Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Stanford
Ryan Burns
QB • 6'5" • 230 lbs • Leesburg, VA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ryan Burns is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Ryan Burns built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Leesburg, VA wearing No. 17, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Ryan Burns' career was his passing role: 1,228 passing...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Ryan Burns, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Stanford. Ryan Burns is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,281
- Passing yards
- 1,228
- Rushing yards
- 53
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Ryan Burns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,281
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Stanford
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Stone Bridge · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Stone Bridge · 20 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2017
- 2017 Total offense rank
- 78 total offense · QB 266th (top 81%) · Pac-12 68th (top 49%) · National 810th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 21.3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Stanford | 11 | 80 | 86 | -6 | 0 | 63.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 11 | 1,089 | 1,072 | 17 | 5 | 63.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 6 | 78 | 57 | 21 | 1 | 30.5 |
Related Context
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Ryan Burns played QB for Stanford. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ryan Burns recorded 1,228 passing yards, 53 rushing yards, and 16 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Stanford paired 1,169 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 61.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Win with 40 yards of offense and 59.6 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
13
Efficiency
61.4
Usage
5.2
Consistency
42.3
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rice: 40. San Diego State: 8. UCLA: 15. Arizona State: 3. Oregon: 0. Washington State: 12
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 7 by 59.6. San Diego State: 1 by 88.9. UCLA: 3 by 68.5. Arizona State: 1 by 30. Washington State: 2 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins14.5 · Games = 4 · +4.5 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 2 · -4.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
88.9 vs San Diego State
Player Story
Ryan Burns story
Ryan Burns built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Leesburg, VA wearing No. 17, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Ryan Burns' career was his passing role: 1,228 passing yards, 6 touchdown passes, 175 attempts, and 53 rushing yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Stanford. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 53 rushing yards and 16 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.
The arc is straightforward: Ryan Burns 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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Stanford
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Stanford | 21 | 81.7 | 9.4 | 21 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Stanford | 13 | 30 | 3 | -8 |
| 2016 Postseason | Stanford | 1,169 | 48 | 17.4 | 1,156 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Stanford | 1,169 | 48 | 17.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 78 | 61.4 | 5.2 | -1,091 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 6 · L 16-42 · Conference game
Loss with 227 yards of offense and 59.8 efficiency.
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Total Offense
81.8 takeover
227 total offense with 59.8 efficiency.
#2
vs UC Davis
Week 1 · W 45-0
21
Total Offense
67.5 takeover
Win with 21 yards of offense and 81.7 efficiency.
21 total offense with 81.7 efficiency.
#3
@ Washington
Week 5 · L 6-44 · Conference game
134
Total Offense
60.7 takeover
Loss with 134 yards of offense and 56.3 efficiency.
134 total offense with 56.3 efficiency.
#4
@ Notre Dame
Week 7 · W 17-10
147
Total Offense
59.4 takeover
Win with 147 yards of offense and 52.2 efficiency.
147 total offense with 52.2 efficiency.
#5
@ Rice
Week 1 · W 62-7
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Total Offense
59.3 takeover
Win with 40 yards of offense and 59.6 efficiency.
40 total offense with 59.6 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Stanford
1,169 primary output · 48 efficiency · 17.4 usage
63.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Stanford
63.1
1,169 primary · 48 efficiency · 17.4 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Stanford
51.1
21 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 9.4 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
0
300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
6
Above avg efficiency
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