Rodrick Pleasant Season 2025

Career Highlights
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2025)
 
Career Summary
Pleasant has played in 21 games and made 10 starts over three seasons at UCLA (2025) and Oregon (2023-24) … has totaled 41 tackles (24-17-41), eight pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick in his career … was also a two-year letterwinner on the track & field team at Oregon, qualifying for NCAA West Regionals in 2025 and notching a personal-best time in the 100-meter dash (10.16).
 
2025
Was named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention in his first season as a regular starter … started each of the first 10 games of the season before missing the last two due to injury … ranked second on the team and finished 10th in the Big Ten during the regular season with seven pass breakups … totaled 36 tackles (22-14-36), 1.5 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick as the Bruins’ top cornerback … recorded a season-high three pass breakups and made six tackles (4-2-6) in a 20-17 win over Maryland (Oct. 18) … notched five tackles (4-1-5), contributed to a TFL and blocked a field goal in the fourth quarter in a 17-14 loss at Northwestern (Sept. 27) … recorded three tackles (2-1-3), 1.0 tackle for loss and a fumble recovery in 42-37 upset victory over Penn State (Oct. 4) … made a season-high seven stops (4-3-7) at Indiana (Oct. 25) … recorded two tackles (1-1-2) and a pass breakup in a 38-13 victory at Michigan State (Oct. 11) … made four tackles (3-1-4) at Ohio State (Nov. 15).
 
2024 (Oregon)
Appeared in four games, utilizing a redshirt … made one tackle in a win at Purdue on (Oct. 18) … played 23 snaps on defense and seven on special teams. 
 
2023 (Oregon)
Appeared in seven games during his true freshman season, playing 50 snaps on defense and 33 on special teams … finished the season with four tackles, one forced fumble and one pass breakup … made his first career tackle at home against Hawai’i (Sept. 16) … forced a fumble during the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl versus Liberty (Jan. 1).
 
High School
Prepped at Junipero Serra High School (Gardena, Calif.) … was a consensus four-star recruit … ranked a top-100 player nationally by 247, ESPN, and Rivals … rated as a top-10 cornerback nationally by ESPN and 247 … rated as the top cornerback in California by 247, ESPN, and Rivals … selected to the Under Armour All-America Game and Polynesian Bowl as a senior in 2022 … helped Junipero Serra High School to the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Championship and CIF 1-A State Championship as a junior in 2021 … broke the California state record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.14 at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet … selected by the Daily Breeze as the Boys Athlete of the Year and an all-area track and field performer … won CIF state track titles in the 100m and 200m.
 
Personal
Sociology major ... son of Mikessa Davis ... has two brothers: Dominic and Diab ... hobbies and interests include videogames and watching movies ... admires Kobe Bryant ... decided to attend UCLA because "it's close to home, plus it's an amazing school" ... cites defeating Penn State in 2025 as his top athletic highlight ... his "why" is his family.