Cougar Football Archive

Ryan Denney

Ryan Craig Denney

Defensive End

6-7, 275 lbs

Thornton, Colorado

Born: June 15, 1977 in Denver, Colorado (49-009)

High School: Horizon HS

Previous School(s): Ricks College

Mission: Argentina

Draft: Buffalo Bills in Round 2 of the 2002 NFL Draft

Relatives: Father Craig Denney; Brothers John Denney, Brett Denney

Years at BYU: 1997-01

1x All-MWC 1x MWC POTW

92 92 92

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	FF	FR	Blk
1998	9	5	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	21	9	12	2.5	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2000	39	28	11	4.0	11.0	2	0	0	1	1	2
2001	76	48	28	7.0	22.0	9	1	-1	4	0	1
Total	145	90	55	13.5	39.0	14	1	-1	5	1	3

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Career	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1998	R-FR	92	DL	7	0
1999	R-SO	92	DL	11	0
2000	R-JR	92	DE	12	12
2001	R-SR	92	DE	14	0
Total				44	12

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1997	RS	92	DL
1998	R-FR	92	DL
1999	R-SO	92	DL
2000	R-JR	92	DE
2001	R-SR	92	DE

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS	Tkl	Sk	TFL	QBH	PBU	INT	INT Yds	FF	FR	Blk
Sep 12, 1998	H	ASU	W 26-6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 19, 1998	A	UW	L 10-20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 26, 1998	H	MURR	W 43-9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 10, 1998	H	UNLV	W 38-14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 14, 1998	A	UTEP	W 31-14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 21, 1998	A	UTAH	W 26-24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 5, 1998	C	AFA	L 13-20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 1, 1999	A	USU	W 34-31	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	0	1	0.5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 13, 1999	A	WYO	L 17-31	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 20, 1999	H	UTAH	L 17-20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 26, 2000	N	FSU	L 3-29	1	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 2, 2000	A	UVA	W 38-35	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9, 2000	A	AFA	L 23-31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 23, 2000	H	UNLV	W 10-7	1	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 30, 2000	A	SYR	L 14-42	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 6, 2000	H	USU	W 38-14	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 21, 2000	H	SDSU	L 15-16	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 2, 2000	A	CSU	L 21-45	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Nov 18, 2000	H	UNM	W 37-13	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 24, 2000	A	UTAH	W 34-27	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	0	7	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sep 1, 2001	H	NEV	W 52-7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	0	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 13, 2001	A	UNM	W 24-20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 20, 2001	H	AFA	W 63-33	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 27, 2001	A	SDSU	W 59-21	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 1, 2001	H	CSU	W 56-34	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0
Nov 10, 2001	A	WYO	W 41-34	0	8	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 17, 2001	H	UTAH	W 24-21	0	10	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 1, 2001	A	MSST	W 41-38	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 8, 2001	A	HAW	L 45-72	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 31, 2001	B	LOU	L 10-28	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 12, 1998	H	ASU	W 26-6	0
Sep 19, 1998	A	UW	L 10-20	0
Sep 26, 1998	H	MURR	W 43-9	0
Oct 10, 1998	H	UNLV	W 38-14	0
Nov 14, 1998	A	UTEP	W 31-14	0
Nov 21, 1998	A	UTAH	W 26-24	0
Dec 5, 1998	C	AFA	L 13-20	0
Sep 9, 1999	H	UW	W 35-28	0
Sep 16, 1999	H	CSU	W 34-13	0
Sep 25, 1999	H	UVA	L 40-45	0
Oct 1, 1999	A	USU	W 34-31	0
Oct 9, 1999	H	CAL	W 38-28	0
Oct 16, 1999	A	UNM	W 31-7	0
Oct 30, 1999	H	AFA	W 27-20	0
Nov 6, 1999	A	SDSU	W 30-7	0
Nov 13, 1999	A	WYO	L 17-31	0
Nov 20, 1999	H	UTAH	L 17-20	0
Dec 27, 1999	B	MRSH	L 3-21	0
Aug 26, 2000	N	FSU	L 3-29	1
Sep 2, 2000	A	UVA	W 38-35	1
Sep 9, 2000	A	AFA	L 23-31	1
Sep 14, 2000	H	MSST	L 28-44	1
Sep 23, 2000	H	UNLV	W 10-7	1
Sep 30, 2000	A	SYR	L 14-42	1
Oct 6, 2000	H	USU	W 38-14	1
Oct 21, 2000	H	SDSU	L 15-16	1
Oct 26, 2000	H	WYO	W 19-7	1
Nov 2, 2000	A	CSU	L 21-45	1
Nov 18, 2000	H	UNM	W 37-13	1
Nov 24, 2000	A	UTAH	W 34-27	1
Aug 25, 2001	H	TULN	W 70-35	0
Sep 1, 2001	H	NEV	W 52-7	0
Sep 8, 2001	A	CAL	W 44-16	0
Sep 29, 2001	A	UNLV	W 35-31	0
Oct 5, 2001	H	USU	W 54-34	0
Oct 13, 2001	A	UNM	W 24-20	0
Oct 20, 2001	H	AFA	W 63-33	0
Oct 27, 2001	A	SDSU	W 59-21	0
Nov 1, 2001	H	CSU	W 56-34	0
Nov 10, 2001	A	WYO	W 41-34	0
Nov 17, 2001	H	UTAH	W 24-21	0
Dec 1, 2001	A	MSST	W 41-38	0
Dec 8, 2001	A	HAW	L 45-72	0
Dec 31, 2001	B	LOU	L 10-28	0

Receiving

Season	Team	Lg	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2008	Buffalo Bills	NFL	1	19	19.0	1
2009	Buffalo Bills	NFL	1	25	25.0	1
		NFL	2	44	22.0	2

Defense

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl	Sack	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	FF	FR
2002	Buffalo Bills	NFL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Buffalo Bills	NFL	43	3.5	5	3	0	0	1	0
2004	Buffalo Bills	NFL	35	3	2	2	0	0	1	0
2005	Buffalo Bills	NFL	45	4	7	3	0	0	0	1
2006	Buffalo Bills	NFL	54	6	7	5	0	0	2	1
2007	Buffalo Bills	NFL	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
2008	Buffalo Bills	NFL	58	4	9	7	0	0	1	0
2009	Buffalo Bills	NFL	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
		NFL	344	25	34	21	1	3	8	4

Participation

Season	Team	Lg	G	GS
2002	Buffalo Bills	NFL	8	0
2003	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	13
2004	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	5
2005	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	0
2006	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	0
2007	Buffalo Bills	NFL	7	2
2008	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	11
2009	Buffalo Bills	NFL	16	0
2010	Houston Texans	NFL	2	0
		NFL	113	31

Kick Returns

Season	Team	Lg	No	Yds	Avg	TD
2002	Buffalo Bills	NFL	1	4	4.0	0
		NFL		4		0

Defense

Season	Team	Lg	Tkl	Sack	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	FF	FR
2002	Buffalo Bills	NFL	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2003	Buffalo Bills	NFL	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
2004	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
2005	Buffalo Bills	NFL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Buffalo Bills	NFL	7	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Buffalo Bills	NFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Buffalo Bills	NFL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Buffalo Bills	NFL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		NFL	344	25	34	20	1	3	8	4

Participation

Season	Team	Lg	G
2002	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4
2003	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4
2004	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4
2005	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4
2006	Buffalo Bills	NFL	4
2007	Buffalo Bills	NFL	2
2008	Buffalo Bills	NFL	3
2009	Buffalo Bills	NFL	5
		NFL	30

Date	Team	League	Transaction
Mar 23, 2006	Buffalo Bills	NFL	Signed 4-year contract
Dec 19, 2007	Buffalo Bills	NFL	Placed on injured reserve
Mar 5, 2010	Buffalo Bills	NFL	Became free agent
Sep 15, 2010	Houston Texans	NFL	Signed contract
Oct 7, 2010	Houston Texans	NFL	Waived

Combine

Year	Event	Ht	Wt	40-Yd	Vert	Bench	Broad	3-Cone	Shuttle
2002	NFL Combine	607	276	4.86	33.00	36	107	7.18	4.25

Defense

Season	School	Level	Class	G	GS	Tkl	Sack	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	FR	TD
2000	Ricks College	NJCAA				51	5

Participation

Season	School	Level	Class	G	GS
2000	Ricks College	NJCAA

Season	Award
1999	Academic All-MWC
2000	Academic All-MWC
2000	Verizon Academic All-District VIII
2001	1st Team All-MWC
2001	4th Team Sporting News All-American
2001	Academic All-American
2001	September 10 MWC Defensive Player of the Week
2001	Verizon Academic All-District VIII