Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Seattle, WA · Eastlake
Ryan Lewis: DB · Pittsburgh · #38.
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Ryan Lewis
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. He has spent two seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Syracuse — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 79 | 59 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 79 | 59 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-7vs Villanova | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-39vs Penn State | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-45@ Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-37@ North Carolina | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-27vs Marshall | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-34vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-31@ Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 36-39vs No. 25 Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 28-51@ Miami | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-42@ No. 3 Clemson | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-14vs Duke | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 76-61vs Syracuse | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 24-31@ Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 59 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 8 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 42-39
vs Penn State
1 interception · 9 tackles · 9 solo tackles
Edged out Penn State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL79 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
37.7%
320 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
79 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Pittsburgh, 79 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
