Sherrod Ruff: LB · Southern Miss · #11.
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Sherrod Ruff
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Third year in the Southern Miss linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UAB — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 | Southern Miss | 33 | 23 | 11.0 | 5.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Southern Miss | 10 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Southern Miss | 35 | 19 | 10.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 46 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Jackson State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-22vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ No. 10 Auburn | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-30@ North Texas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 27-17vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 17-20@ Charlotte | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 5.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | W 26-24vs Marshall | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 23 | 11.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
33%11 TFLSack rate
15%5 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups33 tackles · 11 for loss · 5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jay Hopson — 21-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
49.5%
391 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
71.8
11 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
424 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Monken → Jay Hopson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
