Receiver, San Diego State, 2010–⁠14

Ezell Ruffin

Number
No. 3
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Long Beach, CA

Ezell Ruffin played receiver at San Diego State (2010–⁠14).

At a glance

Best season
1,136
Receiving yards, 2013 (San Diego State, 8–⁠5)
Best game
165 yards
Vs. New Mexico, week 10, 2013: No. 3 receiving game in FBS that week

Career highs

10catches, career highvs. Fresno State, 2013181receiving yards, career highvs. Fresno State, 20132receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Idaho, 2014

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012San Diego State1731918.8057
2013San Diego State681,13616.7375
2014San Diego State2642216.2259
Career1111,87716.9575

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010San Diego State3WR
2011San Diego State3WR
2012San Diego State3WR
2013San Diego State3WR
2014San Diego State3WR6′1″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013San Diego State800.8150th (n=341)0.8164.79%
2014San Diego State460.5351st (n=496)0.5224.49%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 San Diego State 7 games, 26 catches, 422 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.Northern ArizonaW 38–⁠7453019–
Sep 6atNorth CarolinaL 27–⁠31264059–
Nov 1atNevadaL 14–⁠3032109−2
Nov 8vs.IdahoW 35–⁠21486228–
Nov 15atBoise StateL 29–⁠38460038–
Nov 21vs.Air ForceW 30–⁠1471260350
Nov 29vs.San José StateW 38–⁠721209–
2013 San Diego State 13 games, 68 catches, 1,136 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Eastern IllinoisL 19–⁠40491049–
Sep 7atOhio StateL 7–⁠426800181
Sep 21vs.Oregon StateL 30–⁠34227020–
Sep 28atNew Mexico StateW 26–⁠1681010390
Oct 4vs.NevadaW 51–⁠444700365
Oct 10atAir ForceW 27–⁠206108162–
Oct 26vs.Fresno StateL 28–⁠3510181044–
Nov 2vs.New MexicoW 35–⁠307165275−1
Nov 9atSan José StateW 34–⁠3032509–
Nov 16atHawai’iW 28–⁠21499031–
Nov 23vs.Boise StateW 34–⁠31459028–
Nov 30atUNLVL 19–⁠45555017−8
Dec 21 ✦vs.BuffaloW 49–⁠245750397
2012 San Diego State 9 games, 17 catches, 319 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1atWashingtonL 12–⁠21––––9
Sep 8vs.ArmyW 42–⁠75132057–
Sep 15vs.North DakotaW 49–⁠41––––2
Sep 22vs.San José StateL 34–⁠38111011–
Sep 29atFresno StateL 40–⁠52240037–
Oct 6vs.Hawai’iW 52–⁠1444301510
Oct 20atNevadaW 39–⁠381300300
Nov 10vs.Air ForceW 28–⁠9336014–
Dec 20 ✦vs.BYUL 6–⁠23127027–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height5′11⅝″
Weight218 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump27½″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.35 s
20-yard shuttle4.58 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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