Ricky Stanzi in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: University of Iowa Athletics, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Iowa, 2006–⁠10

Ricky Stanzi

Lettered 2008–⁠10 (school media guide)

Number
No. 12
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Mentor, OH
Born
Sep 3, 1987, in Mentor, Ohio

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Ricky Stanzi played quarterback at Iowa (2006–⁠10). The Kansas City Chiefs took Stanzi in round 5, No. 135 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,004
Passing yards, 2010 (Iowa, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 135
Round 5, 2011 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

337passing yards, career highvs. Indiana, 20094touchdown passes, career highat Iowa State, 2009

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2007*Iowa040.000.001
2008*Iowa15025459.11,9567.7149
2009Iowa17130456.32,4178.01715
2010Iowa22134564.13,0048.7256
Career54290759.87,3778.15631

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Iowa11313.0013
2008*Iowa56200.4020
2009Iowa55−31−0.6013
2010Iowa48−6−0.1226
Career160−4−0.0226

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Iowa12QB
2008Iowa12QB
2009Iowa12QB
2010Iowa12QB6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Iowa 13 games, 3,004 passing yards, 25 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.Eastern IllinoisW 37–⁠7182322910−10
Sep 11vs.Iowa StateW 35–⁠7111820420−3
Sep 18atArizonaL 27–⁠34183327831−6
Sep 25vs.Ball StateW 45–⁠0192528830–
Oct 2vs.Penn StateW 24–⁠31622227119
Oct 16atMichiganW 38–⁠28172424830−3
Oct 23vs.WisconsinL 30–⁠31253725830−1
Oct 30vs.Michigan StateW 37–⁠611151903026
Nov 6atIndianaW 18–⁠13223329011−10
Nov 13atNorthwesternL 17–⁠21234127021−15
Nov 20vs.Ohio StateL 17–⁠20203119510−8
Nov 27atMinnesotaL 24–⁠271022127206
Dec 28 ✦vs.MissouriW 27–⁠241121200029
2009 Iowa 11 games, 2,417 passing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Northern IowaW 17–⁠16223424210−36
Sep 12atIowa StateW 35–⁠3183419742−5
Sep 19vs.ArizonaW 27–⁠17203220501−30
Sep 26atPenn StateW 21–⁠101126135022
Oct 3vs.Arkansas StateW 24–⁠2118262963219
Oct 10vs.MichiganW 30–⁠2820382842112
Oct 17atWisconsinW 20–⁠10172321810−20
Oct 24atMichigan StateW 15–⁠13112713810−1
Oct 31vs.IndianaW 42–⁠2413263372524
Nov 7vs.NorthwesternL 10–⁠174913411−6
Jan 5 ✦vs.Georgia TechW 24–⁠1417292312110
2008 Iowa 13 games, 1,956 passing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.MaineW 46–⁠3914900022
Sep 6vs.Florida InternationalW 42–⁠08101623030
Sep 13vs.Iowa StateW 17–⁠55149502−4
Sep 20atPittsburghL 20–⁠217107900−8
Sep 27vs.NorthwesternL 17–⁠222130238112
Oct 4atMichigan StateL 13–⁠16152215811−26
Oct 11atIndianaW 45–⁠9122018420−16
Oct 18vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠16111811410–
Nov 1atIllinoisL 24–⁠271129191129
Nov 8vs.Penn StateW 24–⁠23152517111−16
Nov 15vs.PurdueW 22–⁠1781572004
Nov 22atMinnesotaW 55–⁠015282553017
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 31–⁠101319147126
2007 Iowa 1 game, 0 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8vs.SyracuseW 35–⁠00400113

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′4⅜″
Weight223 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size10″
Wingspan76⅜″W
40-yard dash4.96 s
10-yard split1.71 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′2″
3-cone drill6.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2017–⁠18CFLCalgary Stampeders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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