Ryder Meyer

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
5-10
Weight:
185
Position:
S
Hometown:
Fairfield, Mont.
High School:
Fairfield HS

2024 (R-Sr.):
• Tony Barbour Award Winner
• Academic All-Big Sky
Meyer was the team’s fourth-leading tackler in 2024 as senior with 79 total stops (36 solo), three TFLs, and one interception…. Capped his career having appeared in 48 games as a Grizzly and made 26 starts… Logged 183 career tackles (84 solo), with 8.5 TFLs, 2 INTs, 7 pass deflections, and 1 fumble recovery… Also scored on a pair of career two-point conversions… Following his senior year won the Tony Barbour Award for the UM player "who best exemplifies outstanding practice habits and makes an unselfish contribution to the betterment of the Grizzly Football Team."… Earned Academic All-Big Sky honors for a fourth-straight year.

2023 (R-Jr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
• Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week on 10/14
Earned the starting job in all 15 of UM’s games and assumed the holding duties on PATs and Field Goals… Was the team’s second-leading tackler and had the fourth-most tackles in the Big Sky Conference with 91 total stops (40 solo)… Also logged one interception, recovered a fumble at UC Davis, was fourth on the team in pass breakups with four, and ran in a pair of two-point conversions… Was named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career on 10/14 after leading Montana in tackles and picking off a game-sealing pass in the win at Idaho. He was a catalyst on a Grizzly defense that held the Vandals to just 58 rushing yards. He had eight tackles, a half TFL, and came up with a critical interception in the endzone to keep Idaho from scoring early in the second half.

2022 (R-So.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Played in 12 games, mostly on special teams… Totaled 8 tackles (5 solo) and 2.5 TFLs for a loss of 6 yards as a sophomore… Tied his career high with three tackles against EWU.

2020-21 (R-Fr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Played in 8 games for the Grizzlies, primarily on special teams… Recorded two tackles on the season.

2019 (Fr.): Was a redshirt as a true freshman

High School: Four-time letter winner at Fairfield High school … 2018 and 2017 Northern B all-state selection … 2018 all-conference first-team defensive back … 2018 all-conference first-team quarterback … 2018 Football Dynamic Playmaker of the Year … 2018 Montana State B championship winner … 112 tackles, 3 interceptions, 1,480 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, 1,045 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns as a senior … Career record of 44-2 over 4 years … US Army Pro Football Award for Excellence Finalist … Two-year team captain … Three-time letter winner in basketball and four-time letter winner in track … 2017-18 basketball defensive MVP

Personal: Parents are Les and Jolyn Meyer … Father Les was the head coach at Fairfield HS and is now Superintendent at Frenchtown HS… Brother Tucker Meyer is an assistant coach at Norther Iowa … Earned a degree in Management & Entrepreneurship and earned his MBA in the spring of 2023.

Career Single Game Highs
Tackles: 12 (at Northern Arizona, 2023)
Interceptions: 1 (at Idaho, 2023)