Senior defensive back on Colorado State's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1995 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Colorado State's roster.
Ron Hardge III
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Lovie Smith, Jonathan Smith and Jay Norvell. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Air Force — Week 9, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Colorado State, 43 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 · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado State | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oregon State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oregon State | 20 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 43 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-50vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-43@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-30vs Boise State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-25@ UNLV | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 13-30vs Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Brandon Crossley’s 2021 season.
Matches Brandon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Darion Dunn's sophomore season at Texas (2021).
Matches Darion on
Player DNA