Player Dossier

2012-2016

Illinois

Ryan Frain

P • 6'2" • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Impact contributor

Ryan Frain shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player 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...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7906

Scecina Memorial · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Ryan Frain, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Illinois. Ryan Frain shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Ryan Frain quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Miami (OH)
Recruit profile
2-star · Scecina Memorial · Illinois
High school pipeline
Scecina Memorial · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Class 2016

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois000-
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois100100
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois100100
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois1200100
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois1000100

Related Context

Ryan Frain played P for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ryan Frain recorded -7 rushing yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2016 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Purdue: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan State: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

— vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/26@ NorthwesternL 21-42
Sat 11/19vs IowaL 0-28
Sat 11/12@ WisconsinL 3-48
Sat 11/5vs Michigan StateW 31-27
Sat 10/29vs MinnesotaL 17-40
Sat 10/22@ MichiganL 8-41
Sat 10/15@ RutgersW 24-7
Sat 10/8vs PurdueL 31-34
Sat 10/1@ NebraskaL 16-31
Sat 9/3vs Murray StateW 52-3

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

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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

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games