Ryan Switzer

#3 · WR · North Carolina5′10″ · Charleston, WV · George Washington

Ryan Switzer: WR · North Carolina · #3.

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Ryan Switzer

WR · North Carolina · #3

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Third year in the North Carolina receiving corps. The first career honor came in 2015: All-America (AFCA). A game that shows it: 208 receiving yards and 16 receptions against Pittsburgh — Week 4, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

North Carolina in the news

Gregory Kirwan commits to UNC247Sports Nov 3
Top-ranked wing commits to CarolinaOct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Fran Brown names UNC QB1Syracuse.com Oct 22

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	North Carolina	96	1,112	11.6	6	75
2015	North Carolina	55	697	12.7	6	89
2014	North Carolina	61	757	12.4	4	75
Career		212	2,566	12.1	16	89

Season	Team
2016	North Carolina	3	14	--	106	--
2015	North Carolina	3	6	8	302	2
2014	North Carolina	8	29	17	172	--
Career		14	49	25	580	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-33vs No. 18 Georgia	7	52	7.4	0	23
Wk 2	W 48-23@ Illinois	5	68	13.6	0	21
Wk 3	W 56-28vs James Madison	5	101	20.2	1	75
Wk 4	W 37-36vs Pittsburgh	16	208	13.0	1	58	Season-high 208 yds
Wk 5	W 37-35@ No. 12 Florida State	14	158	11.3	0	33	158-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 3-34vs No. 25 Virginia Tech	2	2	1.0	0	2
Wk 7	W 20-13@ No. 16 Miami	9	17	1.9	1	6
Wk 8	W 35-14@ Virginia	8	72	9.0	0	22
Wk 10	W 48-20vs Georgia Tech	4	50	12.5	0	22
Wk 11	L 27-28@ Duke	4	35	8.8	0	18
Wk 12	W 41-7vs The Citadel	4	93	23.3	1	72
Wk 13	L 21-28vs NC State	13	171	13.2	1	45	171-yard receiving day
Bowl	L 23-25vs No. 16 Stanford	5	85	17.0	1	28
Total		96	1112	11.6	6	75

Signature game

Week 4 · 2016

W 37-36

vs Pittsburgh

16 rec · 208 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Pittsburgh at home in a shootout.

With M. Trubisky — 453 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.3 · T. Sheldon — 42.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 47 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · James Madison · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 75 yds for a TD, (Nick Weiler KICK)
Week 12 · The Citadel · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.86Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 72 yds for a TD, (Nick Weiler KICK)
Week 13 · NC State · 3rd and 26 · Q4 · EPA +4.63Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 45 yds to the NCSt 25 for a
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 58 yds to the Pitt 33 for a
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 45 yds to the Pitt 29 for a
Week 4 · Pittsburgh · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 15 yds to the Pitt 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 2 · Illinois · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.33Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 21 yds to the Illin 46 for a
Week 5 · Florida State · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 31 yds to the FlaSt 40 for a
Week 13 · NC State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.30Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 28 yds to the NCSt 49 for a
Week 1 · Stanford · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.08Mitch Trubisky pass complete to Ryan Switzer for 28 yds to the Stanf 31 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Larry Fedora — 25-15 over that span.

2014North Carolina6-7HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced, fast tempo

2015North Carolina11-3HC: Larry Fedora · Run-leaning

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#110 / 674 · 84th pct

77.7%

EPA / target#260 / 674 · 61st pct

0.58

Explosive rate#306 / 674 · 55th pct

12.4%

TD rate#363 / 674 · 46th pct

4.1%

Yards / catch#395 / 674 · 41st pct

11.7

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#9 / 524 · 98th pct

Rec yards#29 / 524 · 95th pct

1112

Long catch#62 / 524 · 87th pct

Rec TDs#82 / 524 · 82nd pct

Rush yards#130 / 257 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#363 / 524 · 30th pct

11.6

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

72nd → 61st percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 55th percentile

Catch rate

71st → 84th percentile

TD rate

65th → 46th percentile

Yards / catch

59th → 41st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.3	104	13.9	0.7
Road5g	8.0	70.0	8.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.9	86.4	10.7	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	6.6	84.2	13.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Larry Fedora

Pass share

53.3%

457 pass / 400 run

Plays / game

65.9

13 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

480 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

96 catches, 3 carries and 1 pass attempt in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Ryan Switzer

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Style of play

Fans

North Carolina in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at North Carolina, drafted

2013

2017