Player Dossier

2022-2025

BYU

Carsen Ryan

TE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Orem, UT, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Carsen Ryan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCLA • Utah • BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Carsen Ryan built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Orem, UT wearing No. 20, spending time with BYU, UCLA, and Utah. The clearest part of Carsen Ryan's career was his receiving role: 74...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.901

American Fork · American Fork, UT

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 32
Overall
No. 248
NFL Team
Cleveland Browns

Carsen Ryan, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · BYU. Carsen Ryan reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,020
Receptions
74
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Carsen Ryan quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,020
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · BYU
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · American Fork · UCLA
High school pipeline
American Fork · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 7 · Pick 32 · Cleveland Browns
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
620 receiving yards · TE 6th (top 2%) · Big 12 21st (top 9%) · National 146th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA4682034
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA813205348.4
2024 Regular SeasonUtah510113131.8
2025 PostseasonBYU138120073.5
2025 Regular SeasonBYU1337500373.5

Related Context

Carsen Ryan played TE for UCLA, Utah, and BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carsen Ryan recorded 1,020 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

BYU paired 620 primary output with 80.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 52.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Utah, BYU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Utah

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

22.6

Efficiency

52.7

Usage

11.4

Consistency

18.5

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 13. Houston: 7. BYU: 7. Colorado: 78. UCF: 8

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. Utah State: 2 by 43.3. Houston: 1 by 46.7. BYU: 1 by 46.7. Colorado: 4 by 100. UCF: 2 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins10.5 · Games = 2 · -20.2 vs Losses
Losses30.7 · Games = 3 · +20.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

100 vs Colorado

Result
Sat 11/30@ UCFW 28-14284406
Sat 11/16@ ColoradoL 24-4947819.519.50025
Sun 11/10vs BYUL 21-22177707
Sat 10/26@ HoustonL 14-17177707
Sat 9/14@ Utah StateW 38-212136.56.50111

Player Story

Carsen Ryan story

Carsen Ryan built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Orem, UT wearing No. 20, spending time with BYU, UCLA, and Utah. The clearest part of Carsen Ryan's career was his receiving role: 74 catches, 1,020 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 tackles and 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Carsen Ryan'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. 1

    UCLA

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    BYU

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUCLA8268.97.9
2023 Regular SeasonUCLA20581.28.4123
2024 Regular SeasonUtah11352.711.4-92
2025 PostseasonBYU62080.518.2507
2025 Regular SeasonBYU62080.518.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 1 · W 25-21 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

120

Receiving Yards

99.6 takeover

120 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Utah

Week 4 · L 7-14 · Conference game

69

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

69 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Colorado

Week 12 · L 24-49 · Conference game

78

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 76 UCF

Week 14 · W 41-21 · Conference game

85

Receiving Yards

83.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Alabama State

Week 2 · W 45-7

58

Receiving Yards

81.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

58 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · BYU

620 primary output · 80.5 efficiency · 18.2 usage

73.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · BYU

73.5

620 primary · 80.5 efficiency · 18.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UCLA

48.4

205 primary · 81.2 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games