Ryan Whalen Season 2007

Feature Stories: ESPN on June 25, 2010 | Stanford Gameday on October 22, 2010 | Palo Alto Weekly on October 29, 2010 | 11/12/10 in Will of a Champion |

AT STANFORD: Dependable wideout has led Stanford in receiving each of the last two seasons...caught 57 passes for 926 yards and four touchdowns after hauling down a team-best 11 passes for 508 yards as a sophomore...had just one reception for 11 yards as a freshman in 2007...enters his senior season with 99 receptions for 1,445 yards (14.5) and five touchdowns...technically sound player who has improved in every facet of the game since arriving at Stanford in 2007...originally made the team as a walk-on but quickly earned scholarship status in fall camp.

2009 (JUNIOR): Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection...finished as the team's leading receiver for the second straight season...caught 57 passes for 926 yards and four touchdowns...averaged 16.2 yards per reception and 71.2 receiving yards per game...ranked fifth in receiving yards per game in the Pac-10...had two, 100-yard receiving games on the year...caught a career-best nine passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns at Wake Forest...caught his first touchdown pass on the year on a 26-yard completion from Andrew Luck at the 10:53 mark of the first quarter that gave Stanford a 7-0 lead...followed up with a second TD reception in the second quarter on a 17-yard catch...was also on the receiving end of a 30-yard pass play from Luck...had six receptions for 118 yards against UCLA on Oct. 3, including a season-long 46-yard reception...UCLA game began an eight-game stretch in which he caught 38 passes for 601 yards...had five catches for 85 yards at Oregon State and five receptions for 91 yards the following week at Arizona...caught an 11-yard TD pass from Luck in the second quarter that gave Stanford a 21-13 lead...had four catches for 72 yards against No. 7 Oregon on Nov. 7...finished with a six-catch, 75-yard effort against Notre Dame...was on the receiving end of an 18-yard, Toby Gerhart halfback option TD pass that tied the game at 38 with 3:50 remaining in the game...caught three passes for 65 yards in the Sun Bowl vs. Oklahoma...earned second team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA...recipient of the Gundelach Award honoring the team's top junior.

2008 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 12 games and made seven starts...after catching just one pass as a freshman, emerged as Stanford's top receiver as a sophomore...caught a team-high 41 passes for 508 yards (12.4 ypc) and one touchdown...took on a larger role in the passing game when Richard Sherman was lost for the season with a knee injury...caught 34 passes for 446 yards over the final eight games of the season...hauled in seven passes for 76 yards at Washington, including his first career touchdown on a 18-yard strike from Tavita Pritchard in the fourth quarter...led both teams with a career-high eight receptions for 91 yards at Notre Dame...had five catches for 62 yards in the Homecoming win over Arizona, including key 21-yard grab from Alex Loukas on Stanford's game-winning drive...led all players with five catches for 70 yards against California, including a career-long 37-yard reception from Pritchard.

2007 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 12 games and caught one pass for 11 yards against Washington State.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif. where he played for former Santa Clara quarterback Craig Bergman...earned all-state honors as a senior...was also an all-state basketball player...named by Cal-Hi Sports as one of the Top 10 football/basketball players in California following his senior season...caught 80 passes for over 1,200 yards and scored 14 touchdowns as a senior...named first team all-county, all-East Bay, all-metro by the San Francisco Chronicle...also named Scholar-Athlete of the Year...earned East Bay Athletic League Player of the Year and first team all-Alameda County honors in basketball...also earned first team all-East Bay and second team all-Metro honors...led his team to its first North Coast Section championship... majoring in science, technology and society.

Career Highs
Receptions: 9 at Wake Forest, Sept. 12, 2009
Receiving Yards: 123 at Wake Forest, Sept. 12, 2009
Receiving TDs: 2 at Wake Forest, Sept. 12, 2009
Long: 46 vs. UCLA, Oct. 3, 2009