Junior defensive back on UCLA's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 189 lb · Melbourne, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 157 nationally · Signed with Miami
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on UCLA's 2025 roster.
Robert Stafford
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Tim Skipper and Bob Chesney. The receipt: 4 tackles against Washington — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Chip Kelly, Deshaun Foster, Tim Skipper, and Bob Chesney. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #349 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #75 of 77 Big Ten DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-43vs Utah | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30@ UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-35vs New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-17@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-56@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-48@ Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs Washington | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
UCLA
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · UCLA
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UCLA · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #25 · 2026 recruiting class #62
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to D-Icey Hopkins’s 2024 season.
Matches D-Icey on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylon Braxton's junior season at Ole Miss (2025).
Matches Jaylon on
Player DNA
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