Player Dossier

2018-2018

Western Michigan

Ronnie Buford

DL • 6'4" • 205 lbs • Chelsea, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ronnie Buford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

10

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8355

Chelsea · Chelsea, MI

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Ronnie Buford, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Ronnie Buford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
3

Quick Answers

Ronnie Buford quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
3
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 2 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Ohio
Recruit profile
3-star · Chelsea · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Chelsea · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Freshman
2018 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DL 652nd (top 83%) · Mid-American 381st (top 69%) · National 3,924th (top 68%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan23-0--039

Related Context

Ronnie Buford played DL for Western Michigan. Across 1 tracked season, Ronnie Buford recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Ball State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Ohio

Result
Tue 11/13@ Ball StateL 41-4211000
Thu 11/1vs OhioL 14-5921000

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Western Michigan

    2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan06.31.3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio

Week 10 · L 14-59 · Conference game

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 12 · L 41-42 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

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Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games