Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-31@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Ryan Kilburg
Junior safety on Western Michigan's 2023 roster.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Park Ridge, IL
Western Michigan 2022 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1245 nationally · Signed with Maine South
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Western Michigan's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maine South in 2020.
- Transferred from Western Michigan to Eastern Illinois in 2024.
Ryan Kilburg
Western Michigan to Eastern Illinois — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 1 tackles, 1 TFL against Northwestern — Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Michigan, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Recruited3-star out of Maine South
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Western Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coach2020–2022
Western Michigan
Played his entire career under Tim Lester.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Tim Lester — 17-14 over that span.
2020Western Michigan4-2HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning
2021Western Michigan8-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Western Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 17 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology