Quarterback for Nebraska. 2016: 558 passing yards, 4 TD, 1 INT.
6′3″ · Grand Island, NE
The story
2016 quarterback for Nebraska. 2016: 558 passing yards, 4 TD, 1 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearRyker Fyfe
Ryker Fyfe has been at Nebraska through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 243 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Tennessee, Bowl, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nebraska, 1,038 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (93rd percentile). Concern: pass yards (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
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 |
| Road3g | 99.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
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
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016
W 24–17
vs Minnesota
-6 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With T. Armstrong — 217 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.2 · 61 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · T. Newby — 85 rush yds (16 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
| 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 | Season-high 243 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 52-17vs Wyoming | 1/1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 100.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Oregon | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-62@ 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 24-38@ Tennessee | 17/36 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 6.8 | 35.6 | |
| Total | 48/99 | 558 | 4 | 1 | 6.7 | 30.1 |