Sean Ryan - #88 - TE - Boston College - Profile

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS    

• Has appeared in 25 games, including five starts, through 2006.

• Has posted six catches for 44 yards in three-year career.

• Made his playoff debut with Jets in 2006.

SEASON BY SEASON

2006 (JETS) Started at FB in Week 11 vs. CHI. … Made first start as a Jet in Week 2 vs. NE … Caught first career pass, for 10 yards, in Week 1 at TEN.

2005 (DAL) Appeared in three games, starting one.

2004 (DAL) Made NFL debut in Week 12 vs. CHI on Thanksgiving day and was used exclusively as blocker in two-TE sets.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

• Acquired by Jets from DAL 8/31/06 in exchange for undisclosed draft pick.

• Signed by DAL to active roster 11/23/05.

• Released by DAL and signed to Cowboys' practice squad 9/4/05.

• Signed by DAL to active roster 11/24/04.

• Released by DAL and signed to Cowboys' practice squad 9/6/04.

• Selected by DAL in fifth round (144th overall) of 2004 NFL Draft.

BEFORE THE NFL

• Moved to TE at Boston College as sophomore after coming to the school as a DE, catching 75 passes for 950 yards and 12 TDs in 37 games.

• His 12 TD grabs rank second among TEs in school history.

• Received All-Big East honors his senior season after posting 35 receptions for 447 yards and six TDs.

• Earned all-state honors as senior and lettered in basketball and lacrosse at St. Joseph’s HS in Buffalo.

OFF THE FIELD

• Majored in history.

• Wife, Liz, and daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

• Visited patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. in New Brunswick, NJ, 12/5/06.

• Visited IS 323 Scholars Academy in Queens, NY, 4/25/07, as part of the Eat Right, Move More program.

• Attended Taste of the NFL in partnership with ShopRite 5/3/07 to help raise money to fight hunger in the metropolitan area.

• In Dallas, participated in bowl-a-thon to fight spina bifida.

• Also participated in United Way’s Hometown Huddle Meals on Wheels, which served early Thanksgiving meals to more than 300 people.