Ryan George Lindley was born on June 22,1989 and is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator at San Diego State University.
23 Facts About Ryan Lindley
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Ryan Lindley played college football at San Diego State, and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Ryan Lindley helped lead the Aztecs to the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl, their first Bowl game since the 1998 Las Vegas Bowl.
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Ryan Lindley helped them defeat the Navy Midshipmen 35 to 14 after completing 18 of 23 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns.
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Ryan Lindley was drafted in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
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Ryan Lindley signed with the San Diego Chargers and was assigned to their practice squad on August 31,2014.
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On November 11,2014, Ryan Lindley re-signed with the Arizona Cardinals after a season-ending injury to Carson Palmer.
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On December 11,2014, starting quarterback Drew Stanton was injured in the game against the St Louis Rams, Ryan Lindley entered the game and saw his first in-game action since 2012.
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On December 28,2014, against the San Francisco 49ers, Ryan Lindley threw his first career touchdown pass to Michael Floyd, ending an NFL-record 228 pass attempts without a touchdown to start his career.
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On January 3,2015, in the Cardinals' first-round playoff game at the Carolina Panthers, Ryan Lindley completed 16 of 28 passes for 82 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
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On December 29,2015, Ryan Lindley signed with the Indianapolis Colts.
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Ryan Lindley saw the most action during the preseason for the Redblacks; he completed 18 of 30 pass attempts for 140 yards with 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
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Ryan Lindley made his first CFL start on September 22,2017: Starting quarterback Trevor Harris and backup Drew Tate were both out with injuries.
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Ryan Lindley was not much better in the team's next match against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, completing 17 of 31 pass attempts for 161 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.
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On March 6,2018 Ryan Lindley was released by the Redblacks.
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Ryan Lindley was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, San Diego State from 2017 through October 31,2018.
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Ryan Lindley was hired as the running backs coach for the Cleveland Browns on October 31,2018, after running backs coach Freddie Kitchens was promoted to offensive coordinator.
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In 2020 Ryan Lindley worked as an offensive analyst for Utah.
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In 2021 Ryan Lindley joined Mississippi State as a defensive analyst.
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Ryan Lindley was named the quarterbacks coach at San Diego State on October 2,2022.
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Ryan Lindley was tasked with getting Carson Wentz and Jared Goff ready for their NFL Combine and Pro Day performances.
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In 2014, Ryan Lindley was a stand-in body double for Andrew Luck in a Visa commercial that featured Cardinals teammate Larry Fitzgerald.
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At San Diego State University, Ryan Lindley majored in Social Science Teaching.