Tight end, Georgia State, 2013–⁠15

Joel Ruiz

Number
No. 8
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Kingsland, GA

Joel Ruiz played tight end at Georgia State (2013–⁠15).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last at South Alabama, 2014111receiving yards, career highvs. Abilene Christian, 20142receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Abilene Christian, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Georgia State3947812.3336
2015Georgia State4389.5017
Career4351612.0336

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Georgia State8TE
2014Georgia State8TE
2015Georgia State8TE6′4″

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
2014Georgia State520.7987th (n=496)0.5241.19%
2015Georgia State61.06––6.3–

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

2015 Georgia State 2 games, 4 catches, 38 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 12atNew Mexico StateW 34–⁠3221309
Sep 19atOregonL 28–⁠61225017
2014 Georgia State 10 games, 39 catches, 478 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 27vs.Abilene ChristianW 38–⁠377111234
Sep 6vs.New Mexico StateL 31–⁠34217010
Sep 13vs.Air ForceL 38–⁠48695024
Oct 4atLouisianaL 31–⁠34475036
Oct 11vs.Arkansas StateL 10–⁠5253309
Oct 18atSouth AlabamaL 27–⁠30775127
Oct 25vs.Georgia SouthernL 31–⁠69339019
Nov 1atApp StateL 0–⁠44319010
Nov 8atTroyL 21–⁠451808
Nov 22atClemsonL 0–⁠281606

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

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