Usage Score
19.3
Player Dossier
2023-2025UCLA
Rico Flores
WR • 6'2" • 205 lbs • North Highlands, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Rico Flores reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Efficiency
62.2
Consistency
65.3
Season Value
54.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 3
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
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.
Rico Flores, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Rico Flores reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Rico Flores played WR for Notre Dame and UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rico Flores recorded 853 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 392 primary output with 72.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 62.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 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 Notre Dame, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. 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 · UCLA
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
34.3
Efficiency
62.2
Usage
19.3
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 43. Penn State: 25. Michigan State: 27. Maryland: 15. Indiana: 50. Nebraska: 52. Ohio State: 59. Washington: 3
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. Northwestern: 4 by 71.7. Penn State: 4 by 41.7. Michigan State: 2 by 90. Maryland: 3 by 33.3. Indiana: 4 by 83.3. Nebraska: 6 by 57.8. Ohio State: 2 by 100. Washington: 1 by 20
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.3 · Games = 3 · -19.1 vs Losses
Losses41.4 · Games = 5 · +19.1 vs Wins
First Half27.5 · Games = 4 · -13.5 vs Second Half
Second Half41 · Games = 4 · +13.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/23 | vs Washington | L 14-48 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Ohio State | L 10-48 | — | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 29.50 | 0 | 51 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Nebraska | L 21-28 | — | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Indiana | L 6-56 | — | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Maryland | W 20-17 | — | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Michigan State | W 38-13 | — | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Penn State | W 42-37 | — | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Northwestern | L 14-17 | — | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 0 | 18 |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Notre Dame
2023
Opening stop
- 2
UCLA
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 392 | 72.6 | 13.2 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 187 | 76.3 | 17.6 | -205 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 274 | 62.2 | 19.3 | 87 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Wake Forest
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
102
Primary metric
102 receiving yards with a 85 efficiency score.
#2
Hawai'i
102
Primary metric
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
102 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
Ohio State
59
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
Indiana
50
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
#5
Nebraska
52
Primary metric
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 57.8 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
392 primary output · 72.6 efficiency · 13.2 usage
58.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
54.1
274 primary · 62.2 efficiency · 19.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
45.2
187 primary · 76.3 efficiency · 17.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.917
Folsom · Folsom, CA
- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
2
Career teams
3
Seasons tracked
853
Career Receiving Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 23 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.