University of Massachusets Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Jersey Number 33
Mike Ruane
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Middletown, N.J.
- High School:
- Rumson-Fair Haven Regional
2020 • Senior
• Started all four games at linebacker
• Finished second on the team with 31 tackles (15-16)
• Also had 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup
• Opened the season with eight stops, including 1.0 TFLs, at Georgia Southern (10/17)
• Earned nine tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sacks at No. 16 Marshall (11/7)
• Closed the season with nine tackles, including an assisted sack, and one pass breakup at Liberty (11/27)
2019 • Junior
• Played in all 12 games and made two starts at linebacker
• Second on the team with 66 tackles (25-41) and led the squad with his assisted tackles total
• Had 1.5 TFLs for four yards lost and recovered two fumbles
• Provided at least four tackles in all 12 games, with exactly four in eight appearances
• Totaled six stops with an assisted-TFL against Southern Illinois (9/7)
• Also had six takedowns and recovered a fumble during the game against Liberty (11/2)
• Recorded a career-high 16 tackles (8-8) at Army West Point (11/9), the most stops in one game by a Minuteman on the season, and had one fumble recovery
• Notched six tackles at Northwestern (11/16)
2018 • Sophomore
• Played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams, contributing 28 tackles including 1.0 TFLs for two yards
• Logged five tackles in the win over Duquesne (8/25) and a season-high six stops at Boston College (9/1)
• Totaled four tackles, with a one-yard assisted TFL, under the lights at FIU (9/15)
• Added three tackles apiece vs. Charlotte (9/22) and vs. Liberty (11/3)
• Capped the season at No. 5 Georgia with a pair of stops at Sanford Stadium
2017 • Freshman
• Played in nine games on the season as a special teams contributor
• Made his lone tackle of the season during the win over Georgia Southern (10/21)
• Also appeared at Coastal Carolina (9/2), Old Dominion (9/9), at Tennessee (9/23), Ohio (9/30), at Mississippi State (11/3), versus Maine in the Fenway Gridiron Series (11/11), at BYU (11/18) and at FIU (12/2)
Before Massachusetts
• Two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional
• Two-time all-state, all-region, all-district all-conference selection
• Paced squad to four state titles during his tenure
• Was the team's MVP his senior season
• Also lettered in basketball and track and field
Personal
• Son of Matthew and Laurie Ruane
• Brother of Patrick and Ryan
• Majoring in economics
• Started all four games at linebacker
• Finished second on the team with 31 tackles (15-16)
• Also had 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup
• Opened the season with eight stops, including 1.0 TFLs, at Georgia Southern (10/17)
• Earned nine tackles, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sacks at No. 16 Marshall (11/7)
• Closed the season with nine tackles, including an assisted sack, and one pass breakup at Liberty (11/27)
2019 • Junior
• Played in all 12 games and made two starts at linebacker
• Second on the team with 66 tackles (25-41) and led the squad with his assisted tackles total
• Had 1.5 TFLs for four yards lost and recovered two fumbles
• Provided at least four tackles in all 12 games, with exactly four in eight appearances
• Totaled six stops with an assisted-TFL against Southern Illinois (9/7)
• Also had six takedowns and recovered a fumble during the game against Liberty (11/2)
• Recorded a career-high 16 tackles (8-8) at Army West Point (11/9), the most stops in one game by a Minuteman on the season, and had one fumble recovery
• Notched six tackles at Northwestern (11/16)
2018 • Sophomore
• Played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams, contributing 28 tackles including 1.0 TFLs for two yards
• Logged five tackles in the win over Duquesne (8/25) and a season-high six stops at Boston College (9/1)
• Totaled four tackles, with a one-yard assisted TFL, under the lights at FIU (9/15)
• Added three tackles apiece vs. Charlotte (9/22) and vs. Liberty (11/3)
• Capped the season at No. 5 Georgia with a pair of stops at Sanford Stadium
2017 • Freshman
• Played in nine games on the season as a special teams contributor
• Made his lone tackle of the season during the win over Georgia Southern (10/21)
• Also appeared at Coastal Carolina (9/2), Old Dominion (9/9), at Tennessee (9/23), Ohio (9/30), at Mississippi State (11/3), versus Maine in the Fenway Gridiron Series (11/11), at BYU (11/18) and at FIU (12/2)
Before Massachusetts
• Two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional
• Two-time all-state, all-region, all-district all-conference selection
• Paced squad to four state titles during his tenure
• Was the team's MVP his senior season
• Also lettered in basketball and track and field
Personal
• Son of Matthew and Laurie Ruane
• Brother of Patrick and Ryan
• Majoring in economics
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