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Sherrod Ruff

Southern Miss
LB
Position
#37
Number
2018
5.5
Sacks
8
TFL
0
Int
1
FF
9
Games
22
Tackles
0
Pass Def
-
TD
Career
9.5
Sacks
17
TFL
0
Int
4
FF
26
Games
52
Tackles
0
Pass Def
-
TD

Summary

Sherrod Ruff played 4 seasons for Southern Miss. He had 52 solo tackles, 16 assists and 9.5 sacks.

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More Southern Miss Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

419

Hampton

Ethan Hampton

RUSH

246

Robinson

Steven Robinson

REC

233

Sanders

Mario Sanders
Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

100th

OPP PPG

31.3

129th

RUSH YDS/G

156.3

92nd

PASS YDS/G

232.0

75th

2026 SBC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
10
Marshall Marshall
0-0
2-1
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
0-0
1-2
12
South Alabama South Alabama
0-0
2-1
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
0-0
1-2
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0-0
0-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
USM USM
@
TULN TULN
7:00 PM
Tue
10/6
USM USM
@
TROY TROY
8:00 PM
Sat
10/17
ARST ARST
@
USM USM
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
ULL ULL
@
USM USM
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
USM USM
@
ULM ULM
1:00 PM
Last Game
CONN UConn

2 - 1

48

Final

20

USM Southern Miss

1 - 2

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,053

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

989

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

458

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

437

Carter

Jaylin Carter
Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

Malachi Toney

419

Duff

KJ Duff

400

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

11

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

11

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter

6

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.
Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

6

Duff

KJ Duff

6

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

244.1

Hoover

Josh Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

54.0

James Madison

53.5

Miami

51.7

Virginia Tech

50.7

Oregon

49.7
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Indiana

5.3

Penn State

7.3

Oklahoma

7.7

Notre Dame

7.7

James Madison

8.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

Florida

544.3

Georgia

539.0

SMU

537.0

Oklahoma State

528.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

298.7

West Virginia

281.3

South Carolina

277.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

396.5

SMU

368.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

Sam Houston

345.7

Oregon

340.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

14.0

LSU

13.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Tennessee

12.0

Oklahoma

12.0

Old Dominion

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
3
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
10
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
16
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
4
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
2
.333
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
8
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
10
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
.667
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
4
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
7
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
9
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
10
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
2
.333
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
3
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
4
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
5
California California
2
1
.667
6
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
7
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
9
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
10
Clemson Clemson
2
1
.667
11
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
12
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
7
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
8
Temple Temple
1
2
.333
9
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
10
UAB UAB
1
2
.333
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
3
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
7
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
11
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
12
Northwestern Northwestern
2
0
1.000
13
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
14
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
15
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
16
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
3
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
4
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
12
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
13
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
14
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
2
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
4
Liberty Liberty
2
1
.667
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
OHIO OHIO
@
NEB NEB
21-49
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/24
LIB LIB
@
CCAR CCAR
7:30 PM
Fri
9/25
ARMY ARMY
@
TEM TEM
4:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NAVY NAVY
@
UAB UAB
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
HOW HOW
@
RUTG RUTG
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NW NW
@
IND IND
8:00 PM