Receiver, Illinois, 2010–⁠13

Ryan Lankford

Lettered 2010 (school media guide)

Number
No. 12
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Born
Dec 9, 1991

Ryan Lankford played receiver at Illinois (2010–⁠13).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last vs. Penn State, 2012115receiving yards, career highvs. Southern Illinois, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Charleston Southern, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Illinois612921.5152
2011Illinois121089.0018
2012Illinois3746912.7564
2013Illinois1530820.5172
Career701,01414.5772

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011Illinois–––37330
2012Illinois41110–––
2013Illinois3530–––
Career7164037330

Punting

SeasonTeamPuntsYdsAvgLongIn 20
2011Illinois1974939.4590

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Illinois12WR
2011Illinois12WR
2012Illinois12WR
2013Illinois12WR6′0″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Illinois200.87––17.56%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Illinois 6 games, 15 catches, 308 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.Southern IllinoisW 42–⁠3461150–––
Sep 7vs.CincinnatiW 45–⁠171100–––
Sep 14vs.WashingtonL 24–⁠3431001–––
Sep 28vs.Miami (OH)W 50–⁠141110–––
Oct 19vs.WisconsinL 32–⁠563500353–
Oct 26vs.Michigan StateL 3–⁠421220–––
2012 Illinois 11 games, 37 catches, 469 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Western MichiganW 24–⁠71641–––
Sep 8atArizona StateL 14–⁠453310–––
Sep 15vs.Charleston SouthernW 44–⁠07972127–
Sep 22vs.Louisiana TechL 24–⁠525511–––
Sep 29vs.Penn StateL 7–⁠3571040–––
Oct 6atWisconsinL 14–⁠312151–––
Oct 13atMichiganL 0–⁠45140121–
Oct 27vs.IndianaL 17–⁠313470–––
Nov 3atOhio StateL 22–⁠522140–––
Nov 10vs.MinnesotaL 3–⁠174440143–
Nov 17vs.PurdueL 17–⁠202−20120–
2011 Illinois 13 games, 12 catches, 108 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.Arkansas StateW 33–⁠15–––––1
Sep 10vs.South Dakota StateW 56–⁠3270––5
Sep 17vs.Arizona StateW 17–⁠14–––––4
Sep 24vs.Western MichiganW 23–⁠20–––––2
Oct 1vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠35–––––2
Oct 8atIndianaW 41–⁠20–––––6
Oct 15vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠173270––6
Oct 22atPurdueL 14–⁠211130––5
Oct 29atPenn StateL 7–⁠101120––4
Nov 12vs.MichiganL 14–⁠311180––2
Nov 19vs.WisconsinL 17–⁠28––––––
Nov 26atMinnesotaL 7–⁠27160–––
Dec 31 ✦vs.UCLAW 20–⁠143250–––
2010 Illinois 5 games, 6 catches, 129 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 11vs.Southern IllinoisW 35–⁠31100–––
Oct 23vs.IndianaW 43–⁠132190–––
Oct 30vs.PurdueW 44–⁠101150–––
Nov 6atMichiganL 65–⁠671331–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.BaylorW 38–⁠141520–––

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2015–⁠16CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
2017–⁠18CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers
2019CFLOttawa Redblacks
2019CFLBC Lions

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

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