Elon’s stout, award-winning nose tackle anchor
In the 2014 season, Dustin Ruff was Elon’s defensive-line tone setter, earning third-team All-CAA honors after posting 45 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble while ranking 12th among CAA defensive linemen. He’s the kind of interior defender coaches love: physical, reliable, and disruptive enough to collapse run games and create negative plays without needing splashy highlight stats. The bigger takeaway is his consistency and durability—he started all 12 games and finished with 98 career tackles in 27 appearances, which screams dependable trench presence.
