King's College Athletics

Career Highs
Tackles: 15 vs. Delaware Valley (11/2/24)
TFL: 1.5 at Lycoming (10/1/22)
Sacks: 0.5 at Misericordia (9/9/23)
INT: 1 at Hartwick (9/10/22); vs. Albright (9/16/23)
QBH: 2 vs. Stevenson (10/8/22)
PBU: 3 at Misericordia (9/9/23)

Awards:
All-MAC (LB) First Team (2024)
Academic All-MAC (2024)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2023, 2024)
NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2025)

2024: Appeared and started in all 12 games as a senior linebacker for the Monarchs...Recorded 107 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss of 18 yards, five pass break ups, and three quarterback hurries...Totaled double-digit tackles six times, including a five-game stretch from Sept. 28 to Nov. 2...Made a season-high 15 tackles in the win over Delaware Valley (11/2/24)...Had 12 tackles, 1.0 tackle for a loss of six yards, a break up, and a hurry in the win at Eastern (10/12/24)...Earned All-MAC First Team honors...King's finished 10-2 overall and 9-0 in MAC play before falling in the Second Round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Football Championships.

2023: Appeared and started in all 11 games as a junior linebacker for the Monarchs...Recorded 62 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one interception with 25 return yards, five pass break ups, and two quarterback hurries...Totaled 10 tackles with a pass break up in the win over Eastern (10/21/23)...Added seven tackles, 0.5 sacks, and three break ups in the win at Misericordia (9/9/23)...King's finished 8-3 overall and 7-2 in MAC play to earn a spot in the Centennial-MAC Bowl series.

2022: Appeared in 10 games as a sophomore linebacker for the Monarchs...Recorded 32 tackles, including 14 solo, with 4.0 tackles for a loss of 25 yards, four quarterback hurries, two pass break ups, and an interception with 10 return yards...Posted a season-high eight tackles in the win over Lebanon Valley (10/22/22)...Recorded a tackle for a loss of 22 yards in the Mayor's Cup game at Wilkes (11/12/22)...King's finished 8-3 overall and 7-1 in MAC play and competed in the program's first Centennial-MAC Bowl Series matchup.

2021: Appeared in nine games, making two starts, as a first year linebacker for the Monarchs...Recorded 23 tackles, including seven solo tackles, with 1.0 tackles for loss...Totaled a season-high six tackles with 1.0 tackles for a loss of one yard against Moravian (9/4/21)...King's finished 5-5 overall and 3-5 in Middle Atlantic Conference play.

PRIOR TO KING'S: Competed in football for the Patriots of Great Valley High School...Named captain as a junior and senior...Named All-League as a sophomore and a senior and All-County as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Maureen Helmle and Shawn Ruppert...Has two siblings, Luke and Blaize Helmle...An exercise science major...Chose King's College because "they have great academics, and the team has such a great bond with great coaches."