Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Wisconsin
Hayden Rucci
TE • 6'4" • 253 lbs • Lititz, PA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Hayden Rucci reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
11
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Hayden Rucci, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Hayden Rucci reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 200
- Receptions
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Hayden Rucci quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 200
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Tampa Bay Tech · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Tampa Bay Tech · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 87 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 125 receiving yards · TE 164th (top 38%) · Big Ten 84th (top 38%) · National 871st (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Postseason | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 70.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 70.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 9 | 10 | 112 | 0 | 51.6 |
Related Context
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Hayden Rucci played TE for Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, Hayden Rucci recorded 200 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Wisconsin
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
13.9
Efficiency
55.4
Usage
6.9
Consistency
27.9
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 13. Washington State: 5. Georgia Southern: 51. Purdue: 0. Rutgers: 11. Iowa: 5. Illinois: 7. Northwestern: 1. Minnesota: 32
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. LSU: 1 by 86.7. Washington State: 1 by 33.3. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 2 by 36.7. Iowa: 1 by 33.3. Illinois: 1 by 46.7. Northwestern: 1 by 6.7. Minnesota: 2 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20.2 · Games = 5 · +14.2 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 4 · -14.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Minnesota
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/1 | @ LSU | L 31-35 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Minnesota | W 28-14 | — | 2 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Northwestern | L 10-24 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Illinois | W 25-21 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Iowa | L 6-15 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Rutgers | W 24-13 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Fri 9/22 | @ Purdue | W 38-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Georgia Southern | W 35-14 | — | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 0 | 45 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Washington State | L 22-31 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Career Arc
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Wisconsin
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Wisconsin | 75 | 83.3 | 13.1 | 75 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 75 | 83.3 | 13.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 125 | 55.4 | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 125 | 55.4 | 6.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1 · W 24-17 · Postseason
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
28
Receiving Yards
78.3 takeover
28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#2
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 38-0
27
Receiving Yards
78 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 3 · W 35-14
51
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 13 · W 28-14 · Conference game
32
Receiving Yards
70.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · W 66-7
20
Receiving Yards
59.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2022 Postseason · Wisconsin
70.6
75 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
70.6
75 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 13.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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