Usage Score
6.7
Player Dossier
2021-2025Michigan State
Ru'Quan Buckley
DL • 6'5" • 325 lbs • Wyoming, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ru'Quan Buckley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Efficiency
11.8
Consistency
8.3
Season Value
13.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska • Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Scouting Read
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Ru'Quan Buckley, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska. Ru'Quan Buckley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.
Ru'Quan Buckley played DL for Nebraska and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ru'Quan Buckley recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Michigan State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Loss with 2 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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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
11.8
Usage
6.7
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. USC: 0. UCLA: 0. Indiana: 0. Michigan: 2. Penn State: 0. Iowa: 2. Maryland: 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. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 5 by 40.8. Maryland: 0 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.7 · Games = 6
First Half0 · Games = 4 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 4 · +1 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · Games = 8
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Iowa
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nebraska
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Michigan
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#2
Iowa
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.
#3
Purdue
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.
#4
Ohio State
0.5
Primary metric
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.7 takeover score.
#5
Unknown
0.5
Primary metric
Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
35.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
34.1
0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
13.8
4 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.8578
Grand Oaks · Spring, TX
- Committed To
- Towson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
2
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
24
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 18 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.