University of Regina Alumni - Regina Rams Football Players, Jon Ryan, Chris Getzlaf, Angie Abdou, Randy Srochenski, Neal Hughes, Teale Orban (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Regina Rams Football Players, Jon Ryan, Chris Getzlaf, Angie Abdou, Randy Srochenski, Neal Hughes, Teale Orban, John Hashem, Nick Hutchins, Kia Byers, Tamon George, Joel Lipinski, Stan Van Sichem, Brendon Labatte, John Kanaroski. Excerpt: Jonathan Robert Ryan (born November 26, 1981 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is an American football punter for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as an NFL undrafted free agent in 2004, after being selected in the Canadian College Draft. He played college football at Regina. Ryan has also played for the Green Bay Packers. Ryan attended Sheldon-Williams Collegiate in Regina, Saskatchewan, where he played as running back, placekicker and punter on the school's football team. He then subsequently played for the University of Regina Rams. In 2004, Winnipeg selected Ryan in the Canadian College Football draft in the 3rd Round, 24th Overall as a WR/Punter out of Regina. That year Ryan finished second in the league in punting average to Noel Prefontaine and ended with a longest punt of a whopping 92 yards. Winnipeg fans immediately took a liking to Ryan, and would come out to watch his spectacular punts. During the 2005 season, Ryan lead the league with a 50.6 yard average, while punting the most out of all league punters, 118 times. NFL talk buzzed around Ryan's future, while midway through the year, there was also speculation that Ryan may take over the kicking duties as well from aging veteran Troy Westwood. It was also believed that Ryan was practicing field goals during the teams practices. In January 2006 he signed a contract with the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He is only the third Saskatchewan native to make it to the NFL (the other two being Arnie Wein... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3280564