Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Hawai'i
Rico Bussey Jr.
WR • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Lawton, OK, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Rico Bussey Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Texas • Hawai'i
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Rico Bussey Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Lawton, OK wearing No. 8, spending time with Hawai'i and North Texas. The clearest part of Rico Bussey Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- North Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Rico Bussey Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · North Texas. Rico Bussey Jr. reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 2,227
- Receptions
- 160
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Rico Bussey Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Hawai'i · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 2,227
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · North Texas
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lawton · North Texas
- High school pipeline
- Lawton · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2020 Receiving yards rank
- 286 receiving yards · WR 251st (top 28%) · Mountain West 17th (top 12%) · National 296th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 4 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 33.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 4 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 62.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 43 | 613 | 6 | 62.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 12 | 68 | 1,017 | 12 | 82.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Texas | 2 | 5 | 150 | 1 | 36.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 7 | 32 | 286 | 1 | 51.5 |
Related Context
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Rico Bussey Jr. played WR for North Texas and Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rico Bussey Jr. recorded 2,227 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 22 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
North Texas paired 1,017 primary output with 87.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 87.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Texas, Hawai'i.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · North Texas
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
84.8
Efficiency
87.2
Usage
21.3
Consistency
73.3
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 109. Incarnate Word: 128. Arkansas: 27. Liberty: 39. Louisiana Tech: 112. UTEP: 117. Southern Miss: 41. UAB: 104. Rice: 145. Old Dominion: 82. Florida Atlantic: 86. UTSA: 27
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 9 by 80.7. Incarnate Word: 8 by 100. Arkansas: 5 by 36. Liberty: 2 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 9 by 83. UTEP: 8 by 97.5. Southern Miss: 4 by 68.3. UAB: 6 by 100. Rice: 4 by 100. Old Dominion: 6 by 91.1. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 100. UTSA: 2 by 90
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79.9 · Games = 9 · -19.4 vs Losses
Losses99.3 · Games = 3 · +19.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
100 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | @ UTSA | W 24-21 | — | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 23 |
| Fri 11/16 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 41-38 | — | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 0 | 49 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Old Dominion2+ TD | L 31-34 | — | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 13.70 | 2 | 26 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Rice100 receiving yards | W 41-17 | — | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 1 | 68 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ UAB100 receiving yards | L 21-29 | — | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 1 | 55 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Southern Miss | W 30-7 | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ UTEP100 receiving yards · High volume | W 27-24 | — | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 1 | 38 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Louisiana Tech100 receiving yards · High volume | L 27-29 | — | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 2 | 35 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Liberty | W 47-7 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Arkansas | W 44-17 | — | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Incarnate Word100 receiving yards · High volume | W 58-16 | — | 8 | 128 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs SMU100 receiving yards · High volume | W 46-23 | — | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 0 | 22 |
Player Story
Rico Bussey Jr. story
Rico Bussey Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Lawton, OK wearing No. 8, spending time with Hawai'i and North Texas. The clearest part of Rico Bussey Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 160 catches, 2,227 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with North Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 tackles and 78 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Hawai'i and North Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Rico Bussey Jr. 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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North Texas
2016-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Hawai'i
2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201620172017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 97 | 61.1 | 7.4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 97 | 61.1 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 677 | 85 | 15.2 | 580 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 677 | 85 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 1,017 | 87.2 | 21.3 | 340 |
| 2019 Regular Season | North Texas | 150 | 50 | 9.6 | -867 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Hawai'i | 286 | 62.1 | 19.5 | 136 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Old Dominion
Week 9 · W 45-38 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
111
Receiving Yards
97.8 takeover
111 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · L 17-41 · Conference game
109
Receiving Yards
94.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
109 receiving yards with a 90.8 efficiency score.
#3
@ UTEP
Week 6 · W 27-24 · Conference game
117
Receiving Yards
92.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
117 receiving yards with a 97.5 efficiency score.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 8 · W 34-19 · Conference game
86
Receiving Yards
90.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 71.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 9 · W 41-17 · Conference game
145
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
145 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · North Texas
1,017 primary output · 87.2 efficiency · 21.3 usage
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#2
2017 Postseason · North Texas
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677 primary · 85 efficiency · 15.2 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · North Texas
62.7
677 primary · 85 efficiency · 15.2 usage
Milestones
9
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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