Ryan Nall: RB · Oregon State · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryan Nall
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for two head coaches at Oregon State: Gary Andersen and Cory Hall. One game to point at: 172 rushing yards and 28 receiving yards against Colorado — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 23.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.5% of his carries. 9 carries for 18 yds vs Washington; 24 for 172 vs Colorado.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (81.0%). 8 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (42.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 165 | 810 | 4.9 | 8 | 75 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 147 | 951 | 6.5 | 13 | 89 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | 73 | 455 | 6.2 | 3 | 66 |
| Career | 385 | 2,216 | 5.8 | 24 | 89 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 27 | 240 | 8.9 | 2 | 44 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 2 | 41 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 0 | 37 |
| Career | 56 | 563 | 10.1 | 4 | 44 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-58@ Colorado State | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 1 | 75 | |
| Wk 1 | W 35-32vs Portland State | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-48vs Minnesota | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-52@ No. 21 Washington State | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 2 | 45 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-42vs No. 6 Washington | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36vs Colorado | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 3 | 31 | Season-high 172 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 14-15vs No. 20 Stanford | 19 | 84 | 4.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-37@ California | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ Arizona | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Arizona State | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-69@ Oregon | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 165 | 810 | 4.9 | 8 | 75 |
Week 7 · 2017
L 33-36
vs Colorado
172 rush yds (24 car) · 3 TD · 2 rec · 28 yds
With D. Garretson — 289 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.9 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · A. Pierce — 52 rush yds (10 car) · 2 rec · 43 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
45%165 carriesFumble rate
1.8%3 of 165 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 165 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 67.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 80.8 | 5.1 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 85.5 | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 59.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Cory Hall
Pass share
46.9%
361 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
64.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
165 carries and 27 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon State, 2,216 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Riley, Gary Andersen, and Cory Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
