Ralph Mency: DE · Middle Tennessee · #94.
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Ralph Mency
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Three seasons in the Middle Tennessee defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against UAB — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 24 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-44@ James Madison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-6vs Tennessee State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31@ No. 25 Miami | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-45vs UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-41@ UAB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-35vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-40@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 49-6
1 pass breakup
Dominant 43-point win at home against Tennessee State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
0%0 TFL12 tackles.
3 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 18-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
53.6%
511 pass / 442 run
Plays / game
73.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
543 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Middle Tennessee — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
