7 Landon Ruesink

Height:

5-9
Weight:

169
Year:

So.
Hometown:

Dell Rapids, S.D.
High School:

Dell Rapids High School
Position:

DB
Major:

Business Administration

gp

11
tk

56.0
sac

-
int

3
ffum

-

Bio

Awards & Honors

FOOTBALL-

Sophomore (2023): Started in all 11 games for the Tigers at Defensive Back ... recorded 56 tackles with a career high eight tackles against Dakota State (8/26/23) ... recorded three interceptions, one tackle for loss, and one fumble recovery ... returned seven punts for a total of 69 yards.

Freshman (2022): Appeared in all 11 games in the secondary for the Tiger defense...finished with 17 total tackles, 0.5 TFL and two pass break ups...recorded a season-high six tackles at Dakota State (8/25/22)...had five tackles and two pass break ups at Jamestown (9/3/22).

BASEBALL-

Freshman (2023): Appeared and started in 28 games for the Tigers in the outfield...a late spark for the Tigers at the plate earned Ruesink GPAC All-Conference Honorable Mention honors...finished the season batting a team best .322 to go with a .403 on base and .475 slugging...racked up five extra base hits which included two homeruns, seven RBI, 16 runs, and three stolen bases...had a milestone first start recording his first base hit and home run in the same game during a 3 for 4 effort against Briar Cliff (4/8/23)...had a season-high two runs batted in at Dakota State (4/18/23)...went 2 for 4 with a season-high three runs scored at home vs. Presentation (4/25/23).

High School: Ruesink was a three sport athlete for the Quarriers of Dell Rapids High School, participating in football and baseball as a three year starter, and basketball as a two year starter... on the offensive side he recorded 2,000 yards, and 34 touchdowns, while on the defensive he bagged 124 tackles, three sacks, and one interception during his high school career... was named All-Conference three times, All-State twice, Elite 45 twice, 11A running back of the Year, and baseball state tournament MVP awards... was on the honor roll for four years.

Parents: Jennifer and Fran Ruesink

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Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Solo tackles	40	32
Assists	16	16
Tackles	56.0	48.0
Tackles per game	5.1	4.8
Sacks	-	-
Sack yards	-	-
Interceptions	3	3
Returned for touchdown	1	1
Fumble recoveries	1	1
Fumble return TDs	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	comp	att	pct	yds	y/a	td	int	sac	yds
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	rush	yds	y/a	lng	td	fum	lost
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	rec	yds	y/r	lng	td	fum	lost
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	fgm	fga	lng	xpm	xpa
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	0	0
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	punt	yds	avg	long	in20	fc	tb	blk
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	kr	yds	avg	lng	td	pr	yds	avg	lng	td
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2.0	2	0
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	-	-	2	15	7.5	11	0
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	-	-	2	25	12.5	26	0
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	-	-	2	27	13.5	18	0
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	1	-	-	-	-	0
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	1	-	-	2	-	2
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	1	-	-	15	-	15
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	1	-	-	-	-	0
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	1	-	-	-	-	0
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	1	-	-	-	-	0
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	1	-	-	25	-	25
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	1	-	-	27	-	27
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	1	-	-	-	-	0
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	1	-	-	-	-	0
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	1	-	-	-	-	0

Date	Opponent	Score	rush	rec	kr	pr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	saf	2pt
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	-	-	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date	Opponent	Score	tack	ast	tot	sack	lost	tfl	yds	ff	fr	td	int	yds	td	brup	blk	saf
Aug 26	Dakota State (SD)	W, 23-13	8	0	8.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Sep 2	Hastings	L, 24-17	4	1	5.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 9	at Doane (NE)	W, 17-10	3	1	4.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	1	-	1	41	1	-	-	-
Sep 16	(RV) Midland	W, 33-32	4	2	6.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 23	at Concordia (NE)	W, 16-12	5	5	10.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Sep 30	at Mount Marty	W, 51-45	2	2	4.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	1	-	-
Oct 14	No. 3 Morningside	L, 27-3	2	2	4.0	-	-	1.0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 21	at Briar Cliff (IA)	L, 21-17	3	2	5.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 28	Jamestown	W, 34-28	2	0	2.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	1	6	0	4	-	-
Nov 4	Northwestern	L, 49-28	6	1	7.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Nov 11	at No. 17 Dordt	L, 23-12	1	0	1.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	gp	comp	att	pct	yds	y/g	y/a	td	int	lg
2022-23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats: Passing

	gp	rush	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg	fum	lost
2022-23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Total	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Career Stats: Rushing

	gp	rec	rec/g	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg
2022-23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats: Receiving

	gp	fgm	fga	pct	lg	xpm	xpa	pct
2022-23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	11	-	-	-	-	0	0	-
2024-25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	26	-	-	-	-	0	0	-

Career Stats: Kicking

	gp	punt	yds	avg	lg	in20	fc	tb	blk
2022-23	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats: Punting

	kr	yds	avg	td	lg	pr	yds	avg	lg
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	7	91	13.0	31
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	7	69	9.9	26
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	12	140	11.7	28
Total	-	-	-	-	-	26	300	11.5	31

Career Stats: Returns

	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds	ypg
2022-23	4	-	-	91	-	91	22.8
2023-24	11	-	-	69	-	69	6.3
2024-25	11	-	-	140	-	140	12.7
Total	26	-	-	300	-	300	11.5

Career Stats: All-Purpose

	pts	pts/g	rush	rec	kr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	2pt
2022-23	0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	6	0.5	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	0
2024-25	0	0.0	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-
Total	6	0.2	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	0

Career Stats: Scoring

	gp	tkl	ast	tot	tkl/g	sck	yds	tfl	yds	ff	fr	yds	int	yds	brup	blk
2022-23	4	11	6	17.0	4.3	-	-	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
2023-24	11	40	16	56.0	5.1	-	-	1.0	4	-	1	0	3	47	8	-
2024-25	11	38	15	53.0	4.8	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	2	0	11	-
Total	26	89	37	126.0	4.8	-	-	1.5	5	-	1	0	5	47	21	-

Career Stats: Defense

	gp	comp	att	pct	yds	y/g	y/a	td	int	lg	effic
Event
Total	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Conference	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Location
Home	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Result
Wins	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Losses	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
September	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
October	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
November	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0

Splits Stats: Passing

	gp	rush	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg	fum	lost
Event
Total	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
September	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
November	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Splits Stats: Rushing

	gp	rec	rec/g	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg
Event
Total	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
September	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
November	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Splits Stats: Receiving

	gp	fgm	fga	pct	lg	xpm	xpa	pct	pts
Event
Total	11	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Conference	10	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	6	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	6	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Losses	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
September	5	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
October	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
November	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Splits Stats: Kicking

	gp	punt	yds	avg	lg	in20	fc	tb	blk
Event
Total	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
September	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
November	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Splits Stats: Punting

	kr	yds	avg	td	lg	pr	yds	avg	td	lg
Event
Total	-	-	-	-	-	7	69	9.9	0	26
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	7	69	9.9	0	26
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	-	-	-	-	-	3	27	9.0	0	26
Away	-	-	-	-	-	4	42	10.5	0	18
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	-	-	-	-	-	2	15	7.5	0	11
Losses	-	-	-	-	-	5	54	10.8	0	26
Month
August	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
September	-	-	-	-	-	3	17	5.7	0	11
October	-	-	-	-	-	4	52	13.0	0	26
November	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Splits Stats: Returns

	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds	ypg
Event
Total	11	-	-	69	-	69	6.3
Conference	10	-	-	69	-	69	6.9
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Location
Home	6	-	-	27	-	27	4.5
Away	5	-	-	42	-	42	8.4
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Result
Wins	6	-	-	15	-	15	2.5
Losses	5	-	-	54	-	54	10.8
Month
August	1	-	-	-	-	0	.0
September	5	-	-	17	-	17	3.4
October	3	-	-	52	-	52	17.3
November	2	-	-	-	-	0	.0

Splits Stats: All-Purpose

	pts	pts/g	rush	rec	kr	pr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	2pt	misc
Event
Total	6	0.5	-	-	-	0	1	-	0	-	0	0
Conference	6	0.6	-	-	-	0	1	-	0	-	0	0
Exhibition	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	0	0.0	-	-	-	0	0	-	0	-	0	0
Away	6	1.2	-	-	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	0
Neutral	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	6	1.0	-	-	-	0	1	-	0	-	0	0
Losses	0	0.0	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0
Month
August	0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
September	6	1.2	-	-	-	0	1	-	0	-	0	0
October	0	0.0	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	0
November	0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Splits Stats: Scoring

	gp	tkl	ast	tot	tkl/g	sck	yds	tfl	yds	ff	fr	yds	int	yds	brup	blk
Event
Total	11	40	16	56.0	5.1	-	-	1.0	4	-	1	0	3	47	8	-
Conference	10	32	16	48.0	4.8	-	-	1.0	4	-	1	0	3	47	7	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	6	26	6	32.0	5.3	-	-	1.0	4	-	-	-	1	6	6	-
Away	5	14	10	24.0	4.8	-	-	0.0	-	-	1	0	2	41	2	-
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	6	24	10	34.0	5.7	-	-	0.0	-	-	1	0	3	47	7	-
Losses	5	16	6	22.0	4.4	-	-	1.0	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Month
August	1	8	0	8.0	8.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
September	5	18	11	29.0	5.8	-	-	0.0	-	-	1	0	2	41	2	-
October	3	7	4	11.0	3.7	-	-	1.0	4	-	-	-	1	6	4	-
November	2	7	1	8.0	4.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-