Safety, NC State, 2024–26
Ronnie Royal III
Lettered 2025 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Gulf Shores, AL
Ronnie Royal III plays safety for NC State. Last time out, against Wake Forest: 2 tackles.
2026 so far
19 tackles
Last game: 2 tackles vs. Wake Forest, L 14–38
Next game: at Stanford, Oct 23
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
10tackles, career highat Notre Dame, 2025Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
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
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
2026 NC State 6 games, 19 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Virginia | L 8–34 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Richmond | W 73–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | at Vanderbilt | L 31–35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. App State | W 41–31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Louisville | W 31–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Wake Forest | L 14–38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 NC State 12 games, 49 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. East Carolina | W 24–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs.Virginia | W 35–31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | atWake Forest | W 34–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at Duke | L 33–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 21–23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Campbell | W 56–10 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | at Notre Dame | L 7–36 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at Pittsburgh | L 34–53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Miami | L 7–41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Florida State | W 21–11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. North Carolina | W 42–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. Memphis | W 31–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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