Player Dossier

2023-2025

Michigan State

Chance Rucker

DB • 6'1" • 179 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chance Rucker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.3

Efficiency

12.3

Consistency

50

Season Value

18

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

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.

Chance Rucker, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State. Chance Rucker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Win with 1 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

12.3

Usage

1.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 1. Boston College: 1. Unknown: 0. UCLA: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 3 by 22.5. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins1 · n=2
First Half1 · n=2 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -1 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · n=4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-3811000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown11000
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-4032001
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-621001

Career Arc

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

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    Michigan State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State513.32.2
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.7-5
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State212.31.32

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Maryland

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

#2

Boston College

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#3

Western Michigan

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#4

Rutgers

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.3 takeover score.

#5

Minnesota

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

18

2 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

12.1

5 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8894

Ryan · Denton, TX

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

31

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Chance Rucker quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
31