Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Penn State
Ryan Buchholz
DE • 6'6" • 258 lbs • Malvern, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Buchholz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Ryan Buchholz built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive end from Malvern, PA wearing No. 97, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Ryan Buchholz's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Ryan Buchholz, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State. Ryan Buchholz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Ryan Buchholz quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Great Valley · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Great Valley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Junior
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DE 173rd (top 48%) · Big Ten 213th (top 35%) · National 2,110th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Penn State | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 17 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 43.2 |
Related Context
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Ryan Buchholz played DE for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ryan Buchholz recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Penn State paired 7.5 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Penn State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
4.4
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Akron: 3.5. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia State: 0. Indiana: 0. Northwestern: 2. Michigan: 2
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 4 by 51.7. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 3 by 32.5. Michigan: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/30 | vs Washington | W 35-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs MichiganSplash game | W 42-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | W 31-7 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Indiana | W 45-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Georgia State | W 56-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Pittsburgh | W 33-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs AkronSplash game | W 52-0 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ryan Buchholz story
Ryan Buchholz built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive end from Malvern, PA wearing No. 97, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Ryan Buchholz's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Ryan Buchholz's 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
Penn State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 7.5 | 12.9 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Penn State | 7.5 | 21.4 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 7.5 | 21.4 | 4.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 1 · W 52-0
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
82 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82 takeover score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 9 · W 62-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 33-13
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan
Week 8 · W 42-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
52.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Northwestern
Week 6 · W 31-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
51.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
7.5 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 4.4 usage
47.3
#2
2017 Postseason · Penn State
43.2
7.5 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
43.2
7.5 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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