Ryan Broyles
| Oklahoma Sooners — No. 85 | |
| Wide receiver | Redshirt Senior |
| Major: Undecided | |
| Date of birth: April 9, 1988 | |
| Place of birth: Norman, Oklahoma | |
| Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Weight: 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb) |
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Ryan Broyles (born April 9, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the Oklahoma Sooners.
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[edit] Early years
Broyles attended Norman High School. He finished his career with 79 receptions for 1,688 yards and 18 touchdowns on offense and 157 tackles and 20 interceptions on defense.
[edit] College career
Broyles was redshirted in 2007. In his first collegiate game against Cincinnati in 2008, Broyles had seven receptions for a school freshman record 141 yards. He finished the season tying a school freshman record with 46 receptions. His 687 yards were also a Sooners freshman record. He also had six receiving touchdowns and 30 punt returns for 238 yards and a touchdown.
In the 2009 season he caught 76 passes for 964 yards and 12 touchdowns, as well as 13 catches for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns in Oklahoma's 31-27 Sun Bowl victory over Stanford University.[1]
In the 2010 season he caught 131 passes for 1622 yards and 14 touchdowns, as well as 13 catches for 170 yards and 1 touchdown in Oklahoma's 48-20 Fiesta Bowl victory over the University of Connecticut.[2]
Broyles ended the 2010 season with 3,429 career receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns.[3]
On October 15, 2011, Broyles broke the all-time FBS career reception record (previously held by Taylor Stubblefield of Purdue) with his 317th career catch versus Kansas.[4]
His senior-year regular-season ended in a game against Texas A&M in the third quarter at Norman when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on November 5, 2011.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ ESPN Player profile
- ^ http://espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=232171
- ^ ESPN Player profile
- ^ Trotter, Jake (16 October 2011). "Ryan Broyles breaks receptions record". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7109327/oklahoma-sooners-ryan-broyles-breaks-fbs-career-receptions-record. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Hoover, John (November 5, 2011), "Ryan Broyles tears ACL in OU's 41-25 win over A&M", Tulsa World
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