Quarterback, San Diego State, 2007–⁠11

Ryan Lindley

Number
No. 14
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Alpine, CA
Born
Jun 22, 1989

Ryan Lindley played quarterback at San Diego State (2007–⁠11). The Arizona Cardinals took Lindley in round 6, No. 185 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,830
Passing yards, 2010 (San Diego State, 9–⁠4)
Best game
459 yards
At Colorado State, week 8, 2009: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 185
Round 6, 2012 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

528passing yards, best game on filevs. Utah, 20106touchdown passes, best game on fileat Colorado State, 2009

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2008*San Diego State24242756.72,6536.2169
2009San Diego State23943754.73,0547.02316
2010San Diego State24342157.73,8309.12814
2011San Diego State23744753.03,1537.1238
On file (2008–⁠11)9611,73255.512,6907.39047

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2008*San Diego State31−62−2.0115
2009San Diego State22−131−6.012
2010San Diego State19−31−1.609
2011San Diego State18−51−2.8015
On file (2008–⁠11)90−275−3.1215

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
2008San Diego State14QB
2009San Diego State14QB
2010San Diego State14QB
2011San Diego State14QB6′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

2011 San Diego State 13 games, 3,153 passing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Cal PolyW 49–⁠211527203401
Sep 10atArmyW 23–⁠2081814610−11
Sep 17vs.Washington StateW 42–⁠242137273212
Sep 24atMichiganL 7–⁠28234825310−14
Oct 8vs.TCUL 14–⁠27154120123−8
Oct 13atAir ForceW 41–⁠271521209209
Oct 29vs.WyomingL 27–⁠30132724721−17
Nov 5vs.New MexicoW 35–⁠7162427100−9
Nov 12atColorado StateW 18–⁠15193515411–
Nov 19vs.Boise StateL 35–⁠52305135031−9
Nov 26atUNLVW 31–⁠1413291522114
Dec 3vs.Fresno StateW 35–⁠28214028100−15
Dec 17 ✦vs.LouisianaL 30–⁠322849413306
2010 San Diego State 13 games, 3,830 passing yards, 28 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.NichollsW 47–⁠0172630320–
Sep 11atNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠21204231910–
Sep 18atMissouriL 24–⁠27204419001−6
Sep 25vs.Utah StateW 41–⁠71724362313
Oct 9atBYUL 21–⁠24203422031−9
Oct 16vs.Air ForceW 27–⁠2514262471118
Oct 23atNew MexicoW 30–⁠201837249213
Oct 30atWyomingW 48–⁠38163236532−5
Nov 6vs.Colorado StateW 24–⁠19142317112−10
Nov 13atTCUL 35–⁠40112626222−23
Nov 20vs.UtahL 34–⁠38365452843−10
Nov 27vs.UNLVW 48–⁠14223033840–
Dec 23 ✦vs.NavyW 35–⁠141823276208
2009 San Diego State 12 games, 3,054 passing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atUCLAL 14–⁠33184523823–
Sep 12vs.Southern UtahW 35–⁠192030287202
Sep 19atIdahoL 20–⁠34213520011−10
Sep 26atAir ForceL 14–⁠26254128424−28
Oct 3vs.New Mexico StateW 34–⁠1772712311−9
Oct 17vs.BYUL 28–⁠38213329831−10
Oct 24atColorado StateW 42–⁠28294345960−9
Oct 31vs.New MexicoW 23–⁠20223825330−31
Nov 7vs.TCUL 12–⁠55163416412–
Nov 14vs.WyomingL 27–⁠30182920000–
Nov 21atUtahL 7–⁠38173720712−19
Nov 28atUNLVL 24–⁠28254534112−17
2008 San Diego State 11 games, 2,653 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Cal PolyL 27–⁠29274535232−16
Sep 6atNotre DameL 13–⁠21295927411−6
Sep 13atSan José StateL 10–⁠35102914000−23
Sep 27vs.IdahoW 45–⁠1724384334125
Oct 4atTCUL 7–⁠41483700−7
Oct 18atNew MexicoL 7–⁠70183715611−10
Oct 25vs.Colorado StateL 34–⁠38243316611−4
Nov 1atWyomingL 10–⁠35285231110−18
Nov 8atBYUL 12–⁠412035150110
Nov 15vs.UtahL 14–⁠63234124722–
Nov 22vs.UNLVW 42–⁠21355038720−3

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠23).

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′3¾″
Weight229 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size10″
Wingspan77⅝″W
40-yard dash4.90 s
10-yard split1.69 sW
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump9′0″
3-cone drill7.52 s
20-yard shuttle4.45 s

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

In the NFL

3 seasons, 10 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2012Arizona Cardinals689171752077
2014Arizona Cardinals34593562240
2015Indianapolis Colts161058100
NFL career101402741,3723117

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.

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