of 98.6.
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Matt Schaub had nine games reaching at least 300 passing yards.
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Matt Schaub was selected to his first Pro Bowl as an injury replacement to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, winning MVP honors.
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Hopes for strong start to the season were rejuvenated when Matt Schaub threw for 497 yards in an overtime victory over the Washington Redskins on September 19,2010.
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In 2011, the Texans made numerous defensive improvements as Matt Schaub led the Texans to its most successful season to date, helping guide his team part of the way to their first ever playoff appearance and clinching the first division title in Texans franchise history.
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Matt Schaub entered the 2012 season in the final year of the contract he signed when he initially joined the Texans back in 2007.
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Matt Schaub earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Jaguars.
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In Week 12, during the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions, Matt Schaub was kicked in the groin by Ndamukong Suh.
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Matt Schaub began the season on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers.
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Matt Schaub finished the game with 346 passing yards, three touchdowns, and an interception.
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The next week against the Tennessee Titans, Matt Schaub again had to rally the Texans to a comeback victory.
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The next two weeks saw Matt Schaub throw three interceptions, including two interceptions returned for touchdowns.
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In Week 6 against the St Louis Rams, Schaub was injured during the game, but his replacement T J Yates threw another pick-6 to stretch the team total to five games.
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Keenum started for the remainder of the season until he suffered a thumb injury, and Matt Schaub became the starter in Weeks 16 and 17.
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Matt Schaub was benched to start the season in favor of rookie quarterback Derek Carr.
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On October 26,2014, Matt Schaub made his first pass attempt as a Raider in the regular season against the Cleveland Browns.
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On March 31,2015, Matt Schaub signed with the Baltimore Ravens to be the back-up quarterback.
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Matt Schaub's contract was for one-year, $2 million guaranteed and a $1 million signing bonus.
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Matt Schaub was named the Ravens' starting quarterback for the rest of the 2015 season after Joe Flacco suffered a season-ending injury by tearing his ACL and MCL during a Week 11 victory over the St Louis Rams.
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Matt Schaub had a relatively good performance, throwing for 232 yards and two touchdowns, with ten yards rushing, despite another pick-six and a second interception with 56 seconds left in the game.
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On March 8,2016, Matt Schaub signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons worth $2,750,000 with $500,000 guaranteed.
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Matt Schaub appeared in four games in 2016, with a total of 16 passing yards.
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On March 8,2017, Matt Schaub signed a two-year, $9 million contract extension with the Falcons.
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Matt Schaub did not appear in any games in the 2017 season.
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On October 27,2019, Matt Schaub made his first start as a Falcon since 2005, due to Ryan being inactive with an ankle injury.
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On January 4,2021, Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced that Matt Schaub was retiring from the NFL after 17 seasons, eight of them having been with the Falcons.