Adarius Pickett

Senior defensive back for UCLA. 2018: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 123 tackles.

DB · UCLA · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 198 lb · Richmond, CA

UCLA 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 132 nationally · Signed with UCLA

Statement game16 tacklesvs Washington (FBS) · L 24-31

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for UCLA. 2018: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 123 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 250 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with UCLA4-star out of El Cerrito

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#132 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

2018

Chip Kelly

UCLA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: forced fumbles (99th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#5 / 2662 · 100th pct

Forced fumbles#1 / 722 · 99th pct

Tackles#16 / 2662 · 99th pct

123

Passes defended#374 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th pct

0.0

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UCLA	123	77	0.0	0.0	4	2	2
2017	UCLA	85	63	4.0	0.0	3	1	--
2016	UCLA	42	36	1.0	0.0	5	3	1
2015	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		250	176	5.0	0.0	12	7	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 34–27

vs USC

8 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Kelley — 289 rush yds (40 car) · 2 TD · W. Speight — 166 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-26vs Cincinnati	15	9	—	0
Wk 2	L 21-49@ Oklahoma	12	7	—	1
Wk 3	L 14-38vs Fresno State	13	7	—	0
Wk 5	L 16-38@ Colorado	5	4	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-31vs Washington	16	9	1	0	Season-high 16 tackles
Wk 7	W 37-7@ California	9	5	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-30vs Arizona	7	5	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-41vs Utah	7	3	—	1
Wk 10	L 21-42@ Oregon	11	11	—	1
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Arizona State	12	10	—	0
Wk 12	W 34-27vs USC	8	3	—	1
Wk 13	L 42-49vs Stanford	8	4	1	0
Total		123	77	2	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays