Ray Buford Jr.: DB · New Mexico State · #1.
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Ray Buford Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the New Mexico State secondary. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against San Diego State, Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 23 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | 31 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 54 | 41 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-58@ No. 23 Washington State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-62@ No. 2 Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31vs San Diego State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 52-55@ New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-30vs Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-42@ Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-41@ Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-28vs Incarnate Word | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-49@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL23 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Doug Martin — 5-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
53.7%
446 pass / 384 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico State, 54 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
