1. Ryan Michael Mallett was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the New England Patriots, Houston Texans, and Baltimore Ravens.
54 Facts About Ryan Mallett
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Ryan Mallett was selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft.
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Ryan Mallett's father, Jim, was a high school teacher and football coach and mother, Debbie, was a teacher.
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Ryan Mallett became friends with Will Middlebrooks when they met in a football camp in the seventh grade.
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Ryan Mallett was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Texas in 2006.
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Ryan Mallett participated in the US Army All-American Bowl in 2007 and won the Glenn Davis Army Award as the best player on the West team.
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Ryan Mallett chose to play at Michigan over numerous Power 5 offers.
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Ryan Mallett made his first appearance at Michigan in the second game of the 2007 season against Oregon.
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Ryan Mallett entered the game for the injured Chad Henne in the third quarter and completed 6 of 17 passes for 49 yards and one interception.
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Ryan Mallett started his first Big Ten conference game against Penn State the following week.
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Ryan Mallett went 16 of 29 with 170 yards and one interception.
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Ryan Mallett scored on a 10-yard rush in the first quarter.
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In those games, Ryan Mallett had limited playing time completing 4 of 10 for 30 yards.
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Ryan Mallett threw a touchdown pass and went 11 of 20 with 233 yards and no interceptions.
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Ryan Mallett did not start, but played extensively the next week in a loss against Wisconsin.
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Ryan Mallett threw 3 touchdown passes and went 11 of 36 with 245 yards and two interceptions.
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Ryan Mallett played very little in the next week's game against Ohio State.
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Ryan Mallett threw three passes and completed one of them for eight yards.
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In 2009 as a redshirt sophomore, Ryan Mallett began his career as an Arkansas Razorback.
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In subsequent interviews, when Ryan Mallett was questioned about how far he could throw the football, he said farther than 80 yards.
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On March 1,2009, Ryan Mallett was arrested on charges of public intoxication.
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Ryan Mallett pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge on April 3,2009, and paid $155 in court costs, fines, and fees.
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Ryan Mallett was punished by head coach Bobby Petrino with early wake-up calls, extra running, and early curfews.
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Ryan Mallett earned the starting job in the Razorbacks' first game against Missouri State, going 17-of-22 for 309 yards and a touchdown.
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Two weeks later, Ryan Mallett passed for 408 yards and five touchdowns against Georgia in a losing effort.
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Ryan Mallett threw for more than 250 yards in three of Arkansas' next five games, with nine touchdowns against three interceptions.
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Ryan Mallett currently owns sixteen school records, including most passing yards in a season, most consecutive passes without an interception, most passing yards in a game, most passing touchdowns in a game, only quarterback to pass for over 400 yards in a game, most pass plays of 25 or more yards in a season, and most passing touchdowns in a single season.
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Ryan Mallett chose to forgo entering the 2010 NFL draft, and returned for his junior season at Arkansas.
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On February 17,2010, the Razorbacks announced that Ryan Mallett suffered a left foot injury in a change of direction conditioning drill.
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Ryan Mallett missed the Razorback spring game and spring drills, but he did not miss fall camp.
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At the SEC's 2010 Media Days conference, Ryan Mallett became the first Arkansas quarterback to be named preseason first-team All-SEC by the SEC coaches.
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Ryan Mallett was listed as the frontrunner for the Davey O'Brien Award by The Sporting News and a potential Heisman Trophy candidate.
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Ryan Mallett was named a preseason All-SEC quarterback and preseason All-American quarterback by numerous organizations.
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Ryan Mallett contributed 301 passing yards, as well, with a total of 8 receivers recording catches.
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Arkansas played Alabama in the next game and suffered their first setback of the season as Ryan Mallett had 357 passing yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions.
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Ryan Mallett finished seventh in voting for the 2010 Heisman Trophy award.
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On January 6,2011, Ryan Mallett decided to forgo his senior year at Arkansas and declare for the 2011 NFL draft.
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Ryan Mallett, who was often projected prior to the draft as a first-round talent, fell to the third round of the 2011 NFL draft, where he was selected 74th overall by the New England Patriots ; that pick was the highest pick the Patriots had used on a quarterback since taking Drew Bledsoe number one overall in 1993, until they drafted Jimmy Garoppolo in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft 62nd overall.
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Ryan Mallett played the entire second half, completing 12 of 19 passes for 164 yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions.
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The Patriots scored touchdowns on each of the first four drives Ryan Mallett led, and ran out the clock on his fifth and final drive.
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Ryan Mallett struggled in his next preseason games throwing an interception which was returned for a touchdown in his second game.
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Ryan Mallett spent 2011 as the Patriots' third-string quarterback, behind Tom Brady and Brian Hoyer.
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Ryan Mallett was inactive for 15 out of 16 regular season games and was inactive for every post season game for the Patriots' Super Bowl run.
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Ryan Mallett returned in 2015, competing for the starting quarterback position against former teammate Brian Hoyer.
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The day after the announcement, Ryan Mallett missed the following day's practice, leading some to believe he disagreed with the decision.
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Ryan Mallett apologized and told head coach Bill O'Brien that he missed practice due to oversleeping.
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Ryan Mallett replaced Hoyer in the fourth quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1.
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Head coach Bill O'Brien announced afterward that Ryan Mallett would replace Hoyer as the starting quarterback.
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Ryan Mallett appeared able and willing to return but was replaced by Hoyer for the remainder of the game.
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On December 15,2015, in the wake of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Matt Schaub suffering an injury following Joe Flacco's own season-ending injury, Ryan Mallett signed with the Ravens.
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Ryan Mallett completed three of his six passes and threw an interception.
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On March 9,2017, Ryan Mallett signed a one-year contract extension with the Ravens.
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In 2019 Ryan Mallett attended the XFL Tampa Bay Summer Showcase, but wasn't drafted to the league.
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Ryan Mallett drowned in Destin, Florida, on June 27,2023, at the age of 35.