Player Dossier

2016-2020

USC

Christian Rector

DL • 6'4" • 270 lbs • South Pasadena, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Rector shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Christian Rector built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from South Pasadena, CA wearing No. 89, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Christian Rector's career was his defensive...

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Christian Rector, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · USC. Christian Rector shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
92
TFL
19.5
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Christian Rector quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · DL
Career Tackles
92
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Utah
Latest roster
No. 89 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUSC45-0--038.1
2017 Regular SeasonUSC103511.57.56-075.2
2018 Regular SeasonUSC8335.5232046.5
2019 PostseasonUSC930.50--031.4
2019 Regular SeasonUSC9162111031.4
2020 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-

Related Context

Christian Rector played DL for USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Christian Rector recorded 92 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

USC paired 25 primary output with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · USC

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

16

Usage

5.5

Consistency

37.9

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0.5. Fresno State: 3. Stanford: 1. Utah: 0. Washington: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Oregon: 0. Arizona State: 1. UCLA: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 3 by 17.5. Fresno State: 4 by 46.7. Stanford: 1 by 14.2. Utah: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 2 by 18.3. UCLA: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Fresno State

Result
Sat 12/28@ IowaL 24-49310.5000
Sat 11/23vs UCLAW 52-3500000
Sat 11/9@ Arizona StateW 31-26220010
Sun 11/3vs OregonL 24-5633000
Sat 10/12@ Notre DameL 27-3020000
Sat 9/28@ WashingtonL 14-2811000
Sat 9/21vs UtahW 30-2330000
Sun 9/8vs StanfordW 45-2011100
Sun 9/1vs Fresno StateSplash gameW 31-2342111

Player Story

Christian Rector story

Christian Rector built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from South Pasadena, CA wearing No. 89, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Christian Rector's career was his defensive production: 92 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Christian Rector's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.

The arc is straightforward: Christian Rector moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    USC

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUSC05.21.1
2017 Regular SeasonUSC2538.612.425
2018 Regular SeasonUSC12.532.29-12.5
2019 PostseasonUSC6.5165.5-6
2019 Regular SeasonUSC6.5165.50
2020 Regular SeasonUSC0-6.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah

Week 8 · L 28-41 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5.5

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

@ California

Week 4 · W 30-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Fresno State

Week 1 · W 31-23

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 3 · L 14-37

4

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Utah

Week 7 · W 28-27 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · USC

25 primary output · 38.6 efficiency · 12.4 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · USC

46.5

12.5 primary · 32.2 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · USC

38.1

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

9

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games