Robert Stafford is a defensive back at UCLA who has not played in UCLA's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
UCLA lists 23 defensive backs this season.
UCLA is 8-0, No. 5 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Minnesota, Sat Nov 7.
The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Tim Skipper and Bob Chesney. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Washington — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Erases the deep middle of the field.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 2 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@ No. 1 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL16 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
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
Tim Skipper
Pass share
48.9%
358 pass / 374 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
388 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist 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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mario Cristobal, Deshaun Foster, Tim Skipper and Bob Chesney.
