Usage / Role
88%
Featured offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2007-2010Iowa
Ricky Stanzi
QB • 6'4" • Mentor, OH, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ricky Stanzi is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a quarterback
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Iowa
07080809091010
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Ricky Stanzi built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a quarterback from Mentor, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ricky Stanzi's career was his passing role: 7,377 passing...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2011
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 135
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Ricky Stanzi, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Iowa. Ricky Stanzi is a balanced quarterback profile with 12.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,373
- Passing yards
- 7,377
- Touchdowns
- 58
Quick Answers
Ricky Stanzi quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 7,373
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lake Catholic · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Lake Catholic · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2011 · Round 5 · Pick 4 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2010
- 2010 Total offense rank
- 2,998 total offense · QB 36th (top 13%) · Big Ten 4th (top 4%) · National 36th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2008 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 153 | 147 | 6 | 1 | 56.4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 1,823 | 1,809 | 14 | 13 | 56.4 |
| 2009 Postseason | Iowa | 11 | 241 | 231 | 10 | 2 | 60.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa | 11 | 2,145 | 2,186 | -41 | 15 | 60.2 |
| 2010 Postseason | Iowa | 13 | 209 | 200 | 9 | 0 | 70.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 2,789 | 2,804 | -15 | 27 | 70.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Ricky Stanzi
Ricky Stanzi played QB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ricky Stanzi recorded 7,377 passing yards, -4 rushing yards, and -1 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Iowa paired 2,998 primary output with 63.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 58.3 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: Minnesota
Win with 272 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2008 Postseason · Iowa
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
152
Efficiency
58.3
Usage
12.2
Consistency
74.2
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 153. Maine: 112. Florida International: 192. Iowa State: 91. Pittsburgh: 71. Northwestern: 240. Michigan State: 132. Indiana: 168. Wisconsin: 114. Illinois: 200. Penn State: 155. Purdue: 76. Minnesota: 272
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 23 by 51.4. Maine: 16 by 79.5. Florida International: 15 by 85. Iowa State: 20 by 33.8. Pittsburgh: 13 by 59. Northwestern: 34 by 56.9. Michigan State: 27 by 52.5. Indiana: 23 by 59.2. Wisconsin: 18 by 71.3. Illinois: 40 by 43.4. Penn State: 29 by 50.3. Purdue: 18 by 51.7. Minnesota: 34 by 64.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins148.1 · Games = 9 · -12.6 vs Losses
Losses160.8 · Games = 4 · +12.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
85 vs Florida International
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1/1 | vs South Carolina | W 31-10 | 13 | 19 | 147 | 68.4 | 1 | 2 | 51.4 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Minnesota3+ TD | W 55-0 | 15 | 28 | 255 | 53.6 | 3 | 0 | 64.4 | 6 | 17 | 2.80 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Purdue | W 22-17 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Penn State | W 24-23 | 15 | 25 | 171 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 50.3 | 4 | -16 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Illinois | L 24-27 | 11 | 29 | 191 | 37.9 | 1 | 2 | 43.4 | 11 | 9 | 0.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Wisconsin | W 38-16 | 11 | 18 | 114 | 61.1 | 1 | 0 | 71.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Indiana | W 45-9 | 12 | 20 | 184 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 59.2 | 3 | -16 | -5.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Michigan State | L 13-16 | 15 | 22 | 158 | 68.2 | 1 | 1 | 52.5 | 5 | -26 | -5.20 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Northwestern | L 17-22 | 21 | 30 | 238 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | 56.9 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Pittsburgh | L 20-21 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3 | -8 | -2.70 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Iowa State | W 17-5 | 5 | 14 | 95 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | 33.8 | 6 | -4 | -0.70 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Florida International3+ TD | W 42-0 | 8 | 10 | 162 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Maine | W 46-3 | 9 | 14 | 90 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 79.5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
Player Story
Ricky Stanzi story
Ricky Stanzi built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a quarterback from Mentor, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ricky Stanzi's career was his passing role: 7,377 passing yards, 56 touchdown passes, and 907 attempts across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Iowa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.
The arc is straightforward: Ricky Stanzi 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Iowa
2007-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2007200820082009200920102010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Iowa | 13 | 25 | 2.5 | — |
| 2008 Postseason | Iowa | 1,976 | 58.3 | 12.2 | 1,963 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa | 1,976 | 58.3 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2009 Postseason | Iowa | 2,386 | 52.7 | 14.4 | 410 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa | 2,386 | 52.7 | 14.4 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Iowa | 2,998 | 63.5 | 12.7 | 612 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Iowa | 2,998 | 63.5 | 12.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 45-0
Win with 288 yards of offense and 90.7 efficiency.
288
Total Offense
95.4 takeover
288 total offense with 90.7 efficiency.
#2
@ Arizona
Week 3 · L 27-34
272
Total Offense
74.8 takeover
Loss with 272 yards of offense and 53.2 efficiency.
272 total offense with 53.2 efficiency.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game
361
Total Offense
65.4 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
361 total offense with 51.8 efficiency.
#4
vs Arkansas State
Week 5 · W 24-21
315
Total Offense
65.1 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
315 total offense with 66.3 efficiency.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 13 · W 55-0 · Conference game
272
Total Offense
64.9 takeover
Win with 272 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency.
272 total offense with 64.4 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Iowa
2,998 primary output · 63.5 efficiency · 12.7 usage
70.8
#2
2010 Regular Season · Iowa
70.8
2,998 primary · 63.5 efficiency · 12.7 usage
#3
2009 Postseason · Iowa
60.2
2,386 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage
Milestones
9
250+ passing yards
2
300+ total offense
10
3+ TD games
12
Above avg efficiency
Next best actions
Keep exploring Ricky Stanzi
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.