Ryan Leavy

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-1
Weight:
198
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
Berkeley Prep
Prev School:
Duke
Major:
Business Marketing

Graduate student in the classroom ... Committed to East Carolina May 1, 2025 who has one year of eligibility remaining … Two-year letterman at Furman … Graduate transfer from Duke … Appeared in 30 career games punting 126 times for 5,089 yards (40.39 average) … Forty-five punts landed inside the 20-yard line with nine touchbacks … Owned 19 punts of 50 or more yards … Registered career-long punt of 70 yards against The Citadel in 2023 … Booted a career-high 12 punts for 461 yards against Montana in 2023 … Tallied four or more punts on 16 occasions and 200-pus yards in a contest 13 times … Three-time Southern Conference Academic honor roll selection (2021-23).

2024 (Duke): Did not experience game action.

2023 (Furman): Played in 13 games earning second varsity letter … Set career-bests in punts (67), punting yards (2,750) and punting average (41.0) … Landed 23 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line with four touch backs and 19 fair catches … Eleven punts went 50 or more yards … Recorded multiple punts in 12 of 13 contests with a career-best 12 against Montana in the season-finale going for a personal-best 461 yards … Registered 200 or more punt yards in a game eight times … Averaged a single-game high 52.3 yard average in the season opener against Tennessee Tech … Career-long punt of 70 yards came against The Citadel … Had a career-best four punts that went for 50 or more yards versus Tennessee Tech … Other 50-yard punt games were against South Carolina, The Citadel, Chattanooga, VNI, Wofford and Montana (2) … Tied a career-high with four punts inside the 20-yard line against ETSU, Chattanooga and VMI … Had a personal-best five punts that were fair caught versus ETSU.

2022 (Furman): Took over primary punting job appearing in 13 games … Punted 59 times for 2,339 yards (39.6 average) earning first varsity letter … Landed 22 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line … Twenty punts were fair caught and five were touch backs … Registered eight punts that went 50 or more yards … Recorded two or more punts in all 13 contests …. Tallied 200-plus yards in a game five times with a season-best 313 at VMI … Had a season-high seven punts in a game three times (ETSU, VMI, UIW) … Averaged a game-best 47.33 yards per punt in season opener against North Greenville … Landed four punts inside the 20-yard line at UIW – a season-best … Had multiple punts inside the opponents 20-yard line against North Greenville, ETSU, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, VMI and Mercer … Registered 50-plus yard punts against ETSU, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, VMI (2), Chattanooga, Elon and UIW … Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Furman): Played in three games as a reserve member of the special teams’ unit … Experienced game action against Wofford, The Citadel and Western Carolina … Did not record any statistics … Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020 (Furman): Appeared in one game during initial year with the program (Samford) … Did not record any statistics.

High School: Attended Berkeley Prep and played for coach Dominic Ciao … Earned FloridaHighSchool.com Second Team All-State honors in 2018 … Helped lead Berkeley Prep to a 7-4 record and an appearance in the state playoffs during junior season … Also participated in baseball, recording a 2.37 ERA and going 17-for-17 in stolen base attempts as a junior.

Personal: Graduated from Furman in May 2024 with a degree in communications ... Added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 … Currently pursuing a graduate certificate in business marketing from East Carolina ... Son of Jim and Selena Leavy … Sister, Paige, lettered four seasons in tennis at Bucknell University (2017-18-19-20), ranking seventh all-time in career doubles victories (64-31), ninth in all-time victories (120), and 13th in career singles wins (56-44) … Uncle, Dave Moore, lettered four seasons (1988-89-90-91) in football at the University of Pittsburgh, leading the Panthers in receiving during the 1991 season (51-505) before being drafted in the seventh round (191st selection) of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, went on to have a 15-year NFL career with the Dolphins (1992), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1992-2001; 2004-06) and Buffalo Bills (2002-03) earning Pro Bowl citations in 2006.