Player Dossier

2020-2025

UL Monroe

Rico Powers Jr.

WR • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Savannah, GA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Rico Powers Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

16

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Carolina • UL Monroe
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9027

Hapeville Charter · Savannah, GA

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Rico Powers Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe. Rico Powers Jr. reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
84
Receptions
9

Quick Answers

Rico Powers Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
UL Monroe · WR
Career Receiving Yards
84
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
4-star · Hapeville Charter · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Hapeville Charter · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
53 receiving yards · WR 771st (top 71%) · Sun Belt 139th (top 67%) · National 1,319th (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1219055.7
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1212050.5
2025 Regular SeasonUL Monroe3553073.4

Related Context

Rico Powers Jr. played WR for South Carolina and UL Monroe. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rico Powers Jr. recorded 84 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UL Monroe.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UL Monroe paired 53 primary output with 72.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 72.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 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 South Carolina, UL Monroe.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

17.7

Efficiency

72.2

Usage

13.2

Consistency

77.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 18. Alabama: 10. Arkansas State: 25

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. St. Francis (PA): 1 by 100. Alabama: 2 by 33.3. Arkansas State: 2 by 83.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins21.5 · Games = 2 · +11.5 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 1 · -11.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

100 vs St. Francis (PA)

Result
Sat 9/27vs Arkansas StateW 28-1622512.512.50021
Sat 9/6@ AlabamaL 0-7321055012
Thu 8/28vs St. Francis (PA)W 29-01181818018

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    South Carolina

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UL Monroe

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1963.37.1
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina124011.8-7
2025 Regular SeasonUL Monroe5372.213.241

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas State

Week 3

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

19

Receiving Yards

81.7 takeover

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 5 · W 28-16 · Conference game

25

Receiving Yards

75 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs St. Francis (PA)

Week 1 · W 29-0

18

Receiving Yards

65.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Florida

Week 5 · L 24-38 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

62.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Kentucky

Week 4 · L 10-16 · Conference game

12

Receiving Yards

59.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

12 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UL Monroe

53 primary output · 72.2 efficiency · 13.2 usage

73.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · South Carolina

55.7

19 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · South Carolina

50.5

12 primary · 40 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games