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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017South Florida
Bruce Hector
DT • 6'2" • 295 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bruce Hector shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Bruce Hector built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Tampa, FL wearing No. 60, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Bruce Hector's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Bruce Hector, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Florida. Bruce Hector shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 71
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 13
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Bruce Hector quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · DT
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Robinson · South Florida
- High school pipeline
- Robinson · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 60 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DT 26th (top 11%) · American Athletic 97th (top 18%) · National 1,036th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 44.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 28 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Florida | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 68.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 35 | 13 | 7 | - | 1 | 0 | 68.3 |
Related Context
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Bruce Hector played DT for South Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bruce Hector recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
South Florida paired 22 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · South Florida
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
28.8
Usage
8.2
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 5. Towson: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Florida State: 3. East Carolina: 3. UConn: 0. Temple: 0. Navy: 0. Memphis: 0. SMU: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 5 by 70.8. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 5 by 50.8. East Carolina: 4 by 46.7. UConn: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Navy: 6 by 25. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 2 by 48.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/29 | @ South Carolina2+ sacks · Splash game | W 46-39 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ SMUSplash game | W 35-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Memphis | W 49-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/28 | vs Navy | W 52-45 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/21 | @ Temple | L 30-46 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UConn | W 42-27 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs East CarolinaSplash game | W 38-22 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Florida StateSplash game | L 35-55 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Northern Illinois | W 48-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Towson | W 56-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Bruce Hector story
Bruce Hector built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Tampa, FL wearing No. 60, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Bruce Hector's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with South Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Bruce Hector's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Bruce Hector moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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South Florida
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 15 | 28.8 | 8.2 | 15 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 15 | 28.8 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Florida | 22 | 31.5 | 9.6 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 22 | 31.5 | 9.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Carolina
Week 1 · W 46-39 · Postseason
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ East Carolina
Week 5 · W 61-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
@ SMU
Week 12 · W 35-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ UConn
Week 10 · W 37-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulsa
Week 12 · W 27-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · South Florida
22 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
68.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · South Florida
68.3
22 primary · 31.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · South Florida
44.6
15 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 8.2 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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