Adarius Pickett: DB · UCLA · #6.
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Adarius Pickett
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at UCLA: Jim Mora and Chip Kelly. One game to point at: 15 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
123 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-26vs Cincinnati | 15 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-38vs Fresno State | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-38@ Colorado | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31vs No. 10 Washington | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 37-7@ California | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-30vs Arizona | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-41vs No. 23 Utah | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-42@ Oregon | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Arizona State | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs USC | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 42-49vs Stanford | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 123 | 77 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
123tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL123 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 10.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 9.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
46.1%
367 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
66.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
123 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 250 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
