Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Clemson
Ronan Hanafin
DB • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Burlington, MA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ronan Hanafin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Player Story
Ronan Hanafin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Burlington, MA wearing No. 5, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Ronan Hanafin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Ronan Hanafin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Ronan Hanafin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Ronan Hanafin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · DB
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Clemson
- Top game
- LSU
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Buckingham Browne & Nichols School · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols School · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · DB 78th (top 8%) · ACC 43rd (top 6%) · National 356th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 7 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Clemson | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 13 | 56 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 44.2 |
Related Context
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Ronan Hanafin played DB for Clemson. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ronan Hanafin recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Clemson paired 7 primary output with 25.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Clemson
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
25.9
Usage
4.9
Consistency
10.3
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 2. LSU: 2. Troy: 2. Georgia Tech: 0. Syracuse: 0. North Carolina: 0. Boston College: 0. SMU: 0. Duke: 0. Florida State: 0. Louisville: 0. Furman: 0. South Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 8 by 53.3. LSU: 12 by 70. Troy: 6 by 45. Georgia Tech: 10 by 41.7. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 6 by 25. SMU: 4 by 16.7. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. Furman: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
LSU
Best efficiency game
70 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Penn StateSplash game | L 10-22 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ South Carolina | W 28-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Furman | W 45-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Louisville | W 20-19 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida State | W 24-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Duke | L 45-46 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs SMU | L 24-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Boston College | W 41-10 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ North Carolina | W 38-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Syracuse | L 21-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 21-24 | 10 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs TroySplash game | W 27-16 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs LSU10+ tackles · Splash game | L 10-17 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Ronan Hanafin story
Ronan Hanafin built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Burlington, MA wearing No. 5, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Ronan Hanafin's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 4 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Clemson. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ronan Hanafin's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson.
The arc is straightforward: Ronan Hanafin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Clemson
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 6.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Clemson | 7 | 25.9 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 7 | 25.9 | 4.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 32 LSU
Week 1 · L 10-17
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 1 · L 10-22 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 2 · W 27-16
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 35 Georgia Tech
Week 3 · L 21-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
34.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 49 South Carolina
Week 14 · W 28-14
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Havoc Plays
32.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Clemson
7 primary output · 25.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage
44.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Clemson
44.2
7 primary · 25.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Clemson
39.3
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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