Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Colorado
Rick Gamboa
ILB • 6'0" • 240 lbs • Sylmar, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rick Gamboa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Player Story
Rick Gamboa built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Sylmar, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Rick Gamboa's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Rick Gamboa, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Colorado. Rick Gamboa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 237
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Rick Gamboa quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 237
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Colorado
- Top game
- Colorado State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chaminade · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Chaminade · 33 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · ILB 7th (top 30%) · Pac-12 19th (top 4%) · National 280th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Colorado | 14 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado | 14 | 65 | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 36.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 12 | 90 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 64.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 12 | 71 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 31.2 |
Related Context
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Rick Gamboa played ILB for Colorado. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rick Gamboa recorded 237 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Colorado paired 11.5 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
28.4
Usage
5.2
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. Nebraska: 0. New Hampshire: 1. UCLA: 1. Arizona State: 0.5. USC: 0. Washington: 0. Oregon State: 0. Arizona: 0. Washington State: 0. Utah: 1.5. California: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 6 by 25. Nebraska: 10 by 41.7. New Hampshire: 4 by 26.7. UCLA: 5 by 30.8. Arizona State: 4 by 21.7. USC: 5 by 20.8. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 7 by 29.2. Arizona: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 7 by 29.2. Utah: 8 by 48.3. California: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | @ California | L 21-33 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Utah | L 7-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Washington State | L 7-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Arizona | L 34-42 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Oregon State | L 34-41 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Washington | L 13-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/14 | @ USC | L 20-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Arizona State | W 28-21 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs UCLA | W 38-16 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs New Hampshire | W 45-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Nebraska10+ tackles | W 33-28 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Colorado State | W 45-13 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rick Gamboa story
Rick Gamboa built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as an inside linebacker from Sylmar, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Rick Gamboa's career was his defensive production: 237 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Colorado. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Rick Gamboa's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado.
The arc is straightforward: Rick Gamboa moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Colorado
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Colorado | 7 | 27.6 | 5.3 | 7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 27.6 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 11.5 | 40.5 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 4.5 | 28.4 | 5.2 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado State
Week 1 · W 17-3
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Utah
Week 13 · W 27-22 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Utah
Week 12 · L 7-30 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Michigan
Week 3 · L 28-45
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 5 · L 23-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Colorado
11.5 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 8.9 usage
64.3
#2
2016 Postseason · Colorado
36.1
7 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Colorado
36.1
7 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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