Ramon Puryear: DL · Louisville · #41.
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Ramon Puryear
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at Louisville span two head coaches: Scott Satterfield and Jeff Brohm. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Miami — Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisville | 34 | 12 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 19 | 9 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 84 | 34 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Austin Peay | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-19vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-34vs SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20@ Virginia | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 45-52vs No. 6 Miami | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-27@ Boston College | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-21@ No. 11 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38@ Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-9vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-34vs Washington | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2024
W 35-34
vs Washington · neutral site
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Washington at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
18%6 hurries34 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.5%
426 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
