Ryan Mallett with the Baltimore Ravens, 2016
With the Baltimore Ravens, 2016. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Arkansas (from Michigan), 2007–⁠10

Ryan Mallett

Lettered 2007 at Michigan (school media guide)

Number
No. 15
Height
6′7″
Hometown
Texarkana, AR
Born
Jun 5, 1988, in Batesville, Arkansas
Died
Jun 27, 2023, in Destin, Florida

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Ryan Mallett played quarterback at Michigan (2007) and Arkansas (2009–⁠10). He finished seventh in the 2010 Heisman vote. The New England Patriots took Mallett in round 3, No. 74 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,869
Passing yards, 2010 (Arkansas, 10–⁠3)
Best game
405 yards
Vs. Troy, week 11, 2009: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
7th
In the 2010 vote
Drafted
No. 74
Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Career highs

409passing yards, career highvs. Vanderbilt, 20105touchdown passes, career highfour times; last vs. UTEP, 2010

Honors

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2007*Michigan6114143.38926.375
2009Arkansas22540355.83,6249.0307
2010Arkansas26641164.73,8699.43212
Career55295557.88,3858.86924

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Michigan33−38−1.2120
2009Arkansas58−29−0.5219
2010Arkansas44−74−1.7414
Career135−141−1.0720

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
2007Michigan15QB
2009Arkansas15QB
2010Arkansas15QB6′7″

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 Arkansas 13 games, 3,869 passing yards, 32 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.Tennessee TechW 44–⁠32124301310
Sep 11vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠72843400311
Sep 18atGeorgiaW 31–⁠24213338030−4
Sep 25vs.AlabamaL 20–⁠24253835713−7
Oct 9vs.Texas A&MW 24–⁠17273831031−14
Oct 16atAuburnL 43–⁠6510159610–
Oct 23vs.Ole MissW 38–⁠24132419611−7
Oct 30vs.VanderbiltW 49–⁠14274440930−7
Nov 6atSouth CarolinaW 41–⁠202130303110
Nov 13vs.UTEPW 58–⁠2119262155018
Nov 20atMississippi StateW 38–⁠31172630531−11
Nov 27vs.LSUW 31–⁠23132332032−15
Jan 4 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 26–⁠31244727721−28
2009 Arkansas 13 games, 3,624 passing yards, 30 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Missouri StateW 48–⁠101722309102
Sep 19vs.GeorgiaL 41–⁠522139408504
Sep 26atAlabamaL 7–⁠35123516011−28
Oct 3vs.Texas A&MW 47–⁠19172727141−10
Oct 10vs.AuburnW 44–⁠2324372742111
Oct 17atFloridaL 20–⁠23122722410−5
Oct 24atOle MissL 17–⁠30123425410−15
Oct 31vs.Eastern MichiganW 63–⁠2714162483042
Nov 7vs.South CarolinaW 33–⁠16232732900−17
Nov 14vs.TroyW 56–⁠20233040551−19
Nov 21vs.Mississippi StateW 42–⁠211834313527
Nov 28atLSUL 30–⁠33173922711−7
Jan 2 ✦vs.East CarolinaW 20–⁠171536202106
2007 Michigan 11 games, 892 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8vs.OregonL 7–⁠396174901−16
Sep 15vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠071590301
Sep 22vs.Penn StateW 14–⁠91629170017
Sep 29atNorthwesternW 28–⁠1651167000
Oct 6vs.Eastern MichiganW 33–⁠2212900–
Oct 13vs.PurdueW 48–⁠21125001
Oct 20atIllinoisW 27–⁠1726160113
Oct 27vs.MinnesotaW 34–⁠10112023310−6
Nov 3atMichigan StateW 28–⁠24–––––0
Nov 10atWisconsinL 21–⁠37113624532−32
Nov 17vs.Ohio StateL 3–⁠1413800−6

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′6¾″
Weight253 lb
Arm length34⅜″
Hand size10¾″
Wingspan82″W
40-yard dash5.24 s
10-yard split1.84 sW
Vertical jump24″
Broad jump8′7″

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).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 19 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2012New England Patriots3141701−9
2014Houston Texans3417540022−2
2015Baltimore Ravens71362441,3365615
2016Baltimore Ravens4362601−6
2017Baltimore Ravens29165620−3
NFL career191903451,835910−5

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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