Ryan Willis

QB · Virginia Tech 2019 · #5

Last confirmed: Virginia Tech, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′4″ · 220 lb · Overland Park, KS

Ryan Willis: QB · Virginia Tech · #5.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Collin HillSouth Carolina · 2020 · 81% season match
Kellen MondTexas A&M · 2018 · 79% season match
Brenden MotleyVirginia Tech · 2015 · 74% season match
Justin HolmanUCF · 2014 · 72% season match
Blake JurichSan José State · 2014 · 69% season match

Ryan Willis

QB · Virginia Tech · Sr · #5

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Ryan Willis has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 344 passing yards and 13 rushing yards against Boston College — Week 1, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

1/30Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (3.3%).

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Virginia Tech in the news

Clemson vs. Virginia Tech depth charts releasedTigerNet Oct 20

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Virginia Tech	72	117	61.5%	906	7.7	9	5	143.4	38
2018	Virginia Tech	213	364	58.5%	2,716	7.5	24	9	138.0	72
2016	Kansas	72	117	61.5%	811	6.9	3	7	116.3	33
2015	Kansas	164	315	52.1%	1,719	5.5	9	10	101.0	19
Career		521	913	57.1%	6,152	6.7	45	31	123.1	46

Season	Team
2019	Virginia Tech	39	34	0.9	1
2018	Virginia Tech	113	354	3.1	4
2016	Kansas	38	−8	−0.2	1
2015	Kansas	59	−79	−1.3	0
Career		249	301	1.2	6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35@ Boston College	29/47	344	4	3	7.3	59.3	Season-high 344 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 31-17vs Old Dominion	16/28	272	2	0	9.7	87.6	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 3	W 24-17vs Furman	17/21	123	1	1	5.9	31.1
Wk 5	L 10-45vs Duke	7/18	112	1	1	6.2	26.7
Wk 8	W 43-41vs North Carolina	3/3	55	1	0	18.3	60.9
Total		72/117	906	9	5	7.7	—

Signature game

Week 2 · 2019

W 31-17

vs Old Dominion

272 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 34 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

With O. Bradburn — 56.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 69 long · T. Robinson — 4 rec · 62 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Duke · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +6.74Willis to Hazelton: a 72-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Boston College · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +4.99Ryan Willis pass complete to Hezekiah Grimsley for 55 yds for a TD, (Brian Johnson KICK)
Week 1 · Boston College · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −4.19Ryan Willis pass intercepted Bryce Sebastian return for no gain to the BC 0
Week 1 · Boston College · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.08Ryan Willis pass intercepted, touchback. Joseph Sparacio return for no gain
Week 1 · Boston College · 3rd and 21 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Ryan Willis pass complete to Hezekiah Grimsley for 24 yds to the BC 46 for a
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.73Ryan Willis pass complete to Tayvion Robinson for 32 yds to the ODU 24 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Boston College · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Ryan Willis pass complete to Kaleb Smith for 22 yds to the BC 44 for a
Week 8 · North Carolina · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Ryan Willis pass complete to Damon Hazelton for 11 yds for a TD, (Brian Johnson KICK)
Week 3 · Furman · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Ryan Willis pass complete to Tre Turner for 17 yds to the Furm 45 for a
Week 1 · Boston College · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Ryan Willis pass complete to Tayvion Robinson for 20 yds for a TD, (Brian Johnson KICK)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

72/117 (61.5%) · 9 TD · 5 INT

115 of 117 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 115 passing plays (71 completions) against the box score's 117 attempts (72 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.21104 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

7.9%154 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 7.9% of dropbacks (154 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (104 of 205).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

45%of completions

32 comp4.8 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

37%of completions

26 comp12.6 yds avg4 TD

Deep

20+ yds

18%of completions

13 comp27.2 yds avg2 TD

Overall 61.5% completion on 117 attempts · 13 deep completions averaging 27.2 yds.

Teams and coaches

2015Kansas0-12HC: David Beaty · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Kansas2-10HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: interception rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#52 / 189 · 71st pct

44.0%

Explosive rate#68 / 189 · 64th pct

11.3%

EPA / dropback#72 / 189 · 62nd pct

0.28

Sack rate#141 / 189 · 26th pct

8.0%

Interception rate#153 / 189 · 19th pct

3.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#60 / 177 · 60th pct

Yards / att#70 / 177 · 60th pct

7.7

Completion %#77 / 177 · 56th pct

61.5%

Fumbles lost#66 / 166 · 47th pct

Pass TDs#109 / 177 · 36th pct

Rush TDs#102 / 177 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#122 / 177 · 31st pct

Pass yards#142 / 177 · 20th pct

906

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

53rd → 62nd percentile

Success rate

54th → 71st percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 64th percentile

Sack rate

63rd → 26th percentile

Interception rate

49th → 19th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2019 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 123 dropbacks

38Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

NCAA passer rating no box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

43.3%37th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -3.8% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.5424th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.8 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

9.5%12th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (2 of 125 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	140	1.2	10.0	0.5
Road1g	344	4.0	7.3	3.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	213	2.0	7.3	1.2
Weeks 8+1g	55.0	1.0	18.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Justin Fuente

Pass share

36.6%

317 pass / 549 run

Plays / game

66.6

13 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

117 pass attempts and 39 carries in 5 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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