Deante Ruffin holds the QB · Depth spot in Kent State Golden Flashes’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Deante Ruffin logged a 17.3% overall usage rate in 2025.

Deante Ruffin is a redshirt freshman quarterback for Kent State standing 6'1" and weighing 215 pounds. The Philadelphia native attended Neumann-Goretti HS, where he threw over 1,400 yards and rushed for 476 yards while recording 25 total touchdowns en route to First Team All-Conference honors. In 2025, Ruffin appeared in one game at Oklahoma, completing 2 of 3 passes for 44 yards while carrying the ball 6 times for 6 yards.

Kent State2025 — present