Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Southern Miss
Ryan Balentine
WR • 6'1" • Killeen, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Ryan Balentine reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Ryan Balentine built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Killeen, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ryan Balentine's career was his receiving...
Read the storyRyan Balentine, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Ryan Balentine reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 883
- Receptions
- 65
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Ryan Balentine quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 883
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Rice
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 742 receiving yards · WR 76th (top 10%) · Conference USA 8th (top 5%) · National 82nd (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 6 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 13 | 49 | 742 | 8 | 73.4 |
Related Context
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Ryan Balentine played WR for Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ryan Balentine recorded 883 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 742 primary output with 77.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 77.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
57.1
Efficiency
77.2
Usage
17.3
Consistency
58.5
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 80. Marshall: 51. SE Louisiana: 10. Virginia: 68. Rice: 114. Navy: 112. SMU: 33. UTEP: 0. East Carolina: 28. UCF: 122. UAB: 59. Memphis: 41. Houston: 24
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. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 88.9. Marshall: 5 by 68. SE Louisiana: 1 by 66.7. Virginia: 5 by 90.7. Rice: 7 by 100. Navy: 4 by 100. SMU: 3 by 73.3. UTEP: 2 by 0. East Carolina: 3 by 62.2. UCF: 6 by 100. UAB: 3 by 100. Memphis: 1 by 100. Houston: 3 by 53.3
Split Comparison
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Wins57.5 · Games = 11 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses55 · Games = 2 · -2.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
100 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/3 | @ Houston | W 49-28 | — | 3 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Memphis | W 44-7 | — | 1 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
| Fri 11/18 | @ UAB | L 31-34 | — | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 1 | 34 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs UCF100 receiving yards | W 30-29 | — | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ East Carolina | W 48-28 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ UTEP | W 31-13 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sun 10/23 | vs SMU | W 27-3 | — | 3 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Navy100 receiving yards | W 63-35 | — | 4 | 112 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 77 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Rice100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 48-24 | — | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 2 | 46 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Virginia | W 30-24 | — | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs SE Louisiana | W 52-6 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Marshall | L 20-26 | — | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 19-17 | — | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 39 |
Player Story
Ryan Balentine story
Ryan Balentine built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Killeen, TX wearing No. 80, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ryan Balentine's career was his receiving role: 65 catches, 883 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Southern Miss. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 4 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Ryan Balentine 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
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Southern Miss
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 59 | 77.4 | 6.8 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 82 | 51.9 | 8 | 23 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 742 | 77.2 | 17.3 | 660 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rice
Week 5 · W 48-24 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
114
Receiving Yards
97.8 takeover
114 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs UCF
Week 11 · W 30-29 · Conference game
122
Receiving Yards
91.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
122 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Navy
Week 6 · W 63-35
112
Receiving Yards
84.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · W 19-17
80
Receiving Yards
83.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 11 · W 27-20 · Conference game
16
Receiving Yards
74.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss
742 primary output · 77.2 efficiency · 17.3 usage
73.4
#2
2009 Regular Season · Southern Miss
48.2
59 primary · 77.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss
38.3
82 primary · 51.9 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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