Quarterback for Stanford. 2017: 57 passing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
6′5″ · 230 lb · Leesburg, VA
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 174 nationally · Signed with Stanford
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 quarterback for Stanford. 2017: 57 passing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Ryan Burns
This is his fourth year in the same quarterback room at Stanford. The receipt on tape: 36 pass yds, 4 rush yds against Rice, Week 1, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Stanford, 1,228 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under David Shaw — 39-15 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Strength: completion % (99th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 14.7 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 11.4 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-7@ Rice | 2/4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 80.4 | Season-high 36 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20@ San Diego State | 1/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 93.5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 58-34vs UCLA | 2/2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 57.0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-24vs Arizona State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-7vs Oregon | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Washington State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 5/7 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 7.8 | 77.0 |
Final Heisman position · 2017
Ryan Burns finished 156th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.