Player Dossier

2020-2024

Rutgers

Troy Rainey

DL • 6'4" • 299 lbs • Bridgeport, CT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Troy Rainey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.5

Efficiency

6.7

Consistency

4.8

Season Value

4.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Troy Rainey, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Rutgers. Troy Rainey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Troy Rainey played DL for Rutgers. Across 5 tracked seasons, Troy Rainey recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Rutgers paired 0 primary output with 7.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Win with 0.5 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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2024 Postseason · Rutgers

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

6.7

Usage

1.5

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 0. Washington: 0. Nebraska: 0. Wisconsin: 0. UCLA: 0. USC: 0. Minnesota: 0.5

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. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. USC: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

13.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Thu 12/26@ Kansas StateL 41-4411000
Sat 11/9vs MinnesotaW 26-19200.5000
Sat 10/26@ USCL 20-4221000
Sat 10/19vs UCLAL 32-3521000
Sat 10/12vs WisconsinL 7-4210000
Sat 10/5@ NebraskaL 7-1411000
Sat 9/28vs WashingtonW 21-1810000

Career Arc

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

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    Rutgers

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers0
2021 Regular SeasonRutgers00
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers1.58.83.51.5
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers07.61.4-1.5
2024 PostseasonRutgers0.56.71.50.5
2024 Regular SeasonRutgers0.56.71.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

#2

Minnesota

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.3 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

0.5

Primary metric

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.8 takeover score.

#4

Michigan State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

#5

USC

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Rutgers

0 primary output · 7.6 efficiency · 1.4 usage

36.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

9.5

1.5 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Rutgers

4.3

0.5 primary · 6.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.827

Harding · Bridgeport, CT

Committed To
Rutgers
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

28

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 18 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.