Ryan Purvis
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| College: | Boston College | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Practice Squad | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008 | |||||||||
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Ryan J. Purvis (Born May 8, 1986) is a Tight End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
High School
Purvis played high school football at Lancaster Catholic High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 2003, he won All-State honors as a tight end and All-Conference honors as a tight end (first-team), defensive end (first-team), and punter (second-team). As a senior, he made 39 receptions for 755 yards and four touchdowns, averaged 38.8 yards on 41 punts, and threw two touchdown passes. He was selected to play in the fourth annual PSFCA East-West Football Classic.
Purvis was also a standout on the Crusaders' basketball team. He recorded more than 1000 points and 700 rebounds in his career at center and power forward. Ryan was the starting center on the winningest boys basketball in Pennsylvania prep history. His junior year, the Crusaders went 35-0 and won the 2003 PIAA Class AAA Championship. The Crusaders also swept the Lancaster Lebanon League Section 3 title, the L-L League Championship and the District 3 AAA title.
Purvis was recruited by a host of Division 1 football programs, including the University of Pittsburgh and UCLA.
College
Freshman
After redshirting the 2004 season, Purvis made his college debut in the 2005 season opener at BYU, where he caught one pass. He finished the season with six receptions for 12 yards.
Sophomore
Purvis played in all 13 of BC's games, starting in two of them (Clemson and Duke). He made 29 catches for 381 yards and two touchdowns. He made two catches for 40 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown reception, against Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Junior
Purvis started all 14 games in 2007, finishing the season with 54 catches for 553 yards and four touchdowns. He had two catches for 14 yards in the ACC Championship Game against Virginia Tech and two catches for 18 yards in BC's win against Michigan State in the Champs Sports Bowl. He was named to the Lombardi Award and John Mackey Award watch lists and was named to the All-ACC first team.
Senior
Purvis started all 14 games of the 2008 Boston College season. Purvis had 24 catches for 176 yards, including 4 catches for 29 yards in the 2008 Music City Bowl. [1] Purvis also got some snaps at fullback in place of the injured James McCluskey. [2]
NFL
Purvis was not selected in the 2009 NFL Draft. On May 1, 2009, Purvis signed a free-agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [3]
As of September 6, 2009, Purvis was added to the Tampa Bay practice squad. [4]
Personal
Ryan blogs on ScoutingTheSports.com Ryan Purvis plays on the Tampa Bay Bucs practice squad