Ryan Shazier in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: David Schellhaas, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Ohio State, 2011–⁠13

Ryan Shazier

Number
No. 10
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Pompano Beach, FL
Born
Sep 6, 1992, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Ryan Shazier played linebacker at Ohio State (2011–⁠13). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Shazier in the first round, No. 15 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 15
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Honors

All-America: AP 2013; Athlon Sports 2013; ESPN 2013; Sports Illustrated 2013; USA Today 2013

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
TotSoloAstTFLSacksIntYdsTDPDFFFR
201158382053000010
201211570451751171000
20131441024223.57000440
Career31721010745.5151171450

From the college statistics table in Shazier’s Wikipedia article (Ryan Shazier, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
20111338205853––2
20121270451151751113
2013141014214322.56044
On file20910731644.514––9

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Ohio State10LB
2012Ohio State10LB
2013Ohio State10LB6′2″

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

2012 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 27atPenn StateW 35–⁠231
2011 Ohio State 0 games with an interception on file, 2 returns, 25 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

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 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′1⅛″
Weight237 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump42″
Broad jump10′10″
Bench press25 reps
3-cone drill6.91 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 s

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

4 seasons, 45 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2016–⁠17)

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Pittsburgh Steelers83400
2015Pittsburgh Steelers12793.51
2016Pittsburgh Steelers13803.53
2017Pittsburgh Steelers128203
NFL career4527577

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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