Player Dossier

2007-2010

Eastern Michigan

Ryan Downard

DB • 6'0" • Lima, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

Ryan Downard built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a defensive back from Lima, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Ryan Downard's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.7

Shawnee · Lima, OH

Committed To
Eastern Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Ryan Downard, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Ryan Downard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Ryan Downard quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Top game
Western Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Shawnee · Eastern Michigan
High school pipeline
Shawnee · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan40-0--067.4
2008 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan30-0--037.3
2009 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan10-0--045.6
2010 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan80-0--050

Related Context

Ryan Downard played DB for Eastern Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan Downard recorded 3 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Eastern Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Eastern Michigan paired 6 primary output with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

30

Usage

Consistency

72.2

Best Game by takeover score

Western Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Howard: 1. Vanderbilt: 2. Michigan: 1. Western Michigan: 2

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Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

40 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sat 10/27vs Western MichiganSplash gameW 19-22
Sat 10/6@ MichiganL 22-331
Sat 9/29@ VanderbiltSplash gameL 7-302
Sat 9/22vs HowardW 38-151

Player Story

Ryan Downard story

Ryan Downard built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a defensive back from Lima, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Ryan Downard's career was his defensive production: 9 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Eastern Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ryan Downard's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 3 rushing yards and 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Downard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Eastern Michigan

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2007200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan630
2008 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan213.3-4
2009 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan120-1
2010 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan00-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Michigan

Week 9 · W 19-2 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Vanderbilt

Week 5 · L 7-30

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 4 · L 24-51

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Toledo

Week 3 · L 17-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · L 24-27

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

6 primary output · 30 efficiency · usage

67.4

#2

2010 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

45.6

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games