Ryan Mallett, QB

In his first season in the SEC, he led the league in touchdown passes (30), passing yards per game (278.8) and total offense (276.5). He was also second in the league and seventh nationally in pass efficiency (152.5) … He was the only player in the SEC to throw five-or-more touchdown passes in three different games. He also led the league in 400-yard passing performances with two and 300- yard passing performances with five … He led the nation in pass efficiency in home games (191.87) … He also led the nation in completions of 25-or-more yards with 44. In addition, he led the SEC in passes of 50-or-more yards (10) and passes of 15-or-more yards (89).

Finished high in several SEC single-season categories: 3,595 total yards gained (seventh); touchdown responsibility (32, T10); 3,624 passing yards gained (eighth); 30 touchdown passes (T12) … His completion percentage of 85.2 against South Carolina tied for the fifth-highest single game effort in SEC history (23-of-27) … He set or tied 16 Razorback school records in 2009 including touchdown passes in a game (5) and in a season (30), pass completions in a season (225), pass attempts in a season (403), passing yards in a game (408) and in a season (3,624), total offense in a game (412) and in a season (3,595), touchdown responsibility in a season (32; 2 rushing, 30 passing), consecutive pass attempts without an interception (141), completion percentage in a game (13-19 att./.875; 20+ att./.852), 300-yard passing games in a season and in a career (5), 400-yard passing games in a season and in a career (2) … In the Troy game, Mallett set or tied five Arkansas school recordsincluding consecutive pass attempts without an interception (141), passing yards in a season, 300-yard passing games in a season, 300-yard passing games in a career and touchdown passes in a game.

He practiced with the scout team while sitting out as a transfer from Michigan. He received a lot of work in the spring before missing the final two weeks with a dislocated thumb on his throwing hand. He suffered the injury in the first major scrimmage when he hit the helmet of a defender after following through on a pass attempt. To that point in the April 11 scrimmage, he was five-of-11 for 43 yards.

At Michigan: As a true freshman in 2007, he played in 11 games and completed 61-of-141 passes (.433) for 892 yards and seven touchdowns with five interceptions. He started three games for injured starter Chad Henne. He made his debut against Oregon and played the entire second half. He started against Notre Dame, Penn State and Minnesota. He threw for a personal-best 245 yards and three touchdowns against Wisconsin.

Attended Texas High School (2006) coached by Barry Norton … led high school to the start quarterfinals in 2006 … Key Statistics … completed 526-of-938 passes for 8,331 yards and 76 touchdowns with 24 interceptions during career … set school records by completing 204-of-321 passes for 3,353 yards and 33 touchdowns as a senior … completed 133 passes for 2,219 yards and 21 touchdowns while rushing for six more scores as a junior … ran for seven TDs while completing 151 passes for 2,307 yards and 18 touchdowns as a sophomore … Honors and Rankings … rated the No. 2 quarterback in the nation and a five-star prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com … No. 4 overall player nationally according to Rivals.com … ranked as the No. 5 player in the nation by Scout.com … rated as the No. 1 player in the state of Texas by Rivals.com … tabbed by G&W Recruiting Report as the No. 9 player on its national Top 50 offense and No. 2 player in its Big 12 region … listed as the No. 12 player in the nation on The ESPN 150 … selected as the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Texas … named to the 2006 All-USA second-team by USA Today … selected to the EA Sports first-team All-America Multi-Purpose team in 2006 … rated as the No. 3 quarterback in the nation in the Velocity-PrepStar Top 250 and a member of the PrepStar-Velocity 100 Dream Team … named to the Parade Magazine All-America team … 2006 Player of the Year by the Texarkana Gazette … voted as the Associated Press' Class 4A Offensive Player of the Year … rated as the No. 1 quarterback in the state of Texas by the Dallas Morning News … voted as the Texas Prep X-tra's All-East Texas first-team quarterback and the time Warner Texas High School Player of the Year … received the U.S. Army All-American Glen Davis Award (Academic All-American Scholarship Athlete Award) … was the Team Texas Offensive MVP in Class 4A Region 2 and the Kirk Herbstreit Challenge MVP … participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Ryan Mallett was born June 5, 1988 in Texarkana, Texas … attended the 2005 and 2006 Michigan Summer Football Camp … attended the Elite 11 Quarterback Camp twice … has thrown a football 87 yards … enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts … undeclared major.