Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023UTSA
Rodney Groce Jr.
LB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Pleasant Grove, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
19
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
3★
- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Rodney Groce Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UTSA. Rodney Groce Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Rodney Groce Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · LB
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · UTSA
- Top game
- UAB
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hun School · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Hun School · 51 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · LB 710th (top 58%) · American Athletic 285th (top 46%) · National 2,658th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UTSA to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 19.6 | Jan 2, 2024 |
Rodney Groce Jr. played LB for Mississippi State and UTSA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rodney Groce Jr. recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
UTSA paired 1 primary output with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, UTSA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · UTSA
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
10
Usage
1.5
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 0. Army: 0. Tennessee: 0. UAB: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0. Tulane: 0
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. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. Army: 4 by 16.7. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 0 by 10. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Florida Atlantic
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Mississippi State
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
UTSA
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 1 | 10 | 1.5 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAB
Week 7 · W 41-20 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 8 · W 36-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Army
Week 3 · L 29-37
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas State
Week 2 · W 20-13
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 13 · L 16-29 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · UTSA
1 primary output · 10 efficiency · 1.5 usage
32.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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