Senior defensive end on South Florida's 2021 roster.
6′4″ · 235 lb · Alexandria, VA
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 839 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on South Florida's roster.
Ryan Thaxton
Ryan Thaxton has played for two head coaches in three seasons at South Florida. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 11, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Florida — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Florida | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 38–17
vs Florida A&M
1 PD · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With A. Stokes — 36 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG · T. McClain — 163 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.3 · 51 rush yds (14 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ NC State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 27-35@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-41@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-54vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-45vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |