AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans ... Competing for playing time at a safety spot... Also can help the team as a punter.
2012:Played in seven games mainly as a special teams defender... Was the number-two punter, but did not have any attempts during the season... Credited with six tackles... Season-high three stops in the Louisiana Tech win (11/24).
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A football and baseball player at Phoenix College (Coach Land Jacobsen)...Was a second-team All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference selection as a defensive back and a punter in his one football season... Credited with 74 tackles, three pass interceptions and four pass break-ups in 2011...Second in the conference averaging 40.7 yards per attempt...Batted .314 as a shortstop in 2011
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Mike Brown), basketball and baseball at Greenway High in Phoenix, Ariz....Class 4A all-state honors as a wide receiver and a safety...Led his team in hitting with a .436 batting average as a senior.
MORE ON RYAN: A business finance major...Older brother, Justin Harper, is a minor league pitcher who pitched for the El Paso Diablos of the American Association and Copper State Prospectors of the Independent League in 2012... Dad, Herb Harper, played three seasons (1980-82) of basketball at Biola College... The native of Bellflower, Calif., was born on September 16, 1991.
CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
| G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | INT | DEF | |
| 2012...SO | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 |