AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans ...Competing for playing time as a linebacker...Pronounces his last name Mac-ah-Lay-nan.
2012: Completed a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Jim Bonds) at St. Francis High in La Canada, Calif....Played linebacker and tight end...2011 Mission League Co-Most Valuable Lineman...Third on his team in tackles and pass receiving in 2011... Credited with 86 tackles, nine pass break-ups and an inteception...23 catches for 308 yards and two touchdowns...Team[apos]s leading tackler as a junior with 83 hits, forced a fumble and recovered two fumbles... Concluded his career in the 2012 Los Angeles Daily News All-Star Game.
MORE ON RYAN: Plans to major in sociology...Older brother Mark McAleenan played for the 1994 through 1996 Wesleyan University football teams...The Santa Monica, Calif., native was born on March 11, 1994.