Ryan Frain: P · Illinois · #13.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Illinois’s specialists
Ryan Frain
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Played for three head coaches at Illinois: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit and Lovie Smith.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
40.1 gross, but 0 of 53 inside the 20 (0.0%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
Yahoo Sports Oct 25Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 8-41@ No. 3 Michigan | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 67 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-27vs Michigan State | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 43 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-48@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 2127 | 40.1 | 67 | 0 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
0%0 of 53Touchback rate
0%0 of 53Yards / punt
40.153 puntsLong
67yards40.1 yards/punt on 53 punts · 0% placed inside the 20.
Illinois carries two punters; Frain has taken 53 of the 76.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
