Topic: Ryan Torain

Ryan Devon Torain (born August 10, 1986 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American football running back for the Washington Redskins. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State.

Torain attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, and track & field. In football, as a senior, he was a first team All-League selection and an All-State Class 6A selection. Ryan Torain graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in 2004.

Ryan Torain attended Arizona State. He earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors as a junior and was one of the Pac-10's elite backs until his senior season was cut short midway through 2007. Torain ran for 1,229 yards in 2006, becoming ASU's first 1,000-yard runner since Delvon Flowers in 2001 and running for the eighth-most single-season yards in ASU history. Compiling the most yards since Sun Devil great Freddie Williams' total on ASU's legendary, undefeated 1975 squad, Torain totaled the fourth-most rushing yards by a player in his debut season in the history of the Pac-10 Conference. Torain ranked 13th in the nation and second in the Pac-10 Conference among returning backs in total rushing yards and led the team with 10 total touchdowns as a junior.