Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Massachusetts
Isaiah Rutherford
DB • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Isaiah Rutherford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • Arizona • Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Isaiah Rutherford built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona, Massachusetts, and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Isaiah...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Isaiah Rutherford, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Isaiah Rutherford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Isaiah Rutherford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · DB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Jesuit · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Jesuit · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · DB 614th (top 63%) · FBS Independents 73rd (top 50%) · National 3,060th (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 26.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 9 | 22 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 29.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 55 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Isaiah Rutherford
Isaiah Rutherford played DB for Notre Dame, Arizona, and Massachusetts. Across 6 tracked seasons, Isaiah Rutherford recorded 54 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 6 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Arizona, Massachusetts.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
5.9
Consistency
58.1
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Buffalo: 0. Central Connecticut: 1. Northern Illinois: 1. Missouri: 0. Wagner: 0. Liberty: 1. UConn: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 0 by 10. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Central Connecticut: 1 by 14.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Wagner: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 2 by 18.3. UConn: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs UConnSplash game | L 42-47 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Liberty | L 34-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Wagner | W 35-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Missouri | L 3-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Northern Illinois | L 20-34 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Central Connecticut | W 35-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Buffalo | L 3-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Toledo | L 23-38 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Isaiah Rutherford story
Isaiah Rutherford built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona, Massachusetts, and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Isaiah Rutherford's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 11 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Isaiah Rutherford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Notre Dame
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Massachusetts
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 4 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 2 | 12.3 | 1.3 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 4 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 6 | 12.9 | 5.9 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 7 · L 0-34 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 1 · W 41-30
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Northern Illinois
Week 6 · L 20-34
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Central Connecticut
Week 4 · W 35-31
1
Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 14 · L 42-47 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
45.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
6 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 5.9 usage
55
#2
2021 Regular Season · Arizona
39.5
4 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts
29.6
4 primary · 14.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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