Player Career

Ryan Burns Career Story

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

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

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

  1. 1

    Stanford

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonStanford0
2014 Regular SeasonStanford2181.79.421
2015 Regular SeasonStanford13303-8
2016 PostseasonStanford1,1694817.41,156
2016 Regular SeasonStanford1,1694817.40
2017 Regular SeasonStanford7861.45.2-1,091

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.

227

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

40

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

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

6

Above avg efficiency