Jose Ramirez: DL · Eastern Michigan · #55.
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Jose Ramirez
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Eastern Michigan since. MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Toledo — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 19.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 62 | 36 | 19.5 | 12.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 62 | 30 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 26 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 150 | 75 | 32.0 | 19.5 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ Louisiana | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-21@ Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-50vs Buffalo | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13vs Massachusetts | 8 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 6 | W 45-23@ Western Michigan | 6 | 6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 10-39vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Toledo | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-28@ Akron | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Kent State | 7 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 38-19vs Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Total | 62 | 36 | 19.5 | 12.0 | — | 2 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 45-23
4 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 22-point win on the road against Western Michigan.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
31%20 TFLSack rate
19%12 sacksHurry rate
16%10 hurries62 tackles · 19.5 for loss · 12 sacks.
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 18-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.5%
392 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 387 FBS edge rushers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Eastern Michigan, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #196 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Honored in a first season.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez and Chris Creighton.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
