Ryan Colburn
Encyclopedia
Ryan Colburn is an American football
quarterback
for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints
as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football
at Fresno State
. Ryan attended high school at Central Valley Christian where he led his team to Valley Championships under Mark Gambini along side players such as Fred Lyendekker and Micah Stanley.
as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011. He was cut one week later. He was then signed by the Sacramento Mountain Lions. Colburn started the first game of the 2011 season for the Mountain Lions.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Fresno State
Fresno State Bulldogs football
The Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The green “V” on the Bulldogs' helmets, uniforms, field symbolize California Central Valley, specifically the San Joaquin Valley, the agricultural valley from which they...
. Ryan attended high school at Central Valley Christian where he led his team to Valley Championships under Mark Gambini along side players such as Fred Lyendekker and Micah Stanley.
Professional career
Colburn was signed by the New Orleans SaintsNew Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
as an undrafted free agent following the end of the NFL lockout in 2011. He was cut one week later. He was then signed by the Sacramento Mountain Lions. Colburn started the first game of the 2011 season for the Mountain Lions.