Last confirmed: Oregon State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 237 lb · Sandy, OR
Ryan Nall: RB · Oregon State · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryan Nall
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Ryan Nall has been at Oregon State through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 172 rushing yards and 28 receiving yards against Colorado — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 23.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.5% of his carries. 9 carries for 18 yds vs Washington; 24 for 172 vs Colorado.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (81.0%). 8 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (42.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 23
OregonLive Oct 17
Oregon State University Athletics Oct 15
Yahoo Sports Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 165 | 810 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 147 | 951 | 6.5 | 13 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | 73 | 455 | 6.2 | 3 |
| Career | 385 | 2,216 | 5.8 | 24 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Oregon State | 27 | 240 | 8.9 | 2 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 0 |
| Career | 56 | 563 | 10.1 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-58@ Colorado State | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 1 | 75 | |
| Wk 1 | W 35-32vs Portland State | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-48vs Minnesota | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-52@ No. 21 Washington State | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 2 | 45 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-42vs No. 6 Washington | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-36vs Colorado | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 3 | 31 | Season-high 172 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 14-15vs No. 20 Stanford | 19 | 84 | 4.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-37@ California | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ Arizona | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Arizona State | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-69@ Oregon | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 165 | 810 | 4.9 | 8 | 75 |
Week 7 · 2017
L 33-36
vs Colorado
172 rush yds (24 car) · 3 TD · 2 rec · 28 yds
With D. Garretson — 289 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.9 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · A. Pierce — 52 rush yds (10 car) · 2 rec · 43 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
45%165 carriesFumble rate
1.8%3 of 165 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 165 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 67.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 80.8 | 5.1 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 85.5 | 5.5 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 59.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Cory Hall
Pass share
46.9%
361 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
64.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
165 carries and 27 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon State, 2,216 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Riley, Gary Andersen, and Cory Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
