Rusty Becker: DE · California · #90.
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Rusty Becker
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the California defensive front. On tape: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oregon, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | California | 17 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | California | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 21 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 21-18@ BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-23vs Idaho State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42vs No. 19 Oregon | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-24@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-37vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-7@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 12-10vs No. 15 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-10vs TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
3%0 TFL17 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
46.4%
412 pass / 475 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at California — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
