Ryan Swope

{{Short description|American football player (born 1990)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ryan Swope

| number = 19

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|20}}

| birth_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 205

| high_school = Westlake (Austin, Texas)

| college = Texas A&M

| draftyear = 2013

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 174

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| pfr = SwopRy00

}}

Ryan Swope (born September 20, 1990) is a former American football wide receiver. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2013 NFL draft.{{Cite web|title=Ryan Swope Stats, News & Video - player.Position|url=https://www.nfl.com/players/ryan-swope/?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|access-date=2020-07-20|website=NFL.com|language=en-US}}

College career

As a sophomore at Texas A&M in 2010, Swope and Jeff Fuller both broke Rod Bernstine's 24-year-old school single-season receptions record with 72.{{cite web | url=https://12thman.com/news/2011/7/7/205225685.aspx | title=A&M's Fuller, Swope Named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List }} As a junior the following season, Swope broke his own record for receptions and set the record for single-season receiving yards with 89 catches for 1,207 yards. He also had 11 receiving touchdowns that year, which at the time was the second highest single-season total on school history. As a senior in 2012, he set the school record for career receptions with 252.[http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college_sports/college_basketball/article/Swope-becomes-Aggies-top-receiver-4027106.php Swope becomes Aggies' top receiver] Although his single-season yardage record has since been broken by Mike Evans, his season and career reception records both still stand.

Swope was also a sprinter, with a personal best of 10.70 seconds in the 100 meters.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}

Professional career

{{nfl predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0+1/8

| weight = 205

| dash = 4.34

| ten split = 1.50

| twenty split = 2.53

| shuttle = 4.25

| cone drill = 6.76

| vertical = 37

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 5

| bench = 16

| wonderlic =

| arm span = 31 3/8

| hand span = 8 1/2

| note = All values from NFL Combine;[http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/Ryan-Swope?id=2539323 Ryan Swope Draft Profile]. NFL.com). Retrieved on 2013-10-09.

}}

Swope was selected in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals.{{Cite web |title=2013 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2013/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

On July 25, 2013, the Cardinals announced that Swope was placed on the reserve/retired list due to ongoing concussion issues.{{cite web|last=Rosenthal|first=Gregg|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/ryan-swope-cards-rookie-retires-due-to-concussions-0ap1000000221113|title=Ryan Swope, Cards rookie, retires due to concussions|publisher=National Football League|date=2013-07-25|access-date=2013-07-25}}

References

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