Sean Ryan

Senior wide receiver for Rutgers. 2022: 26 catches, 440 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Rutgers · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 200 lb · Brooklyn, NY

CFB Index 44 · #264 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceRutgers 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1007 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Rutgers. 2022: 26 catches, 440 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2018.
Transferred from West Virginia to Rutgers in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rutgers, 1,473 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 87 yds at Kansas.Kansas · W 34-282021

20186 games

Signed with Temple3-star out of Erasmus Hall

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1007 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

2019

Nunzio Campanile

Rutgers

era →

2020–2022

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #264 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: td rate (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#13 / 636 · 98th pct

1.32

TD rate#104 / 636 · 83rd pct

11.1%

Catch rate#113 / 636 · 82nd pct

88.9%

Yards / catch#129 / 636 · 80th pct

15.2

Explosive rate#155 / 636 · 76th pct

18.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#64 / 550 · 88th pct

16.9

Long catch#205 / 550 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Rec yards#257 / 550 · 53rd pct

440

Receptions#326 / 550 · 40th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

82nd → 98th percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 76th percentile

Catch rate

30th → 82nd percentile

TD rate

73rd → 83rd percentile

Yards / catch

90th → 80th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	57.2	22.4	0.4
Road6g	2.0	25.7	13.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	32.8	17.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	46.0	17.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #264 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Rutgers	26	440	16.9	3	--
2021	West Virginia	25	399	16.0	3	--
2020	West Virginia	25	264	10.6	0	--
2019	West Virginia	19	219	11.5	0	--
2018	Temple	11	151	13.7	1	--
Career		106	1,473	13.9	7	--

Season	Team
2022	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--
2021	West Virginia	--	--	--	--	--
2020	West Virginia	1	2	--	--	--
2019	West Virginia	1	24	--	--	--
2018	Temple	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	26	--	--	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Michigan · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.00Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Sean Ryan for 37 yds to the Mich 36 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.46G.Wimsatt pass complete to RUT 25. Catch made by S.Ryan at RUT 25. Gain of 55 yards. Tackled by K.King at PSU 20.
Week 11 · Michigan State · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Sean Ryan for 16 yds to the MchSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Nebraska · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Noah Vedral pass complete to Sean Ryan for 34 yds to the Neb 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Ohio State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Evan Simon pass complete to Sean Ryan for 14 yds for a TD, (Jude McAtamney KICK)
Week 8 · Indiana · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Noah Vedral pass complete to Sean Ryan for 28 yds to the Rutgr 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Minnesota · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Gavin Wimsatt pass complete to Sean Ryan for 18 yds to the Rutgr 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Noah Vedral pass complete to Sean Ryan for 15 yds for a TD, (Jude McAtamney KICK)
Week 5 · Ohio State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.28Evan Simon pass complete to Sean Ryan for 26 yds to the OhSt 30 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.77G.Wimsatt pass complete to RUT 21. Catch made by S.Ryan at RUT 21. Gain of 21 yards. Tackled by M.Wilson; K.Ellis at RUT 42.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-21@ Boston College	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 16-14@ Temple	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 4	L 10-27vs Iowa	3	47	15.7	0	29
Wk 5	L 10-49@ Ohio State	2	40	20.0	1	26
Wk 6	L 13-14vs Nebraska	2	50	25.0	0	34
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Indiana	3	59	19.7	1	28
Wk 9	L 0-31@ Minnesota	4	46	11.5	0	18
Wk 10	L 17-52vs Michigan	4	54	13.5	1	37
Wk 11	L 21-27@ Michigan State	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 12	L 10-55vs Penn State	2	76	38.0	0	55	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 13	L 0-37@ Maryland	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		26	440	17.4	3	55

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Sean Ryan

20186 games

202211 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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