Dionte Ruffin: DB · Western Kentucky · #26.
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Dionte Ruffin
Erases the deep middle of the field. The four seasons at Western Kentucky span two head coaches: Mike Sanford Jr. and Tyson Helton. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 11 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 23 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 25 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 28 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | 1 |
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 78 | 62 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-35@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-30vs Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-38vs Marshall | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-37@ UAB | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 13-10vs Chattanooga | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-41@ No. 11 BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 10-7vs Southern Miss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21vs Florida International | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-19@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
48%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL23 tackles · 11 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
49.3%
369 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
