PRONUNCIATION
2025 | JUNIOR SEASON
Received All-America status from AP, Stats Perform, and FCS Football Central…Second Team All-Ivy…Posted 523 yards and four touchdowns on 44 receptions ... Averaged 11.9 yards per reception ... Recorded season-high nine catches for 91 yards against both Yale (Sept. 27) and Dartmouth (Nov. 15) ... Posted consistent production with multiple receptions in all 10 games ... Caught touchdown passes in four different contests, including scores against UAlbany (Sept. 20), Yale, Bucknell (Oct. 18), and Princeton (Nov. 1) ... Hauled in season-long 31-yard reception ... Had one kick return for no gain ... Averaged 52.3 all-purpose yards per game ... Reliable target who recorded at least two catches in every game.
2024 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Honorable Mention AP All-American…Honorable Mention All-Ivy…Saw action in all nine contests ... posted 36 receptions for 441 yards and four touchdowns ... recorded a season-high 101 receiving yards against Penn (Nov. 9) ... caught a career-long 68-yard reception against Yale (Sept. 28) ... scored two receiving touchdowns and a defensive tackle in the win over Princeton (Nov. 2) ... also contributed on special teams throughout the season.
2023 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Did not see varsity action.
PRIOR TO CORNELL
Was a two-time all-NEPSAC selection at tight end at St. Paul's School ... two-time all-conference choice ... led the league in receiving yards as a junior, registering 30 catches for more than 500 yards and three scores ... posted 625 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior ... was a four-year letter winner in basketball and played two seasons of baseball.
PERSONAL
Ryder James Kurtz is the son of Kimberly Kurtz and has an older sister, Tessa, who graduated from Ithaca College in 2022 ... he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
