Ron LaForce: DB · New Mexico State · #23.
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Ron LaForce
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the New Mexico State secondary to date. On tape: 21 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
122 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | New Mexico State | 122 | 56 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | New Mexico State | 104 | 55 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
| Career | 226 | 111 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-29vs Wyoming | 14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Minnesota | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-60@ Utah State | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-42vs New Mexico | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ UTEP | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-41vs Liberty | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 38-66@ Louisiana | 15 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-48vs Georgia Southern | 21 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 21 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 10-45@ BYU | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-28@ Liberty | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | 56 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
122tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL122 tackles · 1 for loss.
2 seasons under Doug Martin — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 11.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 14.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
60.6%
537 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
585 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
122 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico State, 226 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
