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De'Shawn Rucker

Senior cornerback for South Florida. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

CB · South Florida · Sr. · #22

6′0″ · 195 lb · Tallahassee, FL

CFB Index 46 · #202 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to South Florida for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Solo tackles: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 58 tackles · 1.5 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 11 tackles, vs Boise State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for South Florida. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 58 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2021.
Transferred from Tennessee to South Florida in 2024.

His career, year by year

De'Shawn Rucker

CB · South Florida · Sr · #22

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. De'Shawn Rucker has played for three 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

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

2025South Florida9-4HC: Kevin Patrick · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

46Rotational starter #202 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#165 / 2975 · 94th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles#433 / 2975 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.4
Road6g	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #202 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #202 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #10 of 27 American Athletic CBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Florida	58	42	1.5	4	1	--
2024	South Florida	41	36	2.0	7	--	--
2023	Tennessee	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	7	7	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Tennessee	5	5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		112	91	3.5	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.

With B. Brown — 245 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.6 · 82 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD · C. Leon — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-7vs Boise State	11	7	0.5	—	1	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 2	W 18-16@ Florida	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 12-49@ Miami	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 63-14vs South Carolina State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 54-26vs Charlotte	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 63-36@ North Texas	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 31-34@ Memphis	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 55-23vs UTSA	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 38-41@ Navy	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 48-18@ UAB	6	5	0.0	1	1
Wk 14	W 52-3vs Rice	4	2	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 10-24vs Old Dominion	3	3	0.0	—	0
Total		58	42	1.5	1	4

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

58Tackles

42Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

1INT

58 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 41 PD
Week 131 PD · 1 INT
Week 141 PD

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.

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 #52 · 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.

Collin Wright

89%match

Stanford · 2023

Aydan White

NC State · 2024

84%

Christian Roland-Wallace

Arizona · 2021

83%

Solomon Brown

Buffalo · 2024

82%

Matches Collin on

Interceptions

PD rate

Height

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).

Caleb Spann

96%match

Central Michigan · 2025

Antonio Clary

Virginia · 2024

92%

Edward Woods

Michigan State · 2024

89%

Aydan White

NC State · 2024

All-ACC

88%

Doneiko Slaughter

Arkansas · 2024

88%

Matches Caleb on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Player DNA

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Kenneth Harris

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88%

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86%

Preston Hodge

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82%

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

De'Shawn Rucker

20215 games

202411 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

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