De'Monte Ruth: DB · Iowa State · #6.
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De'Monte Ruth
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Iowa State secondary. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iowa State | 27 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 29 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 61 | 44 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-13@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-37vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-42@ No. 25 Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-14vs No. 6 West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-31vs Texas Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 27-3@ Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-14vs Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-24@ No. 13 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-38vs Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24vs Drake | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 14 · 2018
W 27-24
vs Drake
5 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL27 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
44.3%
361 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
62.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa State, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
