Ryan Shazier was born in the year 1992 and he is a linebacker in the American football and he plays in Pittsburgh Steelers under NFL. Steelers drafted him within the first round in 2014 and he also played the college football in Ohio State. Ryan Shazier is known to suffer alopecia which is an autoimmune disease and it is leads to inability of growing the hair. During his childhood, he was taunted and ridiculed because of this. He got the guidance from his parents and was able to develop the altruistic temperament so that he can be able to deal with the name calling and the jabs. This problem also affected his eyebrows.
When he started to play as a freshman, he would play in each season contest but he was able to start 3 games only. The first start has come at the end of the season when he played with Penn State and he recorded 15 tackles. The stats for the next two games were 2 forced fumbles, 3 sacks, 5 tackles for the loss and 57 tackles.
When he was in the sophomore years, he was able to start all the 12 games while playing for Ohio. He would have a new huge game when they played with Penn State and he was able to post 2 sacks, 8 tackles with an interception for a third quarter and he would return to the game while deciding on the touchdown. He was able to lead to the victory while playing with Wisconsin and he racked 12 tackles with 3 tackles for the loss and he was able to make the game tackle goal line on the fourth with inches. He finished 2012 while leading for Big Ten and he made 17 tackles for the loss and he placed second in the league of 115 tackles.
For the junior season, Ryan Shazier was able to have incredible junior season and have led to the phenomenal Buckeyes run for Defense when he played against Indiana. He was able to post over 20 tackles with a tie for the school records of 16 solo tackles with 5 tackles as loss. During this season, he was voted to be the first-team All-American according to Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com, USA today and Associated Press. When he finished the season, he had 208 solo tackles, 315 tackles with 14.5 sacks. He decided in 2013 to forgo the senior season so that he can enter into nfl draft for 2014. When he did this, he was selected by Steelers for its 15th pick in the first round.
Ryan Shazier has his own agency, Creative Artists Agency and he wants to help other people who are dealing with alopecia so that they can be able to cope as he did. His twitter account is @RyanShazier.
| Birth Date: | 6 Sep, 1992 |
| Age: | 27 yrs |
| Occupations: | American football player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Fort Lauderdale |
| Education: | Ohio State University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American football player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |
