Colin Ramos LB Navy 2025 Tropical Bowl

• Position Linebacker
• Class Senior
• Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 209
• Hometown Wayne, NJ.
• Highschool Don Bosco HS

Player Profile: 

Overall Grade: 67

Strengths:

• Body Control/ well-coordinated
• Quick Trigger
• Scrappy, active playstyle

Weaknesses: 

• Clunky feet in space/pass coverage
• Stiff hips
• inconsistent tackler, tendency to duck head
• Frame limits power/knockback at point of attack
• Lack of knack and agility to clear trash

Scouting Report: 

overview: Scrappy linebacker that can’t win by taking on contact, more of a chase down or downhill guy into gaps, can reset quickly and get his eyes to the ball, work hard throughout the play. Ramos’s frame limits his strength, and he isn’t as mobile as would hope. Ramos’s movements feel heavy, stiff and clunky. In pass coverage he lacks the man coverage athleticism but can drop back and occupy zones. Best traits to Ramos’s game are getting downhill quickly and swarming to the ball

Scout: Andrew Bohovich

• 2023 All-American Athletic Conference / First Team
• 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC Team / First Team
• 2023 Phil Steele’s Preseason All-AAC Team / Second Team
• 2023 Annapolis Touchdown Club Navy MVP
• 2022 Phil Steele’s All-AAC Team / Third Team

• At Navy: Has seen action in 32-career games, including making 24 starts (2 Fr // 10 So // 12 Jr) … enters the fall listed as the starter at Will linebacker … was named co-captain for the 2024 season by his teammates, which is the greatest honor a Navy athlete can receive … has earned 3 varsity letters.

•    2023: Earned First-Team All-AAC recognition … a starter in all 12 games, he led Navy in tackles (110), was 2nd in tackles for loss (8), added 2 sacks, 4 pass breakups, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … he is the first Navy player to reach 100 tackles in a season since Diego Fagot who had 100 in 2019 … produced a career-high 16 tackles, including a tackle for loss against Army … it was the most tackles by a Navy player since Cody Peterson and DJ Sargenti each had 18 tackles at San Jose State on Nov. 22, 2013 … recorded 6 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss, and a QB hurry at SMU … garnered AAC Defensive Player of the Week for a second-consecutive week after helping lead Navy to a 10-0 win over East Carolina and its third shutout of the season which is the most in the FBS this season … it’s the first time Navy has recorded 3 shutouts in a season since 1978 when the Mids shut out 4 teams (Virginia, Connecticut, William & Mary, Army) … it also marked the 4th team Navy held without a touchdown this season (Wagner 0 pts, Charlotte 0 pts, UAB 2FGs, ECU 0 pts) … held the Pirates to just 189 yards of total offense, the fewest by a Navy opponent this season … recorded a team-best 10 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss against ECU … garnered AAC Defensive Player of the Week recognition after matching his season high with 12 tackles, including a tackle for loss, sack and pass breakup against UAB … the 6 points scored by UAB were its fewest since dropping a 49-6 decision to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 7, 2019 … that was also the last time the Blazers did not score a touchdown … paced Navy with a season-high 12 tackles at Temple … also forced a fumble and broke up a pass … part of a defensive effort that held the nation’s leader in rushing, Air Force (334.2 yds/gm), to just 137 yards, while also holding the Falcons to just 1 of 13 (.077) on third downs after coming into the game #1 in the country (.594) … selected to the Pro Football Focus (PFF) Defensive Team of the Week after leading Navy with 11 tackles, including a sack and tackle for loss against Air Force … Navy’s defense recorded its second shutout of the season with a 14-0 win over Charlotte … the Mids held the 49ers to just 265 yards of total offense (123R/142P), while Navy posted 7 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, broke up 6 passes and force 3 turnovers (2 INT, 1 fumble) … posted 8 tackles, broke up the first 2 passes of his career and forced a fumble against Charlotte … part of a defense that recorded a school-record 8 sacks and posted 10 tackles for loss in the win over North Texas … the defense also forced and recovered 2 fumbles … pitched in 8 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss against the Mean Green, while also recovering a fumble … turned in 10 tackles against USF … paced Navy with a season-high 8 tackles, including a tackle for loss in the AAC opener at Memphis … part of a defensive unit that held Wagner scoreless, as Navy produced its first shutout since defeating Army 34-0 on Dec. 6, 2008 … it was also the Mids’ first shutout at home since beating Lafayette 7-0 on Oct. 15, 1994 … tallied 4 tackles against the Seahawks … turned in 5 solo tackles in the Mids’ opener against Notre Dame.

• 2022: Named to Phil Steele’s All-American Athletic Conference Third Team … a starter in 10 of the 12 games in which he played, he was second on the team in tackles (34-45=79), tied for second in tackles for loss (8.5) and tied for third in sacks (4) … he was also among 7 different players on the team who had an interception and one of 5 different players to force a pair of fumbles … Navy’s defense held Army, the second-leading rushing team in the country (304.4 yds/gm), to just 125 yards on the ground and 153 yards of total offense (avg 385.5 yds/gm) for the entire game … Navy held the Black Knights without an offensive touchdown until overtime … posted 8 tackles, including half a sack against Army … Navy’s defense held UCF to 84 yards rushing after the Knights came in ranked #5 nationally with their 249.5 rushing yards per game average … additionally, the Mids tallied a season-high tying 5 sacks for the third time in 2022 and the second-consecutive game … tallied 7 tackles, including 5 solo stops in the win over nationally-ranked UCF … also recovered a fumble, the first of his career, against the Knights … part of a defensive unit that did not surrender a point in the second half against Notre Dame, marking the first time it has held a team scoreless in the second half since the 2021 Army game … Notre Dame mustered just 66 yards rushing, the fewest by the Irish in the series since they rushed for 60 yards on Nov. 7, 2009 … Navy held the Irish to just 12 yards in the second half (-23 R, 35 P) … the Mids recorded a season-high tying 5 sacks (1.5 Colin Ramos, 1.5 John Marshall, 1 Rayuan Lane III, 0.5 Nicholas Straw, 0.5 Clay Cromwell) against Notre Dame … along with Rayuan Lane III, led Navy with 7 tackles against the Irish, while also turning in a career-high 2 tackles for loss and a career-best 1.5 sacks … produced 7 tackles, including a sack at Cincinnati … also forced a Bearcat fumble … Navy’s defense held Temple to just 20 yards rushing, the fourth fewest in the Niumatalolo era and the third time in 2022 Navy has held an opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing (13 by Delaware, 25 by Tulsa) … despite Temple allowing just 4 sacks all year, Navy sacked the Owls 4 times … Navy’s defense also forced Temple to punt 7 times, tying (Delaware) for the most by an opponent in 2022 … paced Navy against the Owls with a career-high 13 tackles, including a tackle for loss … turned in 4 tackles, including a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss against Houston … member of a Navy defenisve unit that held Tulsa to just 25 yards rushing … the Mids recorded their first safety  (intentional grounding in the end zone by Tulsa QB Davis Brin // 2Qtr) since the Tulane game on Sept. 19, 2020 … Navy forced 4 Tulsa turnovers (3 interceptions / 1 fumble) … turned in 4 tackles against the Golden Hurricane, while also recording his first-career interception and returning it 5 yards … part of a defense that held Air Force, the nation’s top-ranked rushing team (412.2 yds/gm), to just 200 yards on the ground … posted 6 tackles, including half a tackle for loss against the Falcons … turned in 6 tackles in Navy’s double-overtime win at East Carolina … recorded 7 tackles, including his first-collegiate sack in the Mids’ AAC opener against Memphis … part of a defense that produced 12 tackles for loss and 5 sacks in the opener against Delaware … the 12 TFLs were the most by the Mids since recording 12 against Rice on Oct. 22, 2005, while the 5 sacks were the most since their 5 against USF on Oct. 19, 2019 … paced Navy with 9 tackles, a tackle for loss and forced a fumble (those marks equalled each of his totals for 2021).

• 2021: Saw action in each of the last 8 contests, including making his collegiate debut against SMU … a starter at WILL linebacker in each of the last 2 contests … closed out the season with 9 tackles, including a tackle for loss and forced a fumble … part of a defensive unit that held Army scoreless in the second half, marking the first time Navy has shut out an opponent in the second half since its remarkable victory over Tulane in which the Mids outscored the Green Wave 27-0 to win 27-24 on Sept. 19, 2020 … Navy also held Army, the No. 2-ranked rushing offense in the country averaging 301.2 yards per game, to just 124 yards rushing … it was the Black Knights’ second-lowest rushing output during the season (108 vs. Air Force) … his lone tackle against Army was good for a loss of 4 yards … made his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ win over Temple where he was second on the team with a career-best 5 tackles and forced a fumble … Navy’s defense held Temple to just 182 yards of total offense, the fewest by an opponent on the year … the 14 points by Temple are the fewest by the Owls in the series since losing to Navy 42-6 in Annapolis on Nov. 18, 2006 … the 14 points by Temple are the fewest by a Navy opponent since the Mids dropped a 10-7 decision to Memphis at home on Nov. 28, 2020 … chipped in 2 tackles against East Carolina … recorded his first-career tackle in the Mids’ game at #8 Notre Dame.

• High School / Personal: A 2020 graduate of Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, N.J., Ramos attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2020-21 academic year … garnered 2019 First-Team All-State (N.J.) and All-County honors, while also being named the 2019 North Jersey Defensive Player of the Year … amassed a team-best 108 tackles, including 18 for loss, while adding eight tackles and three interceptions his senior year … led Don Bosco Prep to 2019 Non-Public IV State Championship Game … son of Marcial and Holly Ramos … majoring in history.