Christian Rector: DL · USC · #89.
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Christian Rector
Wins the gap play after play. Four seasons in the USC defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Fresno State — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2.5 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-23vs Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-20vs No. 23 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-23vs No. 10 Utah | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-28@ No. 17 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-56vs No. 7 Oregon | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-35vs UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-49vs No. 19 Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Clay Helton — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
57.8%
514 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
553 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Clay Helton.
