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2009.04.25  Lions All-Time No. 1 Picks
Detroit Lions - First Overall Selections in NFL Draft
Year Player Pos School
2009 Matthew Stafford QB Georgia
1980 Billy Sims RB Oklahoma
1950 Leon Hart DE Notre Dame
1943 Frank Sinkwich RB Georgia
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    FROM THE ELIAS SPORTS BUREAU: FROM...
    Published: 12/24/2009

    FROM BRADSHAW TO STAFFORD&.THE STREAK CONTINUES " Matthew Stafford was placed on the Lions' injured-reserve list on Thursday ending his season. Stafford, the first player chosen in the 2009 draft, had a 2-8 record as a starter for Detroit, preserving a streak that's spanned four decades. Since 1967, the first year of the common draft, no quarterback selected with the first overall pick has had a winning record as a starter during his rookie season. The streak began with Terry Bradshaw, who was taken with the first choice of the 1970 draft.

    Stafford Sets Rookie Marks
    Published: 11/22/2009

    FROM THE ELIAS SPORTS BUREAU: Matthew Stafford, the 21-year-old rookie, threw for 422 yards and five touchdown passes, the last yard and score coming with no time remaining in the Lions' 38-37 win over the Browns. That's an NFL record for most passing yards by a rookie; he broke the mark of 405 yards by Matt Leinart, set in a loss to the Vikings three years ago. Stafford tied the NFL's single-game record for touchdown passes by a rookie; that record was set by 22-year-old Ray (Buzz) Buivid for the Bears, in a 42-28 win over the Chicago Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the final game of the 1937 season.

    Stafford Youngest to Throw 5 TD
    Published: 11/22/2009

    Youngest to Throw 5+ Pass TD - Single Game, NFL History
    Player Yrs-Days Team
    '09 Matthew Stafford 21-288 Lions
    '37 Ray Buivid 22-112 Bears
    '84 Dan Marino 22-353 Dolphins
    '66 Joe Namath 23-110 Jets
    Stafford Among Worst for Rookie QB
    Published: 9/13/2009

    The Lions' Matthew Stafford had by far the worst outing of any rookie quarterback starting his team's opener since 2002 when the league expanded to 32 teams.
    Rookie Quarterbacks - Starting Team's Opener, Since 2002
    Player TD-Int Passer Rtg Result
    Matthew Stafford 0-3 27.4 L
    Mark Sanchez 1-1 84.3 W
    Matt Ryan 1-0 137.0 W
    Joe Flacco 0-0 63.7 W
    Kyle Orton 0-1 52.8 L
    Kyle Boller 1-1 57.5 L
    David Carr 2-1 78.8 W
    Stafford Adds to SEC Total
    Published: 4/25/2009

    Most Number 1 Overall Picks by Conference - Common Draft Era
    Pac-10 11
    Big Ten 8
    SEC 6<<
    Independent 5
    >>Including 2009 (Matthew Stafford, Georgia)

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    STATS
    College Stats
    ATT YDS TD
    2006 256 1,749 7
    2007 348 2,523 19
    2008 383 3,459 25
    Career 987 7,731 51
    Combine Stats
    40 SPEED4.830
    BENCHN/A
    VERTICAL30.5
    BROAD107
    CONESN/A
    SHUTTLEN/A
    WONDERLICN/A
    Pro Stats
    Passing Stats
    YEARTEAM G CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM RAT
    2009DET10 201 377 53.3 2267 6.0 13 75 20 4 61.0
    2010DET3 57 96 59.4 535 5.6 6 36 1 1 91.3
    2011DET16 421 663 63.5 5038 7.6 41 73 16 3 97.2
    2012DET16 435 727 59.8 4967 6.8 20 57 17 3 79.8
    Career 45 1114 1863 59.8 12807 6.9 80 75 54 11 82.8
    Rushing Stats
    YEARTEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009DET10 20 108 5.4 21 2 6 0 0
    2010DET3 4 11 2.8 9 1 1 1 0
    2011DET16 22 78 3.5 22 0 6 2 0
    2012DET16 35 126 3.6 11 4 11 3 1
    Career 45 81 323 4.0 22 7 24 6 1
    Receiving Stats
    YEARTEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009DET10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010DET3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2011DET16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012DET16 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0
    Career 45 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0
    Defense Stats
    YEARTEAM G TOT SOLO AST PD SACK FF REC INT YDS TD
    2009DET10 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2011DET16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012DET16 2 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Career 42 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Scoring Stats
    YEARTEAM G RushTD RecTD RetTD TotTD 2PT PAT FG TotPT
    2009DET10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
    2010DET3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
    2011DET16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2012DET16 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 24
    Career 45 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 42

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