Stevan Ridley in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, LSU, 2007–⁠10

Stevan Ridley

Number
No. 34
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Natchez, MS
Born
Jan 27, 1989

Stevan Ridley played running back at LSU (2007–⁠10). The New England Patriots took Ridley in round 3, No. 73 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,147
Rushing yards, 2010 (LSU, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 73
Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Career highs

159rushing yards, best game on fileat Vanderbilt, 20103rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Ole Miss, 2010

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2008*LSU12927.7118
2009LSU451804.0318
2010LSU2491,1474.61565
On file (2008–⁠10)3061,4194.61965

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009LSU6335.5010
2010LSU11615.5018
On file (2008–⁠10)17945.5018

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.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20081031215
2009116410
201013101
On file101626

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008LSU34RB
2009LSU34RB
2010LSU34RB6′0″

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 LSU 13 games, 1,147 rushing yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.North CarolinaW 30–⁠24198101627
Sep 11atVanderbiltW 27–⁠317159165––
Sep 18vs.Mississippi StateW 29–⁠71978120––
Sep 25vs.West VirginiaW 20–⁠1420116116228
Oct 2vs.TennesseeW 16–⁠142212312927
Oct 9atFloridaW 33–⁠292883012––
Oct 16vs.McNeeseW 32–⁠101546210––
Oct 23atAuburnL 17–⁠24123709––
Nov 6vs.AlabamaW 24–⁠212488119––
Nov 13vs.UL MonroeW 51–⁠014672913
Nov 20vs.Ole MissW 43–⁠361889324––
Nov 27atArkansasL 23–⁠311775220416
Jan 7 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 41–⁠2424105122––
2009 LSU 6 games, 180 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Oct 31vs.TulaneW 42–⁠0873117––
Nov 7atAlabamaL 15–⁠242818––
Nov 14vs.Louisiana TechW 24–⁠1682607––
Nov 21atOle MissL 23–⁠2511201223
Nov 28vs.ArkansasW 33–⁠301448018430
Jan 1 ✦vs.Penn StateL 17–⁠19121316––
2008 LSU 3 games, 92 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.App StateW 41–⁠13217011––
Sep 13vs.North TexasW 41–⁠352409––
Nov 1vs.TulaneW 35–⁠10551118––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height5′11¼″
Weight225 lb
Arm length31⅞″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan75⅞″W
40-yard dash4.73 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill6.78 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

8 seasons, 68 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2011New England Patriots12874411313
2012New England Patriots162901,26312651
2013New England Patriots1417877371062
2014New England Patriots6943402420
2015New York Jets8369004−2
2016Atlanta Falcons137000
2017Pittsburgh Steelers226108100
2018Pittsburgh Steelers929801318
NFL career687433,1022430162

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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