Mike Ruane

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
5-11
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
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