Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Alabama
Eli Ricks
DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eli Ricks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- LSU • Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Eli Ricks built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama and LSU. The clearest part of Eli Ricks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Eli Ricks, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · LSU. Eli Ricks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 38
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Eli Ricks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · DB
- Career Tackles
- 38
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · LSU
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · IMG Academy · LSU
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DB 618th (top 67%) · SEC 324th (top 54%) · National 3,048th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 8 | 20 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 4 | 53.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 6 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 24.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 23.7 |
Related Context
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Eli Ricks played DB for LSU and Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eli Ricks recorded 38 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
LSU paired 9.5 primary output with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Alabama.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Alabama
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
1.6
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Mississippi State: 4. LSU: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Auburn: 1
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 2 by 48.3. LSU: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Mississippi State
Player Story
Eli Ricks story
Eli Ricks built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Alabama and LSU. The clearest part of Eli Ricks' career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 10 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with LSU. 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 Eli Ricks' production has multiple signals. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Eli Ricks 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
LSU
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Alabama
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 9.5 | 22.3 | 3.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 2.5 | 13.5 | 2.7 | -7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Alabama | 5 | 15.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Mississippi State
Week 4 · L 34-44 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 1 · L 27-38
1
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida
Week 15 · W 37-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#4
vs South Carolina
Week 8 · W 52-24 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Vanderbilt
Week 5 · W 41-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · LSU
9.5 primary output · 22.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
53.9
#2
2021 Regular Season · LSU
24.8
2.5 primary · 13.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Alabama
23.7
5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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