2018 Football Roster
Roster
Guthrie, Ryan

Jersey Number 41
Ryan Guthrie
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 224
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cumming, Ga.
- High School:
- West Forsyth
Bio
Career Overview: Junior-college transfer played mainly defensive end in passing situations as a junior ... Returned to his more natural position of linebacker as a senior in 2018 and was the ACC leader in tackles (107) ... Served as director of events for the Syracuse chapter of Uplifting Athletes as a senior … Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2017 and was named to the 2017 Spring SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... 2018 All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Three-time member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Prior to joining the Orange, made 266 tackles in two seasons at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa … Two-time NJCAA All-American ... Two letters.
Senior Year (2018): All-ACC Second Team ... Also earned All-ACC Second Team honors from the Associated Press ... All-ECAC First Team selection ... Winner of Syracuse's Ted Dailey Award as the most improved player on defense ... Started all 13 games at middle linebacker … Led the ACC with 107 total tackles, including 66 solo stops … Fifth in the conference in tackles per game (8.2) ... Was even better versus ACC opponents, averaging 9.4 tackles per outing ... Second on the team and fifth in the ACC with 16.5 tackles for loss … Ten 5+ tackle games and five 10+ tackle efforts … Had at least one tackle for a loss in 11 out of 13 contests … Came into his own during the second half of the season, logging 70 tackles and 12.5 tackles for loss over the last seven games ... Served as SU's special teams captain and tallied four tackles, including one for a loss, in his first start at Western Michigan (8/31) ... At Clemson (9/29), logged his first double-digit tackle game with 11 stops … Made eight tackles, including one for a loss, and recovered a fumble at Pittsburgh (10/6) … Earned ACC Linebacker of the Week honors for the first time in his career after posting a career-high 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and recovering a fumble in SU's double-overtime win against North Carolina (10/20) ... Against NC State (10/27), served as defensive game captain and registered eight tackles, including 1.5 for a loss ... At Wake Forest (11/3), made 11 tackles, carded a career-high two sacks, and broke up a pass … Made nine tackles, including a personal-best 2.5 tackles for a loss, against Louisville (11/9) in the final home game of his career … Against Notre Dame (11/17), tied his career high with 12 tackles, including two for losses… Received ACC Linebacker of the Week plaudits for the second time after tying his personal best with 12 tackles for the second week in a row at Boston College (11/24) … Credited with six tackles, two tackles for loss, and a sack against West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl ... Voted to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2017): Played in all 12 games ... Carded 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, 1.5 sacks, and one fumble recovery ... Against Pittsburgh (10/7), sacked quarterback Ben DiNucci with less than a minute left to help secure a 27-24 Orange victory ... Notched a season-high five tackles against Wake Forest (11/11) ... Recorded half a sack at Louisville (11/18) ... Against Boston College, made three tackles and recovered a fumble (11/25) ... Named to the Fall 2017 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2016 at Ellsworth CC): NJCAA First Team All-American and All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) First Team selection …Played in 12 games and ranked third in the country with 139 tackles, including a nation-leading 107 solo stops … Recorded 25.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and an interception … Averaged 11.6 tackles per contest and tallied 10+ tackles eight times, including a season-high 18 stops in a 23-20 victory at Hutchinson (10/15).
Freshman Year (2015 at Ellsworth CC): NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American and All-ICCAC First Team choice … Played in 12 games and logged 127 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, three forced fumbles and two interceptions … Averaged 10.6 tackles per game and recorded six double-digit tackle games … Season-high 17 tackles and one forced fumble versus Coffeyville (9/5).
High School: Played linebacker and defensive back for head coach Adam Clack … As a senior, was named to the 2014 Forsyth County News All-County First Team after compiling 72 tackles, one sack and two fumble recoveries.
Personal: Ryan Chase Guthrie … Born in October 1996 in Kennesaw, Ga. … Son of Lisa and Steve Guthrie … One brother, one sister … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
Senior Year (2018): All-ACC Second Team ... Also earned All-ACC Second Team honors from the Associated Press ... All-ECAC First Team selection ... Winner of Syracuse's Ted Dailey Award as the most improved player on defense ... Started all 13 games at middle linebacker … Led the ACC with 107 total tackles, including 66 solo stops … Fifth in the conference in tackles per game (8.2) ... Was even better versus ACC opponents, averaging 9.4 tackles per outing ... Second on the team and fifth in the ACC with 16.5 tackles for loss … Ten 5+ tackle games and five 10+ tackle efforts … Had at least one tackle for a loss in 11 out of 13 contests … Came into his own during the second half of the season, logging 70 tackles and 12.5 tackles for loss over the last seven games ... Served as SU's special teams captain and tallied four tackles, including one for a loss, in his first start at Western Michigan (8/31) ... At Clemson (9/29), logged his first double-digit tackle game with 11 stops … Made eight tackles, including one for a loss, and recovered a fumble at Pittsburgh (10/6) … Earned ACC Linebacker of the Week honors for the first time in his career after posting a career-high 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and recovering a fumble in SU's double-overtime win against North Carolina (10/20) ... Against NC State (10/27), served as defensive game captain and registered eight tackles, including 1.5 for a loss ... At Wake Forest (11/3), made 11 tackles, carded a career-high two sacks, and broke up a pass … Made nine tackles, including a personal-best 2.5 tackles for a loss, against Louisville (11/9) in the final home game of his career … Against Notre Dame (11/17), tied his career high with 12 tackles, including two for losses… Received ACC Linebacker of the Week plaudits for the second time after tying his personal best with 12 tackles for the second week in a row at Boston College (11/24) … Credited with six tackles, two tackles for loss, and a sack against West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl ... Voted to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Junior Year (2017): Played in all 12 games ... Carded 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, 1.5 sacks, and one fumble recovery ... Against Pittsburgh (10/7), sacked quarterback Ben DiNucci with less than a minute left to help secure a 27-24 Orange victory ... Notched a season-high five tackles against Wake Forest (11/11) ... Recorded half a sack at Louisville (11/18) ... Against Boston College, made three tackles and recovered a fumble (11/25) ... Named to the Fall 2017 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2016 at Ellsworth CC): NJCAA First Team All-American and All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) First Team selection …Played in 12 games and ranked third in the country with 139 tackles, including a nation-leading 107 solo stops … Recorded 25.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and an interception … Averaged 11.6 tackles per contest and tallied 10+ tackles eight times, including a season-high 18 stops in a 23-20 victory at Hutchinson (10/15).
Freshman Year (2015 at Ellsworth CC): NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American and All-ICCAC First Team choice … Played in 12 games and logged 127 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, three forced fumbles and two interceptions … Averaged 10.6 tackles per game and recorded six double-digit tackle games … Season-high 17 tackles and one forced fumble versus Coffeyville (9/5).
High School: Played linebacker and defensive back for head coach Adam Clack … As a senior, was named to the 2014 Forsyth County News All-County First Team after compiling 72 tackles, one sack and two fumble recoveries.
Personal: Ryan Chase Guthrie … Born in October 1996 in Kennesaw, Ga. … Son of Lisa and Steve Guthrie … One brother, one sister … Communication and rhetorical studies major.
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