Player Dossier

2020-2025

Ohio

Rickey Hyatt Jr.

DB • 6'0" • 199 lbs • Westerville, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rickey Hyatt Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Kentucky • South Alabama • Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Rickey Hyatt Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Westerville, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Kentucky, Ohio, and South Alabama. The clearest part of Rickey Hyatt Jr.'s...

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Rickey Hyatt Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · South Alabama. Rickey Hyatt Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Rickey Hyatt Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · DB
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Hough · 37 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
5 tackles · DB 722nd (top 75%) · Mid-American 345th (top 60%) · National 3,711th (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky11-0--037.2
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama610-01-020.1
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama69-0--038.9
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama1120.50--035.8
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama11271.50--035.8
2025 Regular SeasonOhio55-0-1017.4

Related Context

Rickey Hyatt Jr. played DB for Kentucky, South Alabama, and Ohio. Across 6 tracked seasons, Rickey Hyatt Jr. recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, South Alabama, Ohio.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

6.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 0. Gardner-Webb: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Gardner-Webb: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 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

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 10/25@ Eastern MichiganW 28-2110001
Sat 10/18vs Northern IllinoisW 48-2110000
Sat 9/27vs Bowling GreenW 35-2011000
Sat 9/20vs Gardner-WebbW 52-3510000
Thu 8/28@ RutgersL 31-3410000

Player Story

Rickey Hyatt Jr. story

Rickey Hyatt Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Westerville, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Kentucky, Ohio, and South Alabama. The clearest part of Rickey Hyatt Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Rickey Hyatt Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Kentucky

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2022-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Ohio

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky0
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky04.20.90
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama18.621
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama06.31.2-1
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama212.82.52
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama212.82.50
2025 Regular SeasonOhio16.20.8-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 13 · W 35-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Arkansas State

Week 9 · W 31-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · L 30-34 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

32.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Western Michigan

Week 1 · W 30-23 · Postseason

0.5

Havoc Plays

30.5 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · South Alabama

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

38.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Kentucky

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · South Alabama

35.8

2 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games