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Ryan Kerrigan in the NFL
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Defensive end, Purdue, 2007–⁠10

Ryan Kerrigan

Number
No. 94
Height
6′4″
Weight
263 lb
Hometown
Muncie, IN
Born
Aug 16, 1988

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Ryan Kerrigan played defensive end at Purdue (2007–⁠10). He was a consensus All‑American in 2010. The Washington Redskins took Kerrigan in the first round, No. 16 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season
2010
Bill Willis Trophy, Consensus All-American and 3 more
Drafted
No. 16
Overall, 2011 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2008*Purdue1

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. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
20081231255611.571422

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2008Purdue94DE6′4″263

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

2008 Purdue 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 25vs.MinnesotaL 6–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height6′3⅞″
Weight267 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77⅝″W
40-yard dash4.79 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press31 reps
3-cone drill7.18 s
20-yard shuttle4.39 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 151 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Pro Bowls: 4 (2012, 2016–⁠18)

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Washington Redskins16597.51
2012Washington Redskins16498.51
2013Washington Redskins16608.50
2014Washington Redskins166013.50
2015Washington Redskins16389.50
2016Washington Redskins1429110
2017Washington Redskins1644131
2018Washington Redskins1542130
2019Washington Redskins12235.50
2020Washington Football Team10175.50
2021Philadelphia Eagles4200
NFL career15142395.53

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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