Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 2/3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 62.8 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Total | 2/3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 62.8 |
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Deante Ruffin
Freshman quarterback for Kent State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Philadelphia, PA · Neumann-Goretti HS
Returning to Kent State for 2026
The numbers
44
passing yards · 2025
0 INT · 14.7 per attempt
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 44 pass yds, 6 rush yds, at Oklahoma
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 quarterback for Kent State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kent State in 2025.
Deante Ruffin
The receipt: 44 pass yds, 6 rush yds against Oklahoma — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Kent State3-star out of Winslow Township
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kent State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / att (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (99th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 44.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 14.7 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 189.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 189.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.68Deante Ruffin sacked by Taylor Wein for a loss of 9 yards to the KENT 38
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.05Deante Ruffin pass complete to Ardell Banks for 34 yds to the KENT 36 for a 1ST down
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA -0.88Deante Ruffin sacked by Markus Strong for a loss of 4 yards to the KENT 27
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +0.66Deante Ruffin run for 10 yds to the KENT 45
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 3&18 · Q4 · EPA +0.46Deante Ruffin pass complete to Matthew Maxey for 10 yds to the KENT 49
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.30Deante Ruffin run for 3 yds to the KENT 28
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.20Deante Ruffin run for 1 yd to the KENT 2
- Week 6 · Oklahoma · 2&13 · Q4 · EPA +0.05Deante Ruffin run for 5 yds to the KENT 44
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Kent State
Returning around him
- 64% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Background
2025 (Freshman) Played in 1 game at Oklahoma Completed 2 of 3 passes for 44 yards (189.9 rating) Had 6 carries for 6 yards Prior to Kent State Thrown over 1,400 yards and rushed for 476 yards 25 total touchdowns First Team All-Conference
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology