Ryker Fyfe: QB · Nebraska · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryker Fyfe
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches at Nebraska: Bo Pelini and Mike Riley. On tape: 243 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Tennessee, Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
31.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.2% conversion-per-dropback — 28.6% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10vs Fresno State | 1/3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-17vs Wyoming | 1/1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 100.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs No. 22 Oregon | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-62@ No. 6 Ohio State | 5/18 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-17vs Minnesota | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7vs Maryland | 23/37 | 220 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 93.1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-40@ Iowa | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.8 | |
 Bowl | L 24-38vs Tennessee | 17/36 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 6.8 | 35.6 | |
| Total | 48/99 | 558 | 4 | 1 | 5.6 | — |
Bowl · 2016
L 24-38
vs Tennessee · neutral site
243 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.6
With C. Lightbourn — 42.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 52 long · B. Reilly — 4 rec · 98 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 98 passing plays (47 completions) against the box score's 99 attempts (48 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.78146 of 193 QBsSack rate
8.3%157 of 193 QBsSacked on 8.3% of dropbacks (157 of 193) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (146 of 193).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 48.5% completion on 99 attempts · 8 deep completions averaging 30.6 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 52.2 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 27.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 71.0 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 68.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
43.9%
399 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
69.9
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nebraska, 1,038 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
