Senior defensive lineman for Indiana. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.
6′3″ · 295 lb · Conroe, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
Tackles for loss: 80th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
5 TFL · 13 tackles
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Wisconsin
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Indiana. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.
Dominique Ratcliff
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Dominique Ratcliff has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Wisconsin — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (13th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 13 | 8 | 5.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 22 | 9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas State | 27 | 13 | 5.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas State | 17 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 80 | 35 | 15.0 | 5.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 13–10
at Ohio State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With F. Mendoza — 222 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.2 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · C. Becker — 6 rec · 126 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 73-0vs Indiana State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-20@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-6vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-10@ Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-24@ Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-7vs Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 15 | W 13-10@ Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-3vs Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 56-22vs Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
2026 Outlook
Indiana
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Defensive line · Indiana
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #29
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Josh Fuga’s 2024 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Fuga's graduate season at Virginia Tech (2024).
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Player DNA