Defensive back, Western Kentucky, 2017–⁠20

Dionte Ruffin

Number: No. 26
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 185 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Kenner, LA

Dionte Ruffin played defensive back at Western Kentucky (2017–⁠20).

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2017	Western Kentucky	2	1	0	0	1
2018	Western Kentucky	28	24	0	0	3
2019	Western Kentucky	25	19	1	0	9
2020	Western Kentucky	23	18	0	1	11
Career		78	62	1	1	24

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2017	Western Kentucky	2	22	0	–	–	–
2018	Western Kentucky	3	66	0	–	–	–
2020	Western Kentucky	–	–	–	1	−3	0
Career		5	88	0	1	−3	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Western Kentucky	26	DB	Fr.
2018	Western Kentucky	26	DB	So.
2019	Western Kentucky	26	DB	Jr.
2020	Western Kentucky	26	DB	Sr.	5′11″	185

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Western Kentucky 11 games, 23 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Sep 12	atLouisville	L 21–⁠35	1	1	0	0
Sep 19	vs.Liberty	L 24–⁠30	2	2	0	3
Oct 3	atMiddle Tennessee	W 20–⁠17	1	1	0	0
Oct 10	vs.Marshall	L 14–⁠38	4	4	0	0
Oct 17	atUAB	L 14–⁠37	5	5	0	2
Oct 24	vs.Chattanooga	W 13–⁠10	0	0	0	1
Oct 31	atBYU	L 10–⁠41	1	1	1	1
Nov 14	vs.Southern Miss	W 10–⁠7	5	3	0	1
Nov 21	vs.Florida International	W 38–⁠21	2	0	0	2
Dec 6	atCharlotte	W 37–⁠19	1	1	0	1
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Georgia State	L 21–⁠39	1	0	0	0

2019 Western Kentucky 13 games, 25 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Aug 29	vs.Central Arkansas	L 28–⁠35	2	1	0	0
Sep 7	atFlorida International	W 20–⁠14	1	1	1	0
Sep 14	vs.Louisville	L 21–⁠38	0	0	0	1
Sep 28	vs.UAB	W 20–⁠13	6	6	0	3
Oct 5	atOld Dominion	W 20–⁠3	2	0	0	1
Oct 12	vs.Army	W 17–⁠8	3	2	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Charlotte	W 30–⁠14	1	1	0	0
Oct 26	atMarshall	L 23–⁠26	2	1	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Florida Atlantic	L 24–⁠35	5	4	0	0
Nov 9	atArkansas	W 45–⁠19	0	0	0	1
Nov 23	atSouthern Miss	W 28–⁠10	1	1	0	2
Nov 30	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 31–⁠26	0	0	0	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Western Michigan	W 23–⁠20	2	2	0	0

2018 Western Kentucky 11 games, 28 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Aug 31	atWisconsin	L 3–⁠34	3	3	0
Sep 8	vs.Maine	L 28–⁠31	1	1	0
Sep 15	atLouisville	L 17–⁠20	2	1	0
Sep 29	vs.Marshall	L 17–⁠20	1	0	1
Oct 13	atCharlotte	L 14–⁠40	5	5	0
Oct 20	vs.Old Dominion	L 34–⁠37	3	3	0
Oct 27	vs.Florida International	L 17–⁠38	1	1	0
Nov 2	atMiddle Tennessee	L 10–⁠29	2	2	0
Nov 10	atFlorida Atlantic	L 15–⁠34	4	4	0
Nov 17	vs.UTEP	W 40–⁠16	2	2	2
Nov 24	atLouisiana Tech	W 30–⁠15	4	2	0

2017 Western Kentucky 3 games, 2 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 14	vs.Charlotte	W 45–⁠14	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 4	atVanderbilt	L 17–⁠31	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dec 16 ✦	vs.Georgia State	L 17–⁠27	2	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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