De'Monte Ruth

Senior defensive back on Iowa State's 2018 roster.

DB · Iowa State · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 175 lb · Dallas, TX

Iowa State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1831 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Iowa State's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 61 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Wilmer-Hutchins

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1831 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#9 / 722 · 95th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1330 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1504 / 2662 · 42nd pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Iowa State	27	17	0.0	2	--	1
2017	Iowa State	29	22	2.0	3	--	--
2016	Iowa State	5	5	0.0	--	--	1
Career		61	44	2.0	5	--	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 48–42

at Oklahoma State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 FUM

Edged out Oklahoma State on the road in a shootout.

With B. Purdy — 318 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 84 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · C. Dunn — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week