Biography
Career: A four-time all-conference honoree over two leagues, including Second Team All-Big South accolades as a redshirt senior in 2018…Campbell’s all-time leader in tackles with 321…The only Camel to produce more than 300 career tackles…Posted 36.5 career tackles for loss, another Campbell record…Ranks fourth on the CU all-time charts with 9.5 sacks…Also Campbell’s career leader in solo tackles (130), assisted tackles (191), yards from tackles for loss (188) and hurries (20)…Ranks third with 83 career yards from sacks…
2018: Named Second Team All-Big South…Also named Second Team Big South All-Conference by Phil Steele…Named STATS FCS and Big South Defensive Player of the Week (10/1) after posting a season-high 15 tackles, 3.0 stops for loss and a sack in a win over North Alabama…Totaled 89 tackles with 8.5 stops for loss, including 3.5 sacks…Broke up two passes and recorded five hurries…Started all 11 Campbell games at middle linebacker…Helped hold Campbell opponents without an offensive TD four times in 2018, and without a first half touchdown six times…Ranked fourth in the Big South in tackles and TFL, while standing third in sacks…Reached double digit tackles four times on the year…Tallied eight tackles in CU’s season-opening win over Chowan…Posted seven tackles with 0.5 TFL, a hurry and a pass breakup in a win at Georgetown…Collected nine tackles against Coastal Carolina…Notched five stops in a win over Shaw…Registered 10 tackles, assisting on a tackle for loss, with a hurry in a win over Wagner…Notched 2.0 TFL, including 1.0 sack, totaling five tackles with a QB hurry at Monmouth…Posted 11 tackles with 1.0 stop for loss and 0.5 sack against Gardner-Webb…Notched five tackles at Kennesaw State…Gathered four tackles in a win at Presbyterian…Tallied 10 tackles with 1.5 stops for loss, including 1.0 sack, adding a hurry in CU’s season finale against Charleston Southern…Preseason All-Big South…Phil Steele preseason Second Team All-Big South…
2017: Named honorable mention All-PFL…Tabbed First Team All-PFL by Phil Steele…Named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll…Totaled 103 tackles on the season, second-most ever by a Camel in a single season…Posted 8.0 tackles for loss, including 1.0 sack…Added a blocked kick, two pass breakups and five quarterback hurries…Started all 11 games at middle linebacker…Made double figure tackles in five games…Posted a career-high 16 tackles, including 1.0 TFL against Jacksonville…Added 15 tackles with 3.0 stops for loss, assisting on a sack against Drake…Also assisted on a sack at Presbyterian, totaling 12 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss…Made 12 tackles in a win at Davidson…Posted 10 tackles, including eight solo stops at Butler…Gathered four tackles in Campbell’s season-opening win over Methodist…Collected seven stops, assisting on a TFL with a blocked kick and a pass breakup against Georgetown…Also broke up a pass in a win at Stetson to open PFL play, adding six tackles…Recorded eight tackles in a win at Morehead State…Tallied six tackles in a win over Valparaiso…Added seven tackles, including 1.0 stop for loss, in a win at Dayton…
2016: Named honorable mention All-PFL…Named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll…Posted a team-high 63 tackles with 9.0 stops for loss and 3.0 sacks…Tallied double figure tackles in four of his last five games…Posted sacks against Chowan, Drake and Morehead State…Recorded a season-high 14 tackles against San Diego…Collected 12 stops at Drake…Added 10 tackles against Stetson and Morehead State…Helped Campbell rank among the national leaders in third down conversion percentage defense (4th, 27%), first downs allowed (16th, 158), scoring defense (18th, 20.8), passing efficiency defense (7th, 104.02) and total defense (16th, 309.9)…Started eight games on the season…
2015: Collected 2015 PFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors…Also collected an honorable mention All-PFL nod…Totaled 66 tackles, including 11.0 stops for loss in his first collegiate season, adding 2.0 sacks and two interceptions…Led all PFL freshmen with 47 tackles in league play (5.9 per game)…Ranked 12th overall in the league and tops among freshmen with 8.5 tackles for loss (1.06 per game)…Finished the season ranked 77th nationally (sixth among FCS freshmen) in tackles for loss…Played in all 11 CU games, making two starts at middle linebacker…Tallied a season-high 12 tackles with an interception at San Diego, posting five or more tackles in nine outings…Recorded seven tackles in a win at Davidson…Made five tackles against Jacksonville, adding an interception and a sack…Notched six stops with a sack in a win against Chowan…Made five tackles in a win over Pikeville…Collected at least one tackle for loss in nine of 11 games, including 3.5 at Stetson…Played in 11 games, making two starts…
2014: Redshirted the 2014 season…
Prep/Personal: A three-year letterwinner at Weddington High School in Waxhaw, N.C. …Named team defensive player of the year as a senior…Full name is Jack Dean Ryan…Born April 5, 1996 in Tampa, Fla. …Son of Bill and Karrie Ryan…Has two siblings, Billy and Jake…
