Player Dossier

2018-2022

Northwestern

Cameron Ruiz

CB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Lake Villa, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cameron Ruiz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

3

Efficiency

18.9

Consistency

44.4

Season Value

19.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Temple

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Northwestern • Temple
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Cameron Ruiz, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Temple. Cameron Ruiz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Temple paired 6 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Temple.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2021 Regular Season · Temple

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

18.9

Usage

3

Consistency

44.4

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Boston College: 0. Unknown: 0. Memphis: 1. Cincinnati: 2. South Florida: 0. UCF: 1. East Carolina: 0. Houston: 0. Tulsa: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 4 by 16.7. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. Cincinnati: 5 by 40.8. South Florida: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 8 by 43.3. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Wins1 · n=2 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · n=7 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · n=5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · -0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs UCF

Result
Sat 11/20@ TulsaL 10-4431001
Sat 11/13vs HoustonL 8-3711000
Sat 11/6@ East CarolinaL 3-4533000
Sat 10/30vs UCFL 7-4988100
Sat 10/23@ South FloridaL 14-3433000
Fri 10/8@ CincinnatiL 3-5252002
Sat 10/2vs MemphisW 34-3111001
Sat 9/25vs Unknown11000
Sat 9/18vs Boston CollegeL 3-2842000
Sat 9/11@ AkronW 45-2422001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Northwestern

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Temple

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Progression

2018201820192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern4.515.32.3
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern4.515.32.30
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1028.36.15.5
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern619.54.9-4
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern619.54.90
2021 Regular SeasonTemple618.930
2022 Regular SeasonTemple17.51.2-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Purdue

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#2

Wisconsin

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.9 takeover score.

#3

Massachusetts

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.

#4

Iowa

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

#5

Cincinnati

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Temple

6 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 3 usage

19.9

#2

2020 Postseason · Northwestern

19.2

6 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Northwestern

19.2

6 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8433

Lakes Community · Lake Villa, IL

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

136

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 46 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Cameron Ruiz quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
CB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
136