Ryan Willis

Ryan Willis is an American college football quarterback who played for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He just finished his senior season at Virginia Tech.

Ryan Willis
No. 5
PositionQuarterback
MajorFinance
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolRoeland Park (KS) Bishop Miege
Personal information
Born: (1996-09-28) September 28, 1996
Overland Park, KS
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight211 lb (96 kg)

Early life and college

Willis came out of high school as a three-star prospect, as rated by Rivals.com. He chose to play for Kansas over Wyoming, Illinois, Kansas State, and Tulsa. In his first start at Kansas, a Big 12 conference game versus the Baylor Bears, Willis broke his career high in passing, throwing 158 yards, on 20 completions and 36 attempts, and one touchdown. In a near win versus the 15th ranked TCU Horned Frogs, Willis threw 20–41 passes for 203 yards and a touchdown.[1] He started the final 8 games of the season for the Jayhawks in 2015, completing 164 of 315 passes for 1,719 yards, 8 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.[1][2]

He played in seven games, starting two, in 2016, completing 72 of 117 yards for 811 yards, 3 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.[1][2]

In January 2017, it was announced that Willis was transferring to play for the Virginia Tech Hokies.[3] At Virginia Tech, Willis joined the team as a walk-on with no guarantee that he would make the team; but he did and spent the 2017 season sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules.

In 2018, Willis has appeared in two games and made his first start at Virginia Tech at #22 Duke in Durham after an injury to incumbent starter Josh Jackson.[4] Virginia Tech won the game 31–14, and Willis was 17-of-27 for 332 yards and three touchdown passes.

References
  1. "Ryan Willis". kuathletics.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  2. "Ryan Willis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. Bitter, Andy (January 11, 2017). "Kansas quarterback Ryan Willis transferring to Virginia Tech". roanoke.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. Niziolek, Mike (September 25, 2018). "Ryan Willis fulfills unique family tradition in wild ride to starting role at Virginia Tech". roanoke.com. Retrieved September 27, 2018.


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