Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-33@ Houston | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-35vs Texas Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-17vs Montana | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#36
Drake Vickers
Senior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 204 lb · North Hollywood, CA · John Burroughs
How he projects
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Grades highest in speed and press coverage.
The full scouting readThe story
Senior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
The full story, with sourcesDrake Vickers
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Drake Vickers has been at Oregon State through three head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 8 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Montana — Week 3, 2026.
17 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Oregon State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jonathan Smith, Trent Bray, and JaMarcus Shephard. Multi-era developmental context.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oregon State | 17 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Drake Vickers's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 52–17
vs Montana
0.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles · 5 solo tackles
Dominant 35-point win at home against Montana.
With B. Atkinson — 333 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · 4 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · X. Noland — 2 rec · 7 yds
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +8 tackles, +0.5 tackles for loss.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning
2024Oregon State5-7HC: Trent Bray · Run-leaning
2026Oregon State1-2HC: JaMarcus Shephard · Pass-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL17 tackles · 0 for loss.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Pass share
70.7%
253 pass / 105 run
Plays / game
119.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
152 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Anthony Gair’s 2016 season.
Matches Anthony on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to A'tiq Muhammad's junior season at Kent State (2026).
Matches A'tiq on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Drake Vickers
Background
2025 • Did not play 2024 • Played in 10 games • Finished with three tackles, posting one apiece versus Colorado State, UNLV and Washington State 2023 • Appeared in one game, against UC Davis PASADENA CITY COLLEGE • Played one season for the Southern California program • Recorded 26 tackles with…
The secondary · Oregon State
- #36Drake Vickers17 tackles · 2026
- #5Amarion York15 tackles · 2026
- #28Blake Thompson14 tackles · 2026
- #6Jaheim Patterson12 tackles · 2026
- #4TJ Crandall11 tackles · 2026
21 more on the roster · Oregon State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology