Ronald Triplette is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.
Triplette disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Temple — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 15 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UTSA | 23 | 10 | 5.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | UTSA | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | UTSA | 17 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 71 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-48@ NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs No. 4 Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-25vs No. 12 BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2025
W 45-24
vs Temple
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Temple.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%4 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries15 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #413 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #73 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,379 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
Played for two programs.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Traylor and Brent Key.
