Texan centre Ross Depperschmidt played in Major League Rugby between 2020-2025. He represented the NOLA Gold for his entire MLR Career.

A native of Flower Mound, a suburb of Dallas, Ross Depperschmidt played gridiron football and baseball at Edward S. Marcus High School before attending the University of Alabama, earning an undergraduate and masters degree between 2012-2018. Depperschmidt began playing rugby while at Alabama, was Co-Captain from 2015-2017 and Vice-President between 2015-2016. He also served as Assistant Coach from 2017-2018. Depperschmidt joined the NOLA Gold for the 2019 season but had to wait until 2020 for his MLR debut, earning 2 appearances in 5 games before the season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Depperschmidt has set career highs in appearances, starts, and tackles every single season between 2020-2024, and has earned 46 total appearances (26 starts) through his first 5 seasons, completing just under 200 tackles and scoring 4 tries.

On December 24th, 2024, the NOLA Gold announced the return of Ross Depperschmidt for his 7th MLR season in 2025, alongside fellow veteran JP du Plessis.