2025 Football Roster
Oct 18 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Dominique Ratcliff
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 296
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior +
- Hometown:
- Conroe, Texas
- High School:
- Conroe
- Prev School:
- Texas State
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Earned his degree in health fitness management with a minor in business from Texas State ... Appeared in 41 career games with four starts ... Played three seasons at Texas State (2022-24) ... Spent two seasons at Louisiana-Lafayette (2020-21) and redshirted initial collegiate season ... Made collegiate debut against Texas State (10/30) in 2021 ... First collegiate start came versus Arkansas State (111/19) in 2023.
2025 (Redshirt-Senior+ Season)
Season: Appeared in three games.
Old Dominion (8/30): Made Indiana debut. Indiana State (9/12): Both tackles went for a loss ... Posted solo tackle for loss in the first quarter ... Second-quarter tackle behind the line was a solo stop.
2024 (Senior Season - Texas State)
Awards: Earned All-Sun Belt honorable mention from College Football News.
Season: Appeared in 12 games.
Lamar (8/31): Both tackles went for a loss ... Combined on a second-quarter tackle for loss ... Posted a solo stop behind the line on third down in the third quarter. UTSA (9/7): Posted two stops. Arizona State (9/12): Had three tackles ... Combined on a tackle for loss in the third quarter. vs. Sam Houston State (9/28): Chipped in two stops. at Troy (10/3): Made three tackles. Arkansas State (10/12): Added one tackle. at Old Dominion (10/19): Made one stop. Louisiana-Lafayette (10/29): Posted two tackles at ULM (11/9): Made two tackles ... Had a solo sack in the first quarter. Southern Miss (11/16): Chipped in one tackle. Georgia State (11/23): Logged one stop. at South Alabama (11/29): Posted two tackles ... Combined on a second-quarter tackle for loss.
2023 (Junior Season - Texas State)
Season: Appeared in 13 games with three starts ... Finished No. 15 nationally among defensive linemen in run stop percentage per PFF.
at UTSA (9/9): Chipped in one tackle. Nevada (9/23): Made two stops. at Southern Miss (9/30): Had three tackles ... Posted a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter. at Louisiana-Lafayette (10/7): Chipped in two stops. ULM (10/14): Made four tackles. Troy (10/28): Posted three stops ... Combined on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss. Georgia Southern (11/4): Lone tackle was a combined tackle for loss in the third quarter. at Coastal Carolina (11/11): Had two tackles. at Arkansas State (11/18): Made first collegiate start ... Made four tackles and logged first-career multi-sack game ... Logged a pair of solo sacks in the second quarter. South Alabama (11/25): Chipped in two tackles. vs. Rice (12/26): All four stops went for a loss or no gain ... Totaled 1.5 tackles for loss ... Combined on a third-quarter sack ... Added a solo tackle for loss in the fourth quarter.
2022 (Sophomore Season - Texas State)
Season: Appeared in all 12 games with one start ... First collegiate start came against Arkansas State (11/19).
Houston Christian (9/24): Chipped in one tackle. at James Madison (10/1): Posted one solo stop. Appalachian State (10/8): Posted two tackles ... Logged first-career sack on a combine quarterback takedown in the fourth quarter. Southern Miss (10/22): Totaled five tackles. at ULM (11/5): Chipped in one stop. at South Alabama (11/12): Had one tackle. Louisiana-Lafayette (11/26): Made three tackles ... Assisted on two tackles for loss.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Louisiana-Lafayette)
Season: Appeared in one game ... Made collegiate debut against Texas State (10/30).
Texas State (10/30): Made collegiate debut ... Logged first career tackle in the fourth quarter on defense.
2020 (Freshman Season - Louisiana-Lafayette)
Season: Did not appear in a game and redshirted initial collegiate season.
Prep/Personal
Defensive lineman for head coach Jeffery Sickler at Conroe High School ... Tabbed a three-star prospect per ESPN and 247Sports ... Two-time All-District 15-6A selections ... Two-time first-team all-country pick ... Career totals included 118 tackles, 33.0 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks ... Also forced four fumbles, blocked one punt and had one interception in prep career ... Son of Keisha and Michael Ratcliff ... Has one sister: Victoria ... Born December 13, 2001.
