Player Dossier

2024-2025

West Virginia

Ryan Ward

TE • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Rutherford, NJ, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Ryan Ward reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

6.6

Efficiency

41.4

Consistency

28.2

Season Value

42.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
North Carolina • West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Scouting Read

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Ryan Ward, TE. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · North Carolina. Ryan Ward reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Ryan Ward played TE for North Carolina and West Virginia. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ryan Ward recorded 41 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 41.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, West Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

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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2025 Regular Season · West Virginia

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

6.8

Efficiency

41.4

Usage

6.6

Consistency

28.2

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Kansas: 13. TCU: 20. Houston: 4. Colorado: 3. Texas Tech: 1

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. Kansas: 1 by 86.7. TCU: 2 by 66.7. Houston: 1 by 26.7. Colorado: 1 by 20. Texas Tech: 1 by 6.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.5 · Games = 2 · -7.8 vs Losses
Losses11.3 · Games = 3 · +7.8 vs Wins
First Half11 · Games = 3 · +8.3 vs Second Half
Second Half2.7 · Games = 3 · -8.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

86.7 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 11/29vs Texas TechL 0-49111101
Sat 11/8vs ColoradoW 29-22133313
Sat 11/1@ HoustonW 45-35144404
Sat 10/25vs TCUL 17-232201010016
Sat 9/20@ KansasL 10-411131313013
Sat 8/30vs Unknown

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    West Virginia

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0
2025 Regular SeasonWest Virginia4141.46.641

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

TCU

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20

Primary metric

20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#2

Kansas

13

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#3

Houston

4

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

4 receiving yards with a 26.7 efficiency score.

#4

Colorado

3

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

3 receiving yards with a 20 efficiency score.

#5

Texas Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

1 receiving yards with a 6.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · North Carolina

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2025 Regular Season · West Virginia

42.3

41 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8625

Rutherford · Rutherford, NJ

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

41

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.