Isaac Ruoss: FB · Navy · #32.
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Isaac Ruoss
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Third year in the same backfield at Navy. On tape: 84 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against UCF, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 12.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 5.5% of his carries. 1 carry for 9 yds vs Air Force; 21 for 84 vs UCF.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
14 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (87.5%). 7 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (28.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-49vs Marshall | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-23vs Air Force | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-28@ Houston | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-30vs UCF | 21 | 84 | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | Season-high 84 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31vs No. 24 SMU | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-35@ Memphis | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-27vs No. 2 Cincinnati | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-17@ Tulsa | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-34@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 22 | 73 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38vs East Carolina | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-14@ Temple | 18 | 66 | 3.7 | 2 | 12 | |
| Wk 15 | W 17-13@ Army | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 166 | 641 | 3.9 | 5 | 19 |
Week 5 · 2021
W 34-30
vs UCF
84 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD
Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.
With C. Warren — 1 rec · 49 yds · 32 rush yds (4 car) · T. Lavatai — 58 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 27.8 · 57 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Season context: team record and system
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 18-17 over that span.
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
37%165 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.9 yds/carry on 166 carries · 7% explosive (10+ yds) · 37% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 48.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 58.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 51.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 55.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
12.1%
94 pass / 681 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
23.3%
129 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
166 carries and 2 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 750 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
