Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Oklahoma State
Trey Rucker
S • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Fairfax, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Trey Rucker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
74
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Oklahoma State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • Oklahoma State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Trey Rucker built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Fairfax, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Oklahoma State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Trey Rucker's career was his defensive...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Trey Rucker, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Trey Rucker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 278
- TFL
- 8
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Trey Rucker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma State · S
- Career Tackles
- 278
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Oklahoma State
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Rockwall
- High school pipeline
- Rockwall · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 84 tackles · S 21st (top 4%) · Big 12 13th (top 2%) · National 120th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 12 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 55 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 23.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 14 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 14 | 94 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 11 | 84 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.5 |
Related Context
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Trey Rucker played S for Wake Forest and Oklahoma State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Trey Rucker recorded 278 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Oklahoma State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason
Oklahoma State paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, Oklahoma State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
31.7
Usage
6.4
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 0. Arkansas: 0. Tulsa: 0. Utah: 3. Kansas State: 0. West Virginia: 0. Baylor: 0. Arizona State: 0. TCU: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Colorado: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 15 by 50. Arkansas: 17 by 50. Tulsa: 7 by 29.2. Utah: 14 by 80. Kansas State: 10 by 41.7. West Virginia: 6 by 25. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 7 by 29.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Colorado: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
80 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Colorado | L 0-52 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Texas Tech | L 48-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ TCU | L 13-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Arizona State | L 21-42 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Baylor | L 28-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs West Virginia | L 14-38 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Kansas State10+ tackles | L 20-42 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Utah10+ tackles · Splash game | L 19-22 | 14 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Tulsa | W 45-10 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Arkansas10+ tackles | W 39-31 | 17 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs South Dakota State10+ tackles | W 44-20 | 15 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Trey Rucker story
Trey Rucker built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Fairfax, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Oklahoma State and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Trey Rucker's career was his defensive production: 278 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Oklahoma State. 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 Trey Rucker's production has multiple signals. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma State and Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Trey Rucker 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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Wake Forest
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Oklahoma State
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 3 | 25.1 | 4.9 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 3 | 25.1 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 2 | 19.8 | 4.1 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 1 | 10.3 | 2.4 | -1 |
| 2022 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 2 | 20 | 12.5 | 1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 6 | 34 | 7.2 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 6 | 34 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 4 | 31.7 | 6.4 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah
Week 4 · L 19-22 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ West Virginia
Week 8 · W 48-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 9 · W 38-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 17-24 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 8 · W 22-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Postseason · Oklahoma State
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · 12.5 usage
63.3
#2
2023 Postseason · Oklahoma State
51.6
6 primary · 34 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
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6 primary · 34 efficiency · 7.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
4
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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