Matt Barkley

Matt Barkley

Matthew Montgomery "Matt" Barkley (born September 8, 1990) is an American football quarterback for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. As a high school player, Barkley was named 2007 football Gatorade National Player of the Year, and then the 2007 Gatorade national male athlete of the year, becoming the first non-senior to win both awards. Barkley also won the 2007 Glenn Davis Award, given to best high school football player in Southern California, as well as the inaugural Joe Montana Award as the nation's top high school quarterback.

Barkley was rated as the first overall prospect in the nation for the Class of 2009 by ESPN. He was rated the first overall prospect by Rivals.com (ranking fifth). Quarterback coach Steve Clarkson described Barkley as a cross between Joe Montana and Tom Brady.

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