Matt Ryan
American football player
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| October 3 2024 | Ryan was inducted into the Falcons Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony at a Falcons home game. |
| April 22 2024 | Matt Ryan officially announced his retirement and signed a one-day contract with the Atlanta Falcons to retire as a Falcon. |
| May 15 2023 | Ryan was hired by CBS as a football analyst, joining The NFL Today pre-game show for the 2024 season. |
| April 1 2023 | Ryan and his wife quietly welcomed their third son, Cal Patrick Ryan. |
| March 15 2023 | Matt Ryan was released by the Indianapolis Colts following the 2022 season. |
| 2022 | In a game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Ryan threw a game-winning touchdown to Parris Campbell and made a career-best 39-yard run to convert a critical third down. |
| 2022 | After a Week 7 loss, Ryan was sidelined with a shoulder injury and replaced by Sam Ehlinger, though he later returned as the starter under interim coach Jeff Saturday. |
| 2022 | In a historic game against the Minnesota Vikings, Ryan and the Colts led 33-0 at halftime but ultimately lost 39-36 in overtime, marking the largest comeback in NFL history. |
| 2022 | In Week 6 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ryan threw the game-winning touchdown to Alec Pierce with 17 seconds remaining and passed Dan Marino to become seventh all-time in passing yards. |
| 2022 | Ryan appeared in 12 games in the 2022 season, finishing with 3,057 passing yards, 14 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions - marking a career-low for touchdown passes in a single season. |
| 2022 | In his first game with the Colts in Week 1, Ryan surpassed 60,000 passing yards, becoming the second fastest quarterback to achieve this milestone. |
| March 21 2022 | Matt Ryan was traded from the Atlanta Falcons to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. |
| 2021 | Matt Ryan became the seventh quarterback in NFL history to reach 5,000 career completions during a game against the New York Jets. |
| 2021 | Ryan finished the 2021 season with 3,968 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. |
| November 2021 | In Week 9 against the New Orleans Saints, Ryan had an outstanding performance with 343 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and one rushing touchdown in a 27-25 victory, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week. |
| 2020 | Ryan became the first quarterback in Falcons franchise history to have three different wide receivers (Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley, and Russell Gage) surpass 100 receiving yards in the same game. |
| 2020 | Finished the season with 4,581 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions, leading the league in passes completed (407 out of 626 attempts). |
| 2020 | Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings. |
| 2020 | Matt Ryan surpassed John Elway for the 9th most all-time passing yards in NFL history during a game against the Seattle Seahawks. |
| June 2020 | Ryan donated $500,000 to a GoFundMe to help advance the lives of people in the Black community of Atlanta. |
| 2019 | In Week 11, Ryan surpassed Warren Moon for the 10th all-time passing yards in NFL history. |
| 2019 | In Week 13, Ryan became the 10th quarterback in NFL history to reach 50,000 career passing yards. |
| 2019 | Finished the 2019 season with 4,466 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. Led the NFL with 408 pass completions. |
| 2019 | Ryan was ruled out in Week 8 with an ankle injury, ending his streak of 154 consecutive regular season games started, which was fifth all-time for quarterbacks. |
| March 12 2019 | The Atlanta Falcons restructured Matt Ryan's contract by converting $8.75 million of his base salary into a signing bonus. |
| January 9 2019 | Ryan made a cameo appearance on the series premiere of ABC's Schooled. |
| 2018 | Sarah Ryan gave birth to their twin boys. |
| 2018 | Tied the Falcons franchise record for fewest interceptions in a regular season with 7 (in 16 starts). |
| 2018 | Ryan finished the season with a career-high 39 total touchdowns (35 passing, 3 rushing, and 1 receiving) and set an NFL record for most passing yards in a game while recording a receiving touchdown. |
| 2018 | Ryan recorded 100 regular season wins with general manager Thomas Dimitroff, becoming part of the sixth quarterback-general manager duo to achieve this milestone. |
| 2018 | Ryan was named a Pro Bowl alternate for the season, which he declined. He was ranked 69th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019. |
| 2018 | Ryan became the third quarterback in NFL history to reach 4,000 passing yards in at least eight consecutive seasons, joining Drew Brees and Peyton Manning. |
| May 3 2018 | Matt Ryan signed a five-year, $150 million contract with the Falcons, becoming the first player to average at least $30 million per year, with $100 million guaranteed. |
| 2017 | Matt Ryan continued with the Atlanta Falcons, playing 2 games with a 1-1 record. He completed 43 of 66 passes for 428 yards and 2 touchdowns. |
| 2017 | In Week 10, Ryan became the fastest quarterback to throw for over 40,000 passing yards, achieving this milestone in 151 games and breaking Drew Brees' previous record of 152 games. |
| 2017 | During Week 2, Ryan threw the first touchdown pass in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, connecting with Tevin Coleman in a 34-23 win against the Green Bay Packers. |
| 2017 | Led the Falcons to a 26-13 road victory against the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. |
| 2017 | In Week 17, Ryan set a record for most passing yards through 10 seasons with 41,796, surpassing Peyton Manning's previous record of 41,626. |
| 2017 | In the NFC Divisional Round, Ryan passed for 210 yards and one touchdown in a 15-10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. |
| 2017 | Ranked 29th by fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. |
| 2017 | Ryan was ranked tenth by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players list. |
| November 21 2017 | Matt Ryan announced on social media that he and his wife Sarah were expecting twins. |
| September 10 2017 | In the season opening game against the Chicago Bears, Ryan threw an 88-yard touchdown pass to Austin Hooper, which was the second-longest touchdown pass of his career. He completed 21 of 30 passes for 321 yards and one touchdown in the 23-17 victory. |
| February 5 2017 | In the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots, achieved a playoff game passer rating of 144.1 and 12.35 yards per pass attempt. |
| 2016 | Matt Ryan played 3 games for the Atlanta Falcons with a 2-1 record. He had an exceptional performance, completing 70 of 98 passes for 1,014 yards and 9 touchdowns, with an outstanding 135.3 passer rating. |
| 2016 | In the NFC Playoffs, Ryan led the Falcons to victory over the Seattle Seahawks (36-20) and the Green Bay Packers (44-21), throwing for over 300 yards in each game. |
| 2016 | Matt Ryan started the season with an impressive performance, throwing for 334 passing yards and two touchdowns in the first game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. |
| 2016 | Ryan had a career-best season with 4,944 passing yards, 38 touchdowns, and only 7 interceptions. He was the only quarterback to throw a touchdown pass in all 16 games of the season. |
| 2016 | Boston College retired his jersey. |
| 2016 | Reaches the pinnacle of his career by being named NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) and leading the Falcons to Super Bowl LI. |
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