Ryan Groy
79  Ryan Groy
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Middleton, Wis.

High School:
Middleton

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 317

Position:
OL

Experience:
3V

11/26/2012

Ball, Pedersen highlight Wisconsin's list of Big Ten award winners

Fifteen Badgers earn All-Big Ten honors

12/07/2011

Wisconsin places 56 on fall Academic All-Big Ten list

Student-athletes with 3.0 gpa or better earn Academic All-Big Ten distinction

11/14/2011

Badger Rewind: With starter Konz down, Groy ready to step up

Sophomore Ryan Groy takes over at center after Peter Konz went down with ankle injury Saturday

Honors and Awards
2012:
Second Team All-Big Ten (coaches), Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (media), Academic All-Big Ten
2011:
Academic All-Big Ten

2012: Started all 14 games of season ... recorded a tackle in the Illinois game on Oct. 6

2011: Earned second letter ... played in all 14 games with four starts ... made the start at left guard against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championships game on Dec. 3 and against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... started at center for first time in career at Illinois on Nov. 19 ... made first start of career along the offensive line when he lined up at left guard against Oregon State on Sept. 10

2010:
Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games with two starts ... started at fullback at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... played along the offensive line against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... saw playing time in wins at Purdue, at Iowa and over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... member of punt unit against Minnesota on Oct. 9 ... saw playing time against Michigan State on Oct. 2 and Austin Peay on Sept. 25 ... lined up at fullback against Arizona State on Sept. 18 ... played fullback against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... made Badger debut as starting fullback (wearing No. 47) at UNLV on Sept. 4

2009:
Redshirt season ... named UW's offensive scout team player of the week for the Michigan State game

High School:
Ranked as the No. 38 OG in the nation and the third-best player in the state by Rivals.com ... rated as the No. 34 player in the Midwest by SuperPrep ... first-team all-state (A.P. and WFCA) as a senior ... Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year ... first-team all-area, all-region and all-conference ... team captain ... 150 pancakes and only allowed two sacks ... honorable-mention all-area as a junior ... first-team all-region and all-conference ... 87 pancakes and didn't allow a sack as a junior ... honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore ... 38 pancakes and didn't allow a sack ... three-year letterwinner ... head coach was Tim Simon

Personal:
Parents are Doug Groy and Kelly Baker ... enjoys hunting, fishing, camping and golfing ... majoring in agricultural and life sciences with a focus in communication

Career Statistics
Season GP/GS
2010 13/2
2011 14/4
2012 14/14
Totals 41/20