Texan centre Ross Depperschmidt played in Major League Rugby between 2020-2026. He represented the NOLA Gold (2020-2025) and Old Glory DC (2026).

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 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.

Depperschmidt added 3 appearances and 2 starts to his career totals during the 2025 campaign, completing 11 tackles to pass 200 tackles made in his career. Through 7 seasons as a member of the NOLA Gold, Ross Depperschmidt scored 5 tries in 49 MLR appearances (28 starts), gaining 930m and completing 202 tackles in his career. Following the withdrawal of the NOLA Gold from Major League Rugby in the 2025/26 offseason, Depperschmidt became a free agent and on 18th January, 2026 Old Glory DC announced the addition of the Texan centre for their 2026 campaign, his first season not representing NOLA.