2021 Football Roster
Roster
Walk, Ryan

Jersey Number 53
Ryan Walk
- Position:
- Offensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 293
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
- High School:
- Sheldon HS
Bio
As A Senior (2022)
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention
» Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team
» Burlsworth Trophy top 10 semifinalist
Started 12 of 13 games for the Ducks as a senior, missing the second game of the season due to injury … Made eight starts at right guard, three starts at left guard and one start at center … Played 610 total offensive snaps – 282 at right guard, 213 at left guard, 104 at center and 11 at right tackle … Closed collegiate career playing 1,637 total snaps – 824 at right guard, 499 at center, 303 at left guard and 11 at right tackle … Earned a 70.1 overall grade from Pro Football Focus with a 78.5 pass-blocking mark … Pass-blocking grade of 70.0 or better in eight of 12 games, including the final seven to close the season … Allowed just nine total pressures and zero sacks in 310 pass-blocking opportunities, according to PFF … A key contributor to an Oregon offensive line that led the nation with just five sacks allowed, the fewest allowed by a non-triple option team in a full season since 2015 … UO also tied for 12th in the nation with just 52.0 tackles for loss allowed … Helped the Ducks finish as the only team in the nation in the top 20 for both rushing offense (12th, 215.77 YPG) and passing offense (17th, 284.8 YPG) … Oregon rushed for at least 100 yards in 12 of 13 games with seven games of 200-plus yards and three of 300-plus … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Season-best 74.1 overall grade from PFF while also earning an 84.1 pass-blocking grade and a 72.6 run-blocking mark … Helped the Ducks rush for 212 yards and three touchdowns … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Earned a season-best 74.2 run-blocking grade as Oregon rushed for a season-high 351 yards and four scores ... UO’s 9.49 yards per carry were the program’s highest since 2013 and highest vs. a FBS team since at least 1971 … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Helped the Ducks go over 300 rushing yards for the second game in a row while rushing for a season-high seven touchdowns, the program’s most in a game since 2017 and most vs. a FBS opponent since 2012 … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): Did not allow a single pressure while receiving a season-best 86.1 pass-blocking grade from PFF in Oregon’s top-10 home win … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Started at right guard as Oregon eclipsed 300 rushing yards (313) for the third time on the season … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28): Closed the season and collegiate career with a pass-blocking grade (75.8) above 70.0 for the seventh straight game as Oregon came back to beat UNC in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl.
As A Junior (2021)
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention
» Burlsworth Trophy top 10 semifinalist
Started and played in nine of Oregon’s 14 games, earning honorable mention all-conference honors from the league’s coaches … Started the first four games of the season at right guard before making five straight starts at center … Played 577 total offensive snaps, with 306 coming at center, 235 at right guard, and 36 at left guard … Earned a solid 77.3 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, including a 78.7 run-blocking grade and a 70.3 pass-blocking grade … 77.3 overall grade ranked fourth among qualified Oregon offensive players … Earned a pass-blocking grade of 73.0 or better six times in nine games … A key contributor to an Oregon offense that ranked in the top 25 nationally with 202.26 rushing yards per game and tied for sixth with 36 rushing yards … UO rushed for 200 or more yards seven times, with a pair of 300-plus yard rushing games … at No. 3 Ohio State (Sept. 11): Led the team with a whopping nine knockdowns as Oregon rushed for 269 yards and three touchdowns to pull off a historic upset win in Ohio Stadium … Nine knockdowns were the most by an Oregon O-lineman in a game all season … at Stanford (Oct. 2): Made first of five straight starts at center … vs. Colorado (Oct. 30): Earned a season-best 80.8 pass-blocking grade from PFF while helping Oregon amass 568 total yards and seven touchdowns … at Washington (Nov. 6): Started at center and played 55 snaps before leaving with an injury … Helped Oregon rush for 329 yards, the most for the program since 2018.
As A Junior (2020)
» AP Pac-12 All-Conference first team
» Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week (Nov. 9)
» PFF Offensive Team of the Week (Week 10)
Started all seven games at right guard for Oregon during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season … Played 361 total offensive snaps, 307 at right guard and 54 at left guard … Finished with an overall grade of 70.1 by Pro Football Focus, ninth-best among Pac-12 guards … Did not allow a sack all season and surrendered just nine pressures on 188 pass-blocking snaps … vs. Stanford (Nov. 7): Named the Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week and earned a spot on the PFF Offensive Team of the Week after dominating in first career start … Finished the week as the nation’s second-highest graded offensive lineman, earning an 89.6 grade from PFF over the 58 snaps he split between right guard and left guard … The top-graded offensive lineman in the conference and No. 1 rated guard in the country … Helped Oregon earn Offensive Line of the Week honors after finishing as one of just four FBS units to earn grades above 80.0 in both pass protection and run blocking … at Oregon State (Nov. 27): Earned a season-high 85.4 pass-blocking grade by PFF.
As A Sophomore (2019)
Saw action in five games, including three in Pac-12 play … All 43 snaps played were at center.
As A Redshirt Freshman (2018)
Played in five games … Totaled 46 snaps played exclusively at center.
As A Freshman (2017)
Utilized a redshirt.
High School
A 2017 graduate of Sheldon High School and three-year letterman in football … Missed all of 2016 season with an injury … Named second-team All-Southwest Conference as a junior … Helped open holes for a Sheldon offense that averaged 204.5 rushing yards per game on the way to an Oregon 6A state semifinal appearance … Part of an Irish team that made the state semifinals as a sophomore … Coached by Lane Johnson … Also a standout in track and field … Placed third in the state shot put as a senior.
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention
» Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team
» Burlsworth Trophy top 10 semifinalist
Started 12 of 13 games for the Ducks as a senior, missing the second game of the season due to injury … Made eight starts at right guard, three starts at left guard and one start at center … Played 610 total offensive snaps – 282 at right guard, 213 at left guard, 104 at center and 11 at right tackle … Closed collegiate career playing 1,637 total snaps – 824 at right guard, 499 at center, 303 at left guard and 11 at right tackle … Earned a 70.1 overall grade from Pro Football Focus with a 78.5 pass-blocking mark … Pass-blocking grade of 70.0 or better in eight of 12 games, including the final seven to close the season … Allowed just nine total pressures and zero sacks in 310 pass-blocking opportunities, according to PFF … A key contributor to an Oregon offensive line that led the nation with just five sacks allowed, the fewest allowed by a non-triple option team in a full season since 2015 … UO also tied for 12th in the nation with just 52.0 tackles for loss allowed … Helped the Ducks finish as the only team in the nation in the top 20 for both rushing offense (12th, 215.77 YPG) and passing offense (17th, 284.8 YPG) … Oregon rushed for at least 100 yards in 12 of 13 games with seven games of 200-plus yards and three of 300-plus … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Season-best 74.1 overall grade from PFF while also earning an 84.1 pass-blocking grade and a 72.6 run-blocking mark … Helped the Ducks rush for 212 yards and three touchdowns … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Earned a season-best 74.2 run-blocking grade as Oregon rushed for a season-high 351 yards and four scores ... UO’s 9.49 yards per carry were the program’s highest since 2013 and highest vs. a FBS team since at least 1971 … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Helped the Ducks go over 300 rushing yards for the second game in a row while rushing for a season-high seven touchdowns, the program’s most in a game since 2017 and most vs. a FBS opponent since 2012 … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): Did not allow a single pressure while receiving a season-best 86.1 pass-blocking grade from PFF in Oregon’s top-10 home win … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Started at right guard as Oregon eclipsed 300 rushing yards (313) for the third time on the season … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28): Closed the season and collegiate career with a pass-blocking grade (75.8) above 70.0 for the seventh straight game as Oregon came back to beat UNC in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl.
As A Junior (2021)
» Coaches Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention
» Burlsworth Trophy top 10 semifinalist
Started and played in nine of Oregon’s 14 games, earning honorable mention all-conference honors from the league’s coaches … Started the first four games of the season at right guard before making five straight starts at center … Played 577 total offensive snaps, with 306 coming at center, 235 at right guard, and 36 at left guard … Earned a solid 77.3 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, including a 78.7 run-blocking grade and a 70.3 pass-blocking grade … 77.3 overall grade ranked fourth among qualified Oregon offensive players … Earned a pass-blocking grade of 73.0 or better six times in nine games … A key contributor to an Oregon offense that ranked in the top 25 nationally with 202.26 rushing yards per game and tied for sixth with 36 rushing yards … UO rushed for 200 or more yards seven times, with a pair of 300-plus yard rushing games … at No. 3 Ohio State (Sept. 11): Led the team with a whopping nine knockdowns as Oregon rushed for 269 yards and three touchdowns to pull off a historic upset win in Ohio Stadium … Nine knockdowns were the most by an Oregon O-lineman in a game all season … at Stanford (Oct. 2): Made first of five straight starts at center … vs. Colorado (Oct. 30): Earned a season-best 80.8 pass-blocking grade from PFF while helping Oregon amass 568 total yards and seven touchdowns … at Washington (Nov. 6): Started at center and played 55 snaps before leaving with an injury … Helped Oregon rush for 329 yards, the most for the program since 2018.
As A Junior (2020)
» AP Pac-12 All-Conference first team
» Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week (Nov. 9)
» PFF Offensive Team of the Week (Week 10)
Started all seven games at right guard for Oregon during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season … Played 361 total offensive snaps, 307 at right guard and 54 at left guard … Finished with an overall grade of 70.1 by Pro Football Focus, ninth-best among Pac-12 guards … Did not allow a sack all season and surrendered just nine pressures on 188 pass-blocking snaps … vs. Stanford (Nov. 7): Named the Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week and earned a spot on the PFF Offensive Team of the Week after dominating in first career start … Finished the week as the nation’s second-highest graded offensive lineman, earning an 89.6 grade from PFF over the 58 snaps he split between right guard and left guard … The top-graded offensive lineman in the conference and No. 1 rated guard in the country … Helped Oregon earn Offensive Line of the Week honors after finishing as one of just four FBS units to earn grades above 80.0 in both pass protection and run blocking … at Oregon State (Nov. 27): Earned a season-high 85.4 pass-blocking grade by PFF.
As A Sophomore (2019)
Saw action in five games, including three in Pac-12 play … All 43 snaps played were at center.
As A Redshirt Freshman (2018)
Played in five games … Totaled 46 snaps played exclusively at center.
As A Freshman (2017)
Utilized a redshirt.
High School
A 2017 graduate of Sheldon High School and three-year letterman in football … Missed all of 2016 season with an injury … Named second-team All-Southwest Conference as a junior … Helped open holes for a Sheldon offense that averaged 204.5 rushing yards per game on the way to an Oregon 6A state semifinal appearance … Part of an Irish team that made the state semifinals as a sophomore … Coached by Lane Johnson … Also a standout in track and field … Placed third in the state shot put as a senior.
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