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DL Emanuel Ruffin (Official Thread)

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Better Know a Buckeye: Emanuel Ruffin Has Quickness, Explosiveness to Be Dynamic Run Stopper in Middle of Ohio State’s Defensive Line

Emanuel Ruffin has the quickness and explosiveness to develop into an excellent run stopper on Ohio State’s interior defensive line as he refines his technique.
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Better Know a Buckeye: Emanuel Ruffin Has Quickness, Explosiveness to Be Dynamic Run Stopper in Middle of Ohio State’s Defensive Line

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Scouting Report​

Time and time again, Ruffin used his quickness off the snap and explosiveness off the line to get into the opponents' backfield in high school, becoming a dominant run stopper. While he will go against bigger and quicker offensive linemen in the Big Ten, Ruffin has shown the ability to use a variety of moves to get past opponents and disrupt plays at the line of scrimmage. And if a play gets passed him, he has the pursuit ability and speed to make a play downfield.

Ruffin must continue to develop as a pass rusher to become a three-down defensive tackle and needs to improve on his pad level to reach his ceiling, as he tended to just overpower his opponents without needing to bend much in high school. That said, the 6-3, 282-pounder has plenty of tools in his skill set to be a menace at defensive tackle for Ohio State as he develops his game early on as a Buckeye.

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Depth Chart Outlook​

While he played all over the defensive line for Bessemer City, Ruffin will be an interior defensive lineman for the Buckeyes, likely a nose tackle. With that, he’s competing with fellow freshmen Damari Simeon and Jamir Perez for the sixth DT spot on the three-deep this season behind James Smith, Eddrick Houston, Jason Moore, John Walker and Will Smith Jr.

With a good first year of development, Ruffin will have a chance to compete for a spot in the regular rotation in 2027 and a possible starting job as an upperclassman in 2028.
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2027 VA DL Chris Whitehead (LSU Verbal)

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305Buck 23 hours ago
Wiltfong still has Ohio State as the leader for Chris Whitehead.
While I don’t think it’s realistic to expect to land him, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ohio State go all out on NIL for the DL in this class after the big time misses in the past few classes.
Jacobs, Smith and Whitehead along with Fakatou and Currie would be an absolutely insane haul and more than make up for the previous misses.
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As to your last point, 100%. I think the concerns around LJ Sr dissipating and with more NIL presumably going towards DL, we should be in a good spot to do so.
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2027 OH DB Deontay Malone is a Buckeye!!!

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KYBuck4858 24 hours ago
RPMs rolling in for Marcus Fakatou and Deontay Malone and Prince Goldsby to OSU.

shawn kemps kids 23 hours ago
Where does Malone project in college? Assuming CB, with Walton being his primary?

MrBuck24 23 hours ago
I like the potential Malone has. He's got the speed and arm length to be a good corner. Twitchy and can flip his hips pretty good. I think he could play that NB spot too. Like Hancock and Styles did.
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Buckeneye said:
Neat.

I'm sure this sort of thing probably works on 4Chan or the people in your life that have a 6th grade reading level.

You said some dumb shit, which is your baseline. This isn't "bickering", this isn't even an argument. This is you being told that you spout nonsense and then you getting defensive because you're not familiar with correction by those around you.

I'd say "by peers", but that would be an insult to myself, implying that we are of equal standing.

That's all, nothing more.
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I recently read David Brooks' book "How to Know a Person" and recommend it.
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2027 VA DL Chris Whitehead (LSU Verbal)

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305Buck 23 hours ago
Wiltfong still has Ohio State as the leader for Chris Whitehead.
While I don’t think it’s realistic to expect to land him, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ohio State go all out on NIL for the DL in this class after the big time misses in the past few classes.
Jacobs, Smith and Whitehead along with Fakatou and Currie would be an absolutely insane haul and more than make up for the previous misses.
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