#88

Ryan Luehrman

Senior tight end for Ohio. 2021: 20 catches, 217 receiving yards.

TE · Ohio · Sr. · #88

6′4″ · 250 lb · Athens, OH

CFB Index 39 · #84 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceOhio 2021 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Ohio. 2021: 20 catches, 217 receiving yards.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ohio in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3245 nationally · Signed with Ohio

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio, 643 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 69 yds vs Louisiana.Louisiana · L 25-452019

2015

Signed with Ohio2-star out of Athens

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3245 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2020

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #84 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#101 / 655 · 84th pct

86.4%

EPA / target#152 / 655 · 77th pct

0.87

Yards / catch#448 / 655 · 31st pct

11.0

Explosive rate#466 / 655 · 28th pct

9.1%

TD rate#568 / 655 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#69 / 146 · 50th pct

Rec yards#78 / 146 · 47th pct

217

Yards / catch#78 / 146 · 46th pct

10.9

Long catch#126 / 146 · 13th pct

Rec TDs#135 / 146 · 4th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	22.2	11.0	0.0
Road4g	2.0	21.0	10.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	19.7	10.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	24.8	11.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #84 of 119 TEs

Two-star recruit. Now #84 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ohio	20	217	10.8	0	--
2020	Ohio	7	58	8.3	2	--
2019	Ohio	28	360	12.9	5	--
2018	Ohio	2	8	4.0	0	--
Career		57	643	11.3	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2021

W 35–33

vs Miami (OH)

1 rec · 5 yds

Edged out Miami (OH) at home in a shootout.

With K. Rourke — 289 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.5 · 44 rush yds (12 car) · D. Tuggle — 68 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Duquesne · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 14 yds to the Duqsn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Toledo · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Jonah Wieland pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 20 yds to the OHIO 40 for a 1ST down OHIO Penalty, Illegal Block (Ben Johnson) to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Northwestern · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 15 yds to the Ohio 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Central Michigan · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +2.29Armani Rogers pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 16 yds to the Ohio 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Buffalo · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Armani Rogers pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 12 yds to the Ohio 37 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.65Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 23 yds to the BwGrn 36 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Central Michigan · 2&24 · Q3 · EPA +1.27Armani Rogers pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 11 yds to the CMich 26
Week 2 · Duquesne · 2&17 · Q2 · EPA +1.20Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 11 yds to the Duqsn 47
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.09Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 10 yds to the Ohio 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.05Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ryan Luehrman for 8 yds to the Ohio 25 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 9-29vs Syracuse	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 2	L 26-28vs Duquesne	2	25	12.5	14
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 4	L 6-35@ Northwestern	2	22	11.0	15
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Central Michigan	4	44	11.0	16	Season-high 44 yds
Wk 7	L 26-27@ Buffalo	1	12	12.0	12
Wk 8	L 27-34vs Kent State	3	32	10.7	22
Wk 10	W 35-33vs Miami (OH)	1	5	5.0	5
Wk 12	L 23-35vs Toledo	1	20	20.0	20
Wk 13	L 10-21@ Bowling Green	4	42	10.5	23
Total		20	217	10.8	23

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ryan Luehrman

2015

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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