Former linebacker at North Texas. 2024: 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 237 lb · Norton, KS
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 336 nationally · Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at North Texas. 2024: 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
Jace Ruder
Jace Ruder has played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Wyoming — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at North Texas, 7 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. 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 (0th 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
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Texas | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 21-66@ Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-17vs Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 52-20vs Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-17@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |