Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/18Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (5.6%).
Ryan Metz
Last confirmed: UTEP, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 210 lb · El Paso, TX
Ryan Metz: QB · UTEP · #12.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryan Metz
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Four seasons at UTEP, three different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price and Dana Dimel. A game that shows it: 313 passing yards and 37 rushing yards against North Texas — Week 6, 2018.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30vs Northern Arizona | 2/5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-52@ UNLV | 5/10 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-24@ Tennessee | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-30@ UTSA | 1/3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs North Texas | 16/33 | 313 | 2 | 2 | 9.5 | — | Season-high 313 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Louisiana Tech | 11/17 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 9.6 | — | |
| Total | 35/69 | 576 | 3 | 5 | 8.3 | — |
Signature game
Week 6 · 2018
L 24-27
vs North Texas
313 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 37 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
With M. Crawford — 39 yards per punt · 3 punts · 42 long · K. Foster — 2 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA −6.72Ryan Metz pass intercepted for a TD L'Jarius Sneed return for 12 yds for a TD (Bailey Hale KICK)
- Week 6 · North Texas · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +5.17Ryan Metz pass complete to Keynan Foster for 67 yds for a TD (Jason Filley KICK)
- Week 6 · North Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA −3.92Ryan Metz pass intercepted, touchback. Nate Brooks return for no gain
- Week 6 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.91Ryan Metz pass intercepted Tyreke Davis return for no gain to the NoTex 28
- Week 2 · UNLV · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.77Ryan Metz pass complete to Walter Dawn Jr. for 27 yds to the UNLV 37 for a UNLV Penalty, offside defense ( Yards) declined for a
- Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.76Ryan Metz pass complete to Keynan Foster for 25 yds for a TD (Jason Filley KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 6 · North Texas · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Ryan Metz run for 23 yds to the NoTex 30 for a
- Week 6 · North Texas · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.42Ryan Metz pass complete to Warren Redix for 42 yds to the UTEP 49 for a
- Week 6 · North Texas · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.34Ryan Metz pass complete to Winston Dimel for 33 yds to the NoTex 40 for a
- Week 6 · North Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Ryan Metz pass complete to Quardraiz Wadley for 29 yds for a TD, (Jason Filley KICK)
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
68 of 69 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 68 passing plays (35 completions) against the box score's 69 attempts (35 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.60172 of 207 QBsSack rate
10.4%185 of 207 QBsSacked on 10.4% of dropbacks (185 of 207) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (172 of 207).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds46%of completions
16 comp5.4 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds23%of completions
8 comp14.0 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds31%of completions
11 comp34.4 yds avg3 TD
Overall 50.7% completion on 69 attempts · 11 deep completions averaging 34.4 yds.
Teams and coaches
2015UTEP5-7HC: Sean Kugler · Run-leaning
2016UTEP4-8HC: Sean Kugler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2017UTEP0-12HC: Mike Price · Balanced, slow tempo
2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 160 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Road4g | 64.0 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 82.4 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 164 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.0%
325 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
69 pass attempts and 30 carries in 6 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at UTEP
- 2018 UTEP DimelYear 5 · 6 games
- 2017 UTEP KuglerYear 4 · 8 games
- 2016 UTEP KuglerYear 3 · 10 games
- 2015 UTEP KuglerYear 2 · 8 games
- 2014 UTEP KuglerYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
Four seasons at UTEP, 3,488 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price, and Dana Dimel. Multi-era developmental context.