Matt Ryan Trivia | 55 facts about the American football player

Matt Ryan is an American football player. He played for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career.

1. His full name is Matthew Thomas Ryan
2. He is nicknamed “Matty Ice”
3. He was born on May 17, 1985
4. He is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL)
5. He played college football for Boston College
6. Ryan was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons third overall in the 2008 NFL Draft
7. Ryan was Boston College’s starting quarterback from 2005 to 2007
8. Leading them to three bowl victories and a 25–7 record in 32 starts
9. He threw for 200 or more yards 15 times and is third all-time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions
10. He earned MVP of the game honors at the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl
11. In 2007, Ryan led his team to an ACC Atlantic Division championship
12. Matt Ryan was named ACC Player of the Year
13. During his rookie year, Ryan started all 16 games for the Falcons
14. He led them to the playoffs with an 11–5 season record
15. He earned honors as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
16. In 2016, Ryan was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player
17. He led the Falcons to Super Bowl LI
18. There they were defeated by the New England Patriots
19. He signed a $150 million five-year extension with the Falcons in 2018
20. Ryan became the first $30 million per year quarterback
21. And the highest-paid player in NFL history
22. Ryan was surpassed months later by Aaron Rodgers
23. In 2022, the Falcons traded Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts
24. A durable quarterback, he has started all but three games since being drafted
25. He holds several NFL and team passing records
26. These include the most passing yards by a quarterback over his first 14 seasons in the league
27. Ryan attended the William Penn Charter School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
28. There he was a three-year starter
29. He earned All-East honors from Larunt Lemming Prep Football Report
30. He captured All-Southeastern Pennsylvania accolades as a senior quarterback in addition to receiving All-City first-team honors in 2002 and second-team recognition in 2001
31. A three-time All-League selection, he threw for more than 2000 yards with 19 touchdowns as a senior
32. Finishing his career by completing more than 52 percent of his pass attempts during all three seasons at the helm
33. Ryan played football, basketball and baseball while in high school
34. He was named captain of all three teams his senior year
35. He was quarterback of the football team in 2002
36. He played small forward on the basketball team
37. And was a pitcher and a shortstop on the baseball team
38. Ryan says he was “mildly” recruited and began receiving scholarship offers as a sophomore
39. Some of the schools that offered him an athletic scholarship were Purdue, Georgia Tech, Temple, and Connecticut
40. After visiting Boston College during his junior year, he gave them his verbal commitment on August 14, 2002
41. His choices had come down to Iowa or Boston College
42. Ryan was looking for a university close to home and one that had a strong and competitive football program with a major emphasis on academics
43. Ryan, the third of four siblings, was born to Bernice Ryan
44. They are of Irish descent
45. They were raised as Catholics
46. One of Ryan’s uncles, John Loughery, played quarterback at Boston College from 1979–82
47. Ryan is an avid golfer and has participated in such tournaments as the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic.
48. His cousin, Mike McGlinchey, played college football at Notre Dame and later was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2018
49. He is part of the Falcons’ online reading program, “Read with a Falcon,” and grew up a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles
50. On November 21, 2017, Ryan announced on social media that he and his wife Sarah were expecting twins
51. In 2018, Sarah announced the birth of their twins, Marshall and Johnny
52. On January 9, 2019, Ryan made a cameo appearance on the series premiere of ABC’s Schooled
53. His high school athletic career is also explored in the series
54. In June 2020, Ryan donated $500,000 to a GoFundMe
55. He started to help advance the lives of people in the black community of Atlanta