Junior defensive end for Penn State. 2017: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′6″ · 258 lb · Malvern, PA
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 246 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive end for Penn State. 2017: 2 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Ryan Buchholz
He has spent two seasons in the Penn State defensive front. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Indiana — Week 5, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under James Franklin — 22-5 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penn State | 18 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 16 | 9 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 16 | 6.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017
W 35–28
vs Washington
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.
With T. McSorley — 342 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.4 · 60 rush yds (12 car) · S. Barkley — 137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Akron | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 33-14vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7@ Northwestern | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13vs Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 35-28vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |