Deante Ruffin
Kent State Golden Flashes
40
Depth

Deante Ruffin

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Is Deante Ruffin starting?

Deante Ruffin is No. 4 on the Kent State Golden Flashes depth chart at QB.

Redshirt freshman · #14 · 6'1", 215 lbs

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Depth at QB · Kent State Golden Flashes

  1. 11270Dru DeShieldsStarter
  2. 2249Nolan Good
  3. 31049Ethan Thanthanavong
  4. 41440Deante RuffinYou
  5. 51540Gavin Peeps

Kent State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Kent State

Kent State plays Bowling Green away on Tue, Nov 10. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Winslow Township, ranked #1,728 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 44 passing yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 40 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,728 NatlTeam Share2%
Philadelphia, PA
Jersey
#14
Class
RS FR
Height
6'1"
Weight
215 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonPass YdsTDINT
20254400

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8506
National Rank
#1728
High School
Winslow Township
Hometown
Atco, NJ

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated offense; 12th-percentile production (×0.74 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 40.

Team offense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 12% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.74)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role; −16 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 19LOSUYDS 7
CMP-ATT
1-3
YDS
-1
TD
0
INT
0
QBR
30.5
CAR
2
YDS
7
AVG
3.5
TD
0

Final L 59-3

Deante Ruffin's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

QB: 44 pass yds · 0 TD · 0 INT
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