Three-year letterwinner enters his third season as a starting cornerback in 2013 . . . has 105 tackles and 16 passes defended (six interceptions, 10 pass break-ups) in 30 career games, including 26 starts. Has seven tackles in two bowl appearances . . . collected three tackles in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl victory over TCU . . . tied a Spartan-bowl record with two interceptions in the win over No.
Has started all 13 games at left tackle, blocking for eight individual 100-yard rushing performances ... has helped open holes for 224.6 yards of rushing offense per game (439.1 of total offense) ... has allowed only 3.5 sacks, as a first-year starter ... graded out at 90 percent or better in six games: Florida Atlantic, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Western Carolina and Auburn ...
Ryan is coming off a superb true freshman season in 2011 and is locked in as a starting linebacker in 2012 ... he played in all 13 games last year and started the final three games ... he recorded 57 tackles, the most by a true freshman in the last 15 years (Andy Katzenmoyer had 86 as a true freshman in 1996; Donnie Nickey was a red-shirt freshman when he had 73 in 1999) ...
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