2025 Football Roster
Roster
Ryan Crandall
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 223
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ankeny, Iowa
- High School:
- Ankeny Senior HS
- Major:
- Business Administration
2024 (AT WESTERN ILLINOIS): Appeared in 12 games and recorded a team-high 91 total tackles (53 solo, 38 assist) … Tallied 11.5 TFL for 28 yards including 1.5 sacks for 10 yards … hurried the quarterback twice, broke up one pass, and forced a fumble …Had a season-high 16 tackles against Tennessee State (Nov. 9) including a season-high 3.0 TFL for 12 yards and one sack for six yards.
2023 (AT WESTERN ILLINOIS): Was named Fifth Team Phil Steele All Missouri Valley Football Conference linebacker … Played in 11 games, finished with 66 tackles (38 solo, 28 assist) … Second on the team in tackles … Had a team-high 5.5 tackles for a loss of 12 yards … Had one interception with a return of 14 yards … Had four pass breakups, one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Started in all 11 games … Had a season-high nine tackles twice (vs. Missouri State Oct. 14; vs. South Dakota Nov. 18) … Had a team-high 5.5 sacks.
2022 (AT WESTERN ILLINOIS): Appeared in eight games, finishing with 29 tackles (15 solo, 14 assists) … Had three tackles for a loss of three yards, two fumble recoveries, and one interception for 32 return yards … Had a season-high 10 tackles vs. Youngstown State and Missouri State (Oct. 22/29).
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Ankeny High School … Was named First Team All-State and First Team All-District after the 2021 football season and earned Second Team All-State and Second Team All-District honors after the 2020 season.
