Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Colorado State
Ron Hardge III
DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ron Hardge III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois • Oregon State • Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Ron Hardge III built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Colorado State, Illinois, and Oregon State. The clearest part of Ron...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Ron Hardge III, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oregon State. Ron Hardge III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 43
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Ron Hardge III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 43
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cardinal Gibbons · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Cardinal Gibbons · 52 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DB 541st (top 57%) · Mountain West 232nd (top 45%) · National 2,659th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 6 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 33 |
Related Context
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Ron Hardge III played DB for Illinois, Oregon State, and Colorado State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ron Hardge III recorded 43 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 0 primary output with 6.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Oregon State, Colorado State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11.7
Usage
1.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 1. Colorado: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Boise State: 0. UNLV: 1. Air Force: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 1 by 14.2. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 3 by 22.5. Air Force: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs UNLV
Player Story
Ron Hardge III story
Ron Hardge III built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Colorado State, Illinois, and Oregon State. The clearest part of Ron Hardge III's career was his defensive production: 43 tackles and 4 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Ron Hardge III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Illinois
2018
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon State
2020-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Colorado State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 17.2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 6.9 | 1.3 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 2 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington State
Week 6 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#2
@ California
Week 9 · L 25-39 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#3
@ UNLV
Week 8 · L 23-25 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
44.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Washington State
Week 1 · L 24-50
1
Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 10 · L 34-37 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Oregon State
0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.3 usage
39.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · Oregon State
37.6
2 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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