Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Missouri
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
DB • 6'0" • 188 lbs • Duncanville, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive back from Duncanville, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Ennis Rakestraw Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 61
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Ennis Rakestraw Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Missouri. Ennis Rakestraw Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 107
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 24
Quick Answers
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · DB
- Career Tackles
- 107
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Faith Lutheran · Washington
- High school pipeline
- Faith Lutheran · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 2 · Pick 29 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · DB 258th (top 27%) · SEC 125th (top 21%) · National 1,087th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 13 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 12 | 35 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 35 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 34.7 |
Related Context
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Ennis Rakestraw Jr. played DB for Missouri. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. recorded 107 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Missouri.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Missouri paired 18.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
22.3
Usage
3.9
Consistency
54.3
Best Game by takeover score
South Dakota
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 1.5. Middle Tennessee: 0. Kansas State: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. LSU: 1. South Carolina: 1. Georgia: 0. Tennessee: 1. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 5 by 35.8. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 7 by 29.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 22.5. LSU: 3 by 22.5. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Tennessee: 5 by 30.8. Florida: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Dakota
Best efficiency game
35.8 vs South Dakota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/19 | vs Florida | W 33-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Tennessee | W 36-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Georgia | L 21-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs South Carolina | W 34-12 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs LSU | L 39-49 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Vanderbilt | W 38-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Kansas State | W 30-27 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 23-19 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs South Dakota | W 35-10 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. story
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive back from Duncanville, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Ennis Rakestraw Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 107 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Missouri. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ennis Rakestraw Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri.
The arc is straightforward: Ennis Rakestraw Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Missouri
2020-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Missouri | 9 | 21.1 | 3.4 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 3 | 21.1 | 3.8 | -6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 18.5 | 27.6 | 5.1 | 15.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 5.5 | 22.3 | 3.9 | -13 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Vanderbilt
Week 8 · W 17-14 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#2
vs South Dakota
Week 1 · W 35-10
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Boston College
Week 4 · L 34-41
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
@ South Carolina
Week 12 · W 17-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 1 · W 34-24
1
Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Missouri
18.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 5.1 usage
56.6
#2
2020 Regular Season · Missouri
37.6
9 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Missouri
35.2
3 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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