Player Dossier

2021-2024

North Carolina

Jahvaree Ritzie

DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Kernersville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jahvaree Ritzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Jahvaree Ritzie built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Jahvaree Ritzie's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9394

Glenn · Kernersville, NC

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jahvaree Ritzie, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · North Carolina. Jahvaree Ritzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
135
TFL
8.5
Sacks
7
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jahvaree Ritzie quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · DL
Career Tackles
135
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · North Carolina
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
4-star · Glenn · North Carolina
High school pipeline
Glenn · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DL 74th (top 8%) · ACC 125th (top 17%) · National 1,022nd (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina126-0--016.6
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina12191.511-016.6
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1347212-025.8
2023 PostseasonNorth Carolina112-01-022.6
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina11230.50.521022.6
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina10384.54.551259.5

Related Context

Jahvaree Ritzie played DL for North Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jahvaree Ritzie recorded 135 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 16 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · North Carolina

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

30.8

Usage

8.7

Consistency

34.2

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 6. North Carolina Central: 2. Duke: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Virginia: 3. Florida State: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Boston College: 2. NC State: 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. Minnesota: 6 by 75. North Carolina Central: 4 by 36.7. Duke: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Virginia: 2 by 38.3. Florida State: 3 by 22.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 4 by 36.7. NC State: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.4 · Games = 5 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

75 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 11/30vs NC StateL 30-3552001
Sat 11/23@ Boston CollegeSplash gameL 21-4143000
Sun 11/17vs Wake ForestW 31-2432000
Sat 11/2@ Florida StateW 35-11320.500.500
Sat 10/26@ VirginiaSplash gameW 41-14211110
Sat 10/12vs Georgia TechL 34-4131000
Sat 10/5vs PittsburghL 24-3451000
Sat 9/28@ DukeL 20-2130000
Sat 9/14vs North Carolina CentralSplash gameW 45-1041000
Fri 8/30@ Minnesota2+ sacks · Splash gameW 19-1765330

Player Story

Jahvaree Ritzie story

Jahvaree Ritzie built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Jahvaree Ritzie's career was his defensive production: 135 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Jahvaree Ritzie's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Carolina

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina3.511.62.9
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina3.511.62.90
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina518.95.21.5
2023 PostseasonNorth Carolina5143.60
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina5143.60
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1630.88.711

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Minnesota

Week 1 · W 19-17

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 10 · W 58-55 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Minnesota

Week 3 · W 31-13

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Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Duke

Week 11 · W 47-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · North Carolina

16 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 8.7 usage

59.5

#2

2022 Regular Season · North Carolina

25.8

5 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · North Carolina

22.6

5 primary · 14 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games