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.

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 ...

When Matt Barkley walks into the first day of Mater Dei football’s off-season training Tuesday, he’ll be feeling quite a bit lighter. Not because the 6-foot-3, 210-pound junior quarterback ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Matt Barkley and JT Daniels? Times have definitely changed, with Oregon and Alabama among the schools taking away Monarch players in growing numbers. There are four players on Mater Dei's 6-0 team ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quarterback Matt Barkley, who preps at Mater Dei High School was named Gatorade National High School Athlete of the Year. Barkley is the first junior to win the award. Earlier in the year ...