Virginia Tech, 2008–⁠10

Ryan Williams

Number: No. 34
Height: 5′10″
Hometown: Manassas, VA
Born: Apr 9, 1990

Ryan Williams played at Virginia Tech (2008–⁠10). The Arizona Cardinals took Williams in round 2, No. 38 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,655; Rushing yards, 2009 (Virginia Tech, 10–⁠3)
Best game: 183 yards; At Virginia, week 13, 2009: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 38; Round 2, 2011 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

183rushing yards, career highat Virginia, 2009 4rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Virginia, 2009

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2010

All-America: Sporting News third team 2009

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,655

477

10–⁠3AP 1011–⁠3AP 16

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Virginia Tech	293	1,655	5.6	21	66
2010	Virginia Tech	110	477	4.3	9	84
Career		403	2,132	5.3	30	84

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Virginia Tech	16	180	11.3	1	43
2010	Virginia Tech	10	109	10.9	1	29
Career		26	289	11.1	2	43

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Virginia Tech	34
2010	Virginia Tech	34		5′10″

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 Virginia Tech 10 games, 477 rushing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 6	vs.Boise State	L 30–⁠33	20	40	2	15	2	18
Sep 11	vs.James Madison	L 16–⁠21	20	91	0	20	2	35
Sep 18	vs.East Carolina	W 49–⁠27	6	8	1	3	1	29
Oct 23	vs.Duke	W 44–⁠7	6	10	1	5	–	–
Nov 4	vs.Georgia Tech	W 28–⁠21	7	30	1	10	2	4
Nov 13	atNorth Carolina	W 26–⁠10	15	83	0	31	1	11
Nov 20	atMiami	W 31–⁠17	14	142	2	84	1	7
Nov 27	vs.Virginia	W 37–⁠7	7	24	2	15	–	–
Dec 4	vs.Florida State	W 44–⁠33	11	45	0	14	1	5
Jan 3 ✦	vs.Stanford	L 12–⁠40	4	4	0	2	–	–

2009 Virginia Tech 13 games, 1,655 rushing yards, 21 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 5	vs.Alabama	L 24–⁠34	13	71	2	32	2	42
Sep 12	vs.Marshall	W 52–⁠10	16	164	3	57	1	36
Sep 19	vs.Nebraska	W 16–⁠15	21	107	1	46	1	2
Sep 26	vs.Miami	W 31–⁠7	34	150	2	44	2	40
Oct 3	atDuke	W 34–⁠26	24	83	0	12	–	–
Oct 10	vs.Boston College	W 48–⁠14	18	159	1	31	1	23
Oct 17	atGeorgia Tech	L 23–⁠28	14	100	1	66	2	22
Oct 29	vs.North Carolina	L 17–⁠20	23	96	0	25	1	2
Nov 5	atEast Carolina	W 16–⁠3	26	179	0	46	3	9
Nov 14	atMaryland	W 36–⁠9	23	126	1	28	1	4
Nov 21	vs.NC State	W 38–⁠10	32	120	4	19	–	–
Nov 28	atVirginia	W 42–⁠13	24	183	4	61	–	–
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Tennessee	W 37–⁠14	25	117	2	32	2	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011	Combine or pro day 2011
Height	5′9⅜″
Weight	212 lb
Arm length	30¾″
Hand size	9″
Wingspan		74″^W
40-yard dash	4.64 s
10-yard split		1.65 s
Vertical jump	40″
Broad jump	10′3″
Bench press	19 reps
3-cone drill	6.96 s
20-yard shuttle	4.18 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

1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2012	Arizona Cardinals	5	–	0	0

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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At a glance

Career highs