Player Career

Ryan Frain Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Ryan Frain story

Ryan Frain built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a punter from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 13, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Ryan Frain's career was his field-position work: 124 punts and 4,975 punting yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 2 tackles, 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 Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Frain 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

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

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    Illinois

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami (OH)

Week 5 · W 50-14

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Youngstown State

Week 1 · W 28-17

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 13 · L 14-24 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Minnesota

Week 12 · L 23-32 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Ohio State

Week 11 · L 3-28 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2014 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

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Splash games

0

10+ tackle games