Ryan Connelly: ILB · Wisconsin · #43.
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Ryan Connelly
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Wisconsin. First career honor, 2018: All-Big Ten. On tape: 14 tackles against Northwestern, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
89 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-3vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24vs BYU | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-17@ Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24vs Nebraska | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38@ No. 12 Michigan | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-20vs Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-31@ Northwestern | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Rutgers | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-22@ No. 21 Penn State | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-44@ Purdue | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-37vs Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 58 | 10.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%10 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups89 tackles · 10 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 32-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 9.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
34.4%
299 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin, 236 tackles — drafted at #143 overall by the New York Giants.
A stat line in 37 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 8th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 8th NFL season
