Punter, Iowa, 2006–⁠10

Ryan Donahue

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Evergreen Park, IL
Born: Mar 17, 1988, in Evergreen Park, Illinois

Ryan Donahue played punter at Iowa (2006–⁠10).

Honors

2008Second-team All-Big Ten

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

3,533

2,078

2,495

2,408

6–⁠69–⁠4AP 2011–⁠2AP 78–⁠5

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2007*	Iowa	86	3,533	41.1	82
2008*	Iowa	50	2,078	41.6	64
2009	Iowa	61	2,495	40.9	73
2010	Iowa	54	2,408	44.6	73
On file (2007–⁠10)		251	10,514	41.9	82

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

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Iowa	5	P
2008	Iowa	5	P
2009	Iowa	5	P
2010	Iowa	5	P	6′3″

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, 54 punts, 44.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 37–⁠7	1	43	43
Sep 11	vs.Iowa State	W 35–⁠7	5	242	61
Sep 18	atArizona	L 27–⁠34	7	328	60
Sep 25	vs.Ball State	W 45–⁠0	2	82	46
Oct 2	vs.Penn State	W 24–⁠3	7	282	53
Oct 16	atMichigan	W 38–⁠28	5	231	56
Oct 23	vs.Wisconsin	L 30–⁠31	2	121	71
Oct 30	vs.Michigan State	W 37–⁠6	5	194	45
Nov 6	atIndiana	W 18–⁠13	2	97	53
Nov 13	atNorthwestern	L 17–⁠21	7	300	73
Nov 20	vs.Ohio State	L 17–⁠20	4	164	52
Nov 27	atMinnesota	L 24–⁠27	4	190	62
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Missouri	W 27–⁠24	3	134	47

2009 Iowa 13 games, 61 punts, 40.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Northern Iowa	W 17–⁠16	5	214	56
Sep 12	atIowa State	W 35–⁠3	4	156	57
Sep 19	vs.Arizona	W 27–⁠17	5	255	62
Sep 26	atPenn State	W 21–⁠10	5	178	48
Oct 3	vs.Arkansas State	W 24–⁠21	4	152	51
Oct 10	vs.Michigan	W 30–⁠28	6	238	49
Oct 17	atWisconsin	W 20–⁠10	3	150	58
Oct 24	atMichigan State	W 15–⁠13	6	268	50
Oct 31	vs.Indiana	W 42–⁠24	2	55	47
Nov 7	vs.Northwestern	L 10–⁠17	5	235	73
Nov 14	atOhio State	L 24–⁠27	3	112	42
Nov 21	vs.Minnesota	W 12–⁠0	9	339	51
Jan 5 ✦	vs.Georgia Tech	W 24–⁠14	4	143	44

2008 Iowa 13 games, 50 punts, 41.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	vs.Maine	W 46–⁠3	1	36	36
Sep 6	vs.Florida International	W 42–⁠0	2	73	40
Sep 13	vs.Iowa State	W 17–⁠5	4	150	64
Sep 20	atPittsburgh	L 20–⁠21	7	291	59
Sep 27	vs.Northwestern	L 17–⁠22	3	129	55
Oct 4	atMichigan State	L 13–⁠16	3	159	56
Oct 11	atIndiana	W 45–⁠9	4	176	56
Oct 18	vs.Wisconsin	W 38–⁠16	8	294	41
Nov 1	atIllinois	L 24–⁠27	5	223	51
Nov 8	vs.Penn State	W 24–⁠23	3	133	55
Nov 15	vs.Purdue	W 22–⁠17	4	132	41
Nov 22	atMinnesota	W 55–⁠0	4	194	57
Jan 1 ✦	vs.South Carolina	W 31–⁠10	2	88	51

2007 Iowa 12 games, 86 punts, 41.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Northern Illinois	W 16–⁠3	8	321	57
Sep 8	vs.Syracuse	W 35–⁠0	4	127	49
Sep 15	atIowa State	L 13–⁠15	6	215	45
Sep 22	atWisconsin	L 13–⁠17	9	326	46
Sep 29	vs.Indiana	L 20–⁠38	5	192	44
Oct 6	atPenn State	L 7–⁠27	11	497	57
Oct 13	vs.Illinois	W 10–⁠6	3	96	45
Oct 20	atPurdue	L 6–⁠31	9	382	68
Oct 27	vs.Michigan State	W 34–⁠27	8	413	82
Nov 3	atNorthwestern	W 28–⁠17	10	436	76
Nov 10	vs.Minnesota	W 21–⁠16	7	290	54
Nov 17	vs.Western Michigan	L 19–⁠28	6	238	54

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011
Height	6′1⅞″
Weight	193 lb
Arm length	31⅛″
Hand size	8⅝″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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