Usage / Role
18%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UCLA
Marcus Rios
DB • 5'11" • Elk Grove, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Rios shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Marcus Rios built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Elk Grove, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Marcus Rios' career was his defensive production: 18...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Marcus Rios, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · UCLA. Marcus Rios shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 18
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Marcus Rios quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DB
- Career Tackles
- 18
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cosumnes Oaks · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Cosumnes Oaks · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DB 426th (top 53%) · Pac-12 190th (top 36%) · National 2,117th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Marcus Rios played DB for UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marcus Rios recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
UCLA paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
12.8
Usage
2.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0. Washington State: 0. Utah: 1. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. USC: 2. California: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 1 by 14.2. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 32.5. California: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs USC
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ California | L 10-36 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs USCSplash game | L 14-36 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon State | W 38-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Colorado | L 10-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Utah | L 45-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington State | L 21-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona State | L 20-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Arizona | W 45-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs UNLV | W 42-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcus Rios story
Marcus Rios built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Elk Grove, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Marcus Rios' career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Rios' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 4 | 12.8 | 2.2 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs USC
Week 12 · L 14-36 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 9 · W 40-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ California
Week 8 · W 36-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ California
Week 13 · L 10-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
33 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 33 takeover score.
#5
vs Utah
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · UCLA
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
56.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
35.5
4 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · UCLA
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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