De'Shawn Rucker
De'Shawn Rucker
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. De'Shawn Rucker has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Boise State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 58 | 42 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | South Florida | 41 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Tennessee | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 112 | 91 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 63–36
at North Texas
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 27-point win on the road against North Texas.
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
South Florida
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · South Florida
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +10 net (44 in / 34 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #61 · 2026 recruiting class #90
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Collin Wright’s 2023 season.
Matches Collin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Caleb Spann's graduate season at Central Michigan (2025).
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