Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2018Virginia Tech
Rico Kearney
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rico Kearney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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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: 2018 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Rico Kearney built his college career from 2017 through 2018 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 38, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Rico Kearney's career was his defensive...
Read the storyRico Kearney, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Rico Kearney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Rico Kearney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- Boston College
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Freshman
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · LB 408th (top 35%) · ACC 138th (top 22%) · National 1,161st (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 8 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 43 |
Related Context
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Rico Kearney played LB for Virginia Tech. Across 2 tracked seasons, Rico Kearney recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 3 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
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 · Virginia Tech
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
18.9
Usage
4.9
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. William & Mary: 0.5. Old Dominion: 0. Duke: 0. Notre Dame: 0. North Carolina: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Boston College: 1.5. Pittsburgh: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. William & Mary: 3 by 17.5. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 6 by 25. Boston College: 18 by 65. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
65 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/10 | @ Pittsburgh | L 22-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Boston College10+ tackles | L 21-31 | 18 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/25 | vs Georgia Tech | L 28-49 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ North Carolina | W 22-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Notre Dame | L 23-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Duke | W 31-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Old Dominion | L 35-49 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs William & Mary | W 62-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rico Kearney story
Rico Kearney built his college career from 2017 through 2018 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 38, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Rico Kearney's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Rico Kearney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Virginia Tech
2017-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 3 | 18.9 | 4.9 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Boston College
Week 10 · L 21-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 11 · L 22-52 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#3
vs William & Mary
Week 2 · W 62-17
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia Tech
Week 9 · L 28-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
18.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 6 · L 23-45
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
3 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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