Zack Ryan: LB · Ball State · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Zack Ryan
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches at Ball State: Pete Lembo and Mike Neu. On tape: 9 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Northern Illinois, Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ball State | 69 | 33 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Ball State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 69 | 33 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21@ Georgia State | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-30@ Indiana | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14vs Eastern Kentucky | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-27@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-24@ Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-35vs Akron | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-52vs No. 17 Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 41-48vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-37@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-21@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 33 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups69 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
45.7%
434 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
79.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
467 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ball State, 69 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pete Lembo → Mike Neu. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
