Ryan Tannehill, 2011
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Quarterback, Texas A&M, 2007–⁠11

Ryan Tannehill

Number
No. 17
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Big Spring, TX
Born
Jul 27, 1988, in Big Spring, Texas

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Ryan Tannehill played quarterback at Texas A&M (2007–⁠11). The Miami Dolphins took Tannehill in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,744
Passing yards, 2011 (Texas A&M, 7–⁠6)
Best game
415 yards
Vs. Baylor, week 7, 2011: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2012 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

449passing yards, best game on filevs. Texas Tech, 20106touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Baylor, 20112rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Texas Tech, 201112catches, best game on filevs. Kansas State, 2008210receiving yards, best game on filevs. Kansas State, 20082receiving touchdowns, best game on fileat Oklahoma State, 2008

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushingReceiving
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTD
200700
20081011100.0800167.22-8-4.005584415.35
2009204850.06000113.04-5-1.304660913.24
20108715223465.01,638136137.051761.511114313.01
2011131332753161.63,7442915133.2583065.34000.00
Career24204847745,450422111536951121,59610

From the college statistics table in Tannehill’s Wikipedia article (Ryan Tannehill, 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).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Texas A&M17QB
2009Texas A&M17QB
2010Texas A&M17QB
2011Texas A&M17QB6′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 Texas A&M 13 games, 3,744 passing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 4vs.SMUW 46–⁠1421262462–––
Sep 17vs.IdahoW 37–⁠726393372–––
Sep 24vs.Oklahoma StateL 29–⁠3028473092–––
Oct 1vs.ArkansasL 38–⁠4225352470–––
Oct 8atTexas TechW 45–⁠4016261881–––
Oct 15vs.BaylorW 55–⁠2825374156–––
Oct 22atIowa StateW 33–⁠1724432632–––
Oct 29vs.MissouriL 31–⁠3835533173–––
Nov 5atOklahomaL 25–⁠4132643792–––
Nov 12atKansas StateL 50–⁠5327462103–––
Nov 19vs.KansasW 61–⁠721262803–––
Nov 24vs.TexasL 25–⁠2720492242–––
Dec 31 ✦vs.NorthwesternW 33–⁠2227403291–––
2010 Texas A&M 12 games, 1,638 passing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 4vs.Stephen F. AustinW 48–⁠734250190
Sep 11vs.Louisiana TechW 48–⁠16––––3321
Sep 30atOklahoma StateL 35–⁠38––––3680
Oct 9vs.ArkansasL 17–⁠24––––1140
Oct 16vs.MissouriL 9–⁠30––––3200
Oct 23atKansasW 45–⁠1012161553–––
Oct 30vs.Texas TechW 45–⁠2736504494–––
Nov 6vs.OklahomaW 33–⁠1919322252–––
Nov 13atBaylorW 42–⁠3027382801–––
Nov 20vs.NebraskaW 9–⁠619291720–––
Nov 25atTexasW 24–⁠1714301281–––
Jan 7 ✦vs.LSUL 24–⁠4122352042–––
2009 Texas A&M 13 games, 46 catches, 609 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.New MexicoW 41–⁠6––––3400
Sep 19vs.Utah StateW 38–⁠30––––5601
Sep 26vs.UABW 56–⁠19118031011
Oct 3vs.ArkansasL 19–⁠47––––6661
Oct 10vs.Oklahoma StateL 31–⁠36––––3410
Oct 17atKansas StateL 14–⁠62––––1100
Oct 24atTexas TechW 52–⁠30––––2300
Oct 31vs.Iowa StateW 35–⁠10––––2120
Nov 7atColoradoL 34–⁠35––––91000
Nov 14atOklahomaL 10–⁠65375202200
Nov 21vs.BaylorW 38–⁠3––––4401
Nov 26vs.TexasL 39–⁠49––––4540
Dec 28 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 20–⁠44––––2350
2008 Texas A&M 11 games, 55 catches, 844 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.Arkansas StateL 14–⁠18––––5590
Sep 6atNew MexicoW 28–⁠22––––3570
Sep 27vs.ArmyW 21–⁠17––––1260
Oct 4atOklahoma StateL 28–⁠56––––7492
Oct 11vs.Kansas StateL 30–⁠44––––122101
Oct 18vs.Texas TechL 25–⁠43––––51041
Oct 25atIowa StateW 49–⁠35––––6780
Nov 1vs.ColoradoW 24–⁠17––––5801
Nov 8vs.OklahomaL 28–⁠6611804830
Nov 15atBaylorL 21–⁠41––––4670
Nov 27atTexasL 9–⁠49––––3310

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′3⅞″
Weight221 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.65 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 154 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

Pro Bowl: 2019

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2012Miami Dolphins162824843,2941213211
2013Miami Dolphins163555883,9132417238
2014Miami Dolphins163925904,0452712311
2015Miami Dolphins163635864,2082412141
2016Miami Dolphins132613892,9951912164
2018Miami Dolphins111762741,979179145
2019Tennessee Titans122012862,742226185
2020Tennessee Titans163154813,819337266
2021Tennessee Titans173575313,7342114270
2022Tennessee Titans122123252,53613698
2023Tennessee Titans91492301,6164774
NFL career1543,0634,76434,8812161152,103

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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