Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Texas State
Ryan Nolan
S • 5'10" • 181 lbs • Gainesville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Nolan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
88
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Ryan Nolan built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Gainesville, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Ryan Nolan's career was his defensive production: 124...
Read the storyRyan Nolan, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State. Ryan Nolan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 124
- TFL
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Ryan Nolan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · S
- Career Tackles
- 124
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Texas State
- Top game
- UTSA
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 72 tackles · S 44th (top 8%) · Sun Belt 29th (top 5%) · National 248th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Texas State | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 48 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas State | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas State | 11 | 68 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 10.9 | Jan 11, 2026 |
Ryan Nolan played S for Texas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ryan Nolan recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Texas State paired 7 primary output with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
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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2025 Postseason · Texas State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
33.6
Usage
6.5
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 1.5. Eastern Michigan: 0. UTSA: 3.5. Arizona State: 0. Nicholls: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Troy: 0.5. Louisiana: 0. Southern Miss: 0.5. UL Monroe: 0. South Alabama: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 4 by 31.7. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 11 by 80.8. Arizona State: 7 by 29.2. Nicholls: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas State: 9 by 47.5. Troy: 7 by 34.2. Louisiana: 10 by 41.7. Southern Miss: 6 by 30. UL Monroe: 6 by 25. South Alabama: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
80.8 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/2 | vs Rice | W 41-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs South Alabama | W 49-26 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs UL Monroe | W 31-14 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Southern Miss | W 41-14 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Louisiana10+ tackles | L 39-42 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs Troy | L 41-48 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Arkansas State | L 30-31 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Nicholls | W 35-3 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Arizona State | L 15-34 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ UTSA10+ tackles · Splash game | W 43-36 | 11 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 52-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ryan Nolan story
Ryan Nolan built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Gainesville, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Ryan Nolan's career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 3 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Texas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ryan Nolan's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Ryan Nolan 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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Texas State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2024 Postseason | Texas State | 1.5 | 19.3 | 3.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas State | 1.5 | 19.3 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Texas State | 7 | 33.6 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas State | 7 | 33.6 | 6.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 62 UTSA
Week 2 · W 43-36
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
vs North Texas
Week 1 · W 30-28 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 120 Rice
Week 1 · W 41-10 · Postseason
1.5
Havoc Plays
44 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 6 · L 30-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
43.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.7 takeover score.
#5
@ UL Monroe
Week 11 · W 38-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Texas State
7 primary output · 33.6 efficiency · 6.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Texas State
49.2
7 primary · 33.6 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Texas State
19.3
1.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 3.7 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
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Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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