One of two two-year senior starters returning up front for the Mountaineers this season (along with high-school teammate Orry Frye) ... has made 27-consecutive starts at right guard ... expected to be the starting right guard for a third-straight year ... a steady performer against the run and pass that has perhaps flown under the radar as a part of ASU’s veteran lines the past two years ... a tough, durable throwback-type player who has not missed a game during his collegiate career due to injury.

2010: Started every game at right guard for the second-straight year ... graded at 76 percent or higher in 10-of-12 graded performances ... received 80-plus-percent grades six times ... finished third on the team behind only all-conference tackles Daniel Kilgore (a fifth-round selection of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011 NFL Draft) and Orry Frye with 32 knockdowns on the season ... opened the year with a bang, grading out at 82 percent over 73 snaps with a season-high-tying six knockdowns in season-opening comeback win at Chattanooga ... followed up that performance with an 85-percent grade and four knockdowns in the home-opener versus Jacksonville ... matched a season-high with an 86-percent grade and three knockdowns over 83 snaps in win over Furman ... turned in best performance of the campaign in postseason-opening win over Western Illinois, matching season highs with an 86-percent grade and six knockdowns as ASU ran the ball 59 times for 417 yards in a driving snowstorm.

2009: Started all 14 games at right guard ... part of a durable and cohesive starting five that made all 14 starts as a unit ... was not charged with a sack in any of his 12 graded performances ... had four grades of 80 percent or higher, including a season-best 83 percent over 50 plays versus North Carolina Central ... graded out at 82 percent in 50 snaps against Georgia Southern ... matched a team high with 80-percent grades at Elon and versus Western Carolina ... made a key fumble recovery when South Carolina State’s Ronell Ferguson coughed up the ball on a fumble return of his own at the ASU 19 yard line ... Ruff stayed with the play for over 40 yards as Ferguson rumbled towards what likely would have been a go-ahead score for SCSU and pounced on the ball when Matt Cline forced the fumble inside the ASU red zone.

2008: Appeared in 12 games, mainly on special teams ... did see action on the line in six games ... turned in best performance of the season versus Presbyterian, grading out at 85 percent over 20 plays ... was in for 27 snaps versus Jacksonville and Chattanooga and received identical 77 percent grades for both performances ... recorded three knockdowns versus JU.

2007: Redshirted.

High School: Helped lead Charlotte Providence to a 9-5 record, advancing to the third round of the N.C. Class 4-AA playoffs in 2006 ... three-year starter at tackle ... coached by Randy Long ... played at Providence with current ASU linemate Orry Frye and former Mountaineer teammates Tim Frye, Dominick Magazu and Pat Mills.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Douglas Ruff ... majoring in communication studies.