Player Dossier

2020-2023

UTSA

Rodney Groce Jr.

LB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Pleasant Grove, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rodney Groce Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.5

Efficiency

10

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

6.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Mississippi State • UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Scouting Read

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Rodney Groce Jr., LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · UTSA. Rodney Groce Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

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.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 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 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Tulane

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Active game

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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
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half

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

Result
Fri 11/24@ TulaneL 16-2911000
Sat 10/21@ Florida AtlanticW 36-1042000
Sun 10/15vs UABW 41-2000001
Sat 9/23@ TennesseeL 14-4511000
Fri 9/15vs ArmyL 29-3742000
Sat 9/9vs Texas StateW 20-1320000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Mississippi State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UTSA

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

202020212023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State0
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State00
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA1101.51

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UAB

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#2

Florida Atlantic

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#3

Army

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

#4

Texas State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

Tulane

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · UTSA

1 primary output · 10 efficiency · 1.5 usage

6.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Mississippi State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8137

Hun School · Princeton, NJ

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

12

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 6 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.