Player Dossier

2008-2011

Oregon State

Ryan McCants

RB • 6'1" • Corona, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ryan McCants leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

4

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Oregon State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Ryan McCants built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Corona, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Ryan McCants' career was his backfield work: 376...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.79

Folsom · Folsom, CA

Committed To
UC Davis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Ryan McCants, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Oregon State. Ryan McCants leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
415
Rushing yards
376
Receiving yards
39
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ryan McCants quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
415
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Oregon State
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
2-star · Folsom · UC Davis
High school pipeline
Folsom · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 PostseasonOregon State1129236060.1
2008 Regular SeasonOregon State1133831424260.1
2009 Regular SeasonOregon State429254035.4
2010 Regular SeasonOregon State319145027.5
2011 Regular SeasonOregon State00000-

Related Context

Ryan McCants played RB for Oregon State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan McCants recorded 376 rushing yards, 39 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Oregon State paired 367 primary output with 38.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 39.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

6.3

Efficiency

39.4

Usage

3

Consistency

56.9

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 5. California: 10. UCLA: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 1 by 41.7. California: 3 by 34.7. UCLA: 1 by 41.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins7.5 · Games = 2 · +3.5 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · -3.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 11/6@ UCLAL 14-1714404
Sat 10/30vs CaliforniaW 35-73103.3003.3
Sat 10/9@ ArizonaW 29-27155

Player Story

Ryan McCants story

Ryan McCants built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a running back from Corona, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Ryan McCants' career was his backfield work: 376 rushing yards, 95 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 39 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 39 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan McCants' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oregon State

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082008200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 PostseasonOregon State36738.814.3
2008 Regular SeasonOregon State36738.814.30
2009 Regular SeasonOregon State2944.82.8-338
2010 Regular SeasonOregon State1939.43-10
2011 Regular SeasonOregon State0-19

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 3 · W 45-7

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74

Scrimmage Yards

70.5 takeover

74 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.

#2

@ Arizona

Week 13 · W 19-17 · Conference game

57

Scrimmage Yards

66.6 takeover

Win with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

57 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 11 · W 34-6 · Conference game

58

Scrimmage Yards

63.2 takeover

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.

#4

vs Washington State

Week 7 · W 66-13 · Conference game

51

Scrimmage Yards

58.7 takeover

Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

51 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.

#5

@ USC

Week 8 · L 36-42 · Conference game

10

Scrimmage Yards

53.7 takeover

Loss with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

10 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Oregon State

367 primary output · 38.8 efficiency · 14.3 usage

60.1

#2

2008 Regular Season · Oregon State

60.1

367 primary · 38.8 efficiency · 14.3 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Oregon State

35.4

29 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games