Sage Ryan is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Ole Miss.
Ryan erases the deep middle of the field. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly and Lane Kiffin. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Washington State — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 30-23@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-35vs Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19vs No. 4 LSU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 35-43@ No. 9 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-26@ No. 13 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-14vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-24vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-19@ Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFL26 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
48.2%
521 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
72.1
15 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #438 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #20 of 28 SEC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly, Lane Kiffin and Pete Golding.
