Matt Cassel

Positives...Well-built athlete with quick feet...Has good velocity behind his tosses, able to throw long while on the move...Throws a tight spiral in the short-to-intermediate range...Stays cool under pressure and steps up in the pocket with confidence...Has a good feel inside the pocket and relies on his quickness to get him out of trouble...Shows the football instincts to improvise when the play breaks down. Negatives...Needs to refine his technique getting to his throwing point...Makes the receivers work too much to get to the ball on deep routes...Side-arm slinger who carries the ball too low to his side, resulting in some costly fumbles...Forces the ball into traffic, mostly because of his inability to find his secondary targets as he tends to get "tunnel vision" in going to his primary receiver... Has only a functional command of the offense and marginal field vision...Does not read defenses efficiently and despite his quickness, he is no danger for a defense as a scrambler...Long tosses tend to float and sail.

2002: After the season, he had arthroscopic surgery to remove torn cartilage in his knee. 2004: Suffered a fractured left foot in midseason with the baseball team and was sidelined for several weeks.

CAMPUS: 4.9 in the 40-yard dash

4.08 20-yard shuttle

7.21 three-cone drill

34-inch vertical jump

9'7" broad jump.

Attended Chatsworth (Cal.) High School

1999 Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Tom Lemming Top 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Tom Lemming All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Orange County Register Fab 15 third team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Las Vegas Sun Super 11 second team and All-L.A. City second team pick as a senior quarterback

Completed 137-of-261 passes (52.5%) for 2,020 yards with 14 touchdownss and 5 interceptions in 1999, plus ran for 252 yards on 115 carries (2.2 avg) with 11 touchdowns

In one game, he passed for 324 yards with 5 scores

As a junior in 1998, he was named to the Student Sports Junior All-American, All-L.A. City first team, Los Angeles Times All-Valley, Los Angeles Daily News All-Valley second team and All-League

Hit on 199-of-360 passes (55.3%) for 2,930 yards with 26 touchdowns and 7 interceptions as a junior and also rushed for 496 yards with 6 scores

Chatsworth won the L.A. City 3-A title in 1998

Also a fine baseball player, he helped Chatsworth to the L.A. City title in 1999 while hitting .390 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI as a first baseman and third baseman.