Rick Wade: DL · UCLA · #90.
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Rick Wade
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at UCLA. On tape: 4 tackles against Arizona State, Week 11, 2018.
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
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-26vs Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-38vs Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31vs No. 10 Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-30vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-41vs No. 23 Utah | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-42@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%3 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries20 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UCLA, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
