Player Dossier

2013-2016

Colorado

Ryan Severson

ILB • 5'10" • San Jose, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan Severson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Colorado

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State

Player Story

Ryan Severson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an inside linebacker from San Jose, CA wearing No. 30, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Ryan Severson's career was his return-game...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7922

Valley Christian · San Jose, CA

Committed To
Colorado
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Ryan Severson, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Colorado. Ryan Severson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
8
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Ryan Severson quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · ILB
Career Tackles
8
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Colorado
Top game
Idaho State
Recruit profile
2-star · Valley Christian · Colorado
High school pipeline
Valley Christian · 37 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 30 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
8 tackles · ILB 47th (top 72%) · Pac-12 273rd (top 51%) · National 2,942nd (top 52%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonColorado90-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonColorado30-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonColorado00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonColorado48-01-036

Related Context

Ryan Severson played ILB for Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan Severson recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Colorado.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Colorado paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Colorado

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.8

Usage

3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Idaho State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Idaho State: 1. Michigan: 0. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Idaho State: 2 by 18.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Idaho State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Idaho State

Result
Sun 11/27vs UtahW 27-2222000
Sat 10/1vs Oregon StateW 47-632000
Sat 9/17@ MichiganL 28-4510000
Sat 9/10vs Idaho StateW 56-722000

Player Story

Ryan Severson story

Ryan Severson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an inside linebacker from San Jose, CA wearing No. 30, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Ryan Severson's career was his return-game role: 872 return yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Colorado. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 8 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Severson 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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    Colorado

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonColorado00
2014 Regular SeasonColorado000
2015 Regular SeasonColorado00
2016 Regular SeasonColorado110.831

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Idaho State

Week 2 · W 56-7

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Oregon State

Week 5 · W 47-6 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 13 · W 27-22 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 3 · L 28-45

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah

Week 14 · L 17-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Colorado

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2014 Regular Season · Colorado

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Colorado

36

1 primary · 10.8 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games