Senior linebacker for Massachusetts. 2020: 31 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′0″ · 230 lb · Middletown, NJ
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 1843 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts
Statement game16 tacklesat Army (FBS) · L 7-63
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Massachusetts. 2020: 31 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
Mike Ruane
Mike Ruane has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Massachusetts. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Liberty, Week 13, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 125 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Whipple → Walt Bell. 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: qb hurries (29th 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
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road4g | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 31 | 15 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 66 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 27 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 125 | 55 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 0-41@ Georgia Southern | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-51@ Marshall | 9 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 2-24@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-45@ Liberty | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 15 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |