Matt Barkley can't play basketball. Since the 6-foot-3, 225-pound Mater Dei senior quarterback is rated the nation's No. 1 football recruit in the ESPNU 150, that doesn't really matter.

Quarterback Matt Barkley of Santa Ana Mater Dei, considered the No. 1 high school football prospect in the nation for the class of 2009, abruptly ended the recruiting process on Wednesday by ...

Player of the year: This choice is easy. Quarterback Matt Barkley of Santa Ana Mater Dei has been nothing short of spectacular. He’s having the same kind of junior season that Jimmy Clausen ...

That kind of experience was invaluable to Barkley, who may add another Heisman to Mater Dei's résumé next year. Matt Leinart, who graduated from Mater Dei in 2001, won the Heisman Trophy three ...

Matt Barkley and his family turned a negative into ... the quarterback from Mater Dei High. “It broadens your horizons. It changes how you view things. After coming back, I value everyday ...

The first junior to win Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year, Matt Barkley is smooth, cerebral and grounded in faith, writes Christopher Lawlor.

Brown joins Matt Barkley, Georgia quarterback and former five-star recruit J.T. Daniels and Todd Marinovich as the fourth freshman to start under center for Mater Dei. He is set to make his first ...

Four-star quarterback and Stanford commit Elijah Brown appears to have the makings of the next great Mater ... Dei quarterback. A Southern California powerhouse that has produced quarterbacks like ...

PHILADELPHIA – Former Mater Dei High and USC quarterback Matt Barkley was traded by the Philadelphia Eagles to the Arizona Cardinals, clearing a roster spot for Tim Tebow. Arizona sent a ...

Names like John Huarte (first Mater Dei QB to win the Heisman Trophy, 1964), Matt Leinart, Matt Barkley, JT Daniels, Bryce Young and, most recently, Brown were once under center at Mater Dei.