Player Career

Ryan Metz Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Ryan Metz story

Ryan Metz built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a quarterback from El Paso, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Ryan Metz's career was his passing role: 3,488 passing yards, 26 touchdown passes, 539 attempts, and 200 rushing yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UTEP. 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. His career also includes 200 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UTEP.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Metz 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. 1

    UTEP

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2015 Regular SeasonUTEP1,02157.7151,021
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP1,41661.313.6395
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP62944.913.4-787
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP62245.117.9-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Incarnate Word

Week 4 · W 27-17

Win with 312 yards of offense and 73.6 efficiency.

312

Total Offense

81.6 takeover

312 total offense with 73.6 efficiency.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

350

Total Offense

79.8 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

350 total offense with 60.1 efficiency.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 12 · L 21-42 · Conference game

209

Total Offense

68.5 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

209 total offense with 56.2 efficiency.

#4

vs UTSA

Week 5 · L 6-25 · Conference game

242

Total Offense

68.1 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

242 total offense with 45.9 efficiency.

#5

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 5 · L 7-28 · Conference game

223

Total Offense

67.5 takeover

Loss with 223 yards of offense and 58.1 efficiency.

223 total offense with 58.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · UTEP

1,416 primary output · 61.3 efficiency · 13.6 usage

65.9

#2

2015 Regular Season · UTEP

51.9

1,021 primary · 57.7 efficiency · 15 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · UTEP

39.2

629 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 13.4 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

4

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency