Player Dossier

2025-2025

Virginia

Daniel Rickert

DL • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Nolensville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daniel Rickert shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

76%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Virginia

2525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Daniel Rickert built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Nolensville, TN wearing No. 52, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Daniel Rickert's career was his defensive production: 36...

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Daniel Rickert, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Virginia. Daniel Rickert shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
8.5
Sacks
7
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Daniel Rickert quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · DL
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Virginia
Top game
Stanford
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
36 tackles · DL 84th (top 8%) · ACC 151st (top 19%) · National 1,069th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonVirginia131-02-069.3
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia13358.5771069.3

Related Context

Daniel Rickert played DL for Virginia. Across 1 tracked season, Daniel Rickert recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Virginia paired 25.5 primary output with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

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

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2025 Postseason · Virginia

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.0

Efficiency

31.2

Usage

9.8

Consistency

64

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 2. Coastal Carolina: 2. William & Mary: 1. Stanford: 4. Florida State: 4. Louisville: 3. Washington State: 0. North Carolina: 3. California: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Duke: 2. Virginia Tech: 1.5. Duke: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 1 by 24.2. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 24.2. William & Mary: 4 by 26.7. Stanford: 5 by 60.8. Florida State: 2 by 48.3. Louisville: 1 by 34.2. Washington State: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 3 by 42.5. California: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 3 by 32.5. Virginia Tech: 4 by 31.7. Duke: 1 by 34.2

Split Comparison

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Wins2.0 · Games = 11 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Stanford

Result
Sun 12/28@ MissouriSplash gameW 13-711000
Sun 12/7vs DukeSplash gameL 20-2711110
Sun 11/30vs Virginia TechW 27-74110.500
Sat 11/15@ DukeSplash gameW 34-1730100
Sun 11/9vs Wake ForestL 9-1651000
Sat 11/1@ CaliforniaW 31-2132000
Sat 10/25@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 17-1633110
Sat 10/18vs Washington StateW 22-2032000
Sat 10/4@ LouisvilleSplash gameW 30-2711110
Fri 9/26vs Florida StateSplash gameW 46-3821110
Sat 9/20vs Stanford2+ sacks · Splash gameW 48-2052220
Sat 9/13vs William & MaryW 55-16420.500.500
Sat 8/30vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 48-710001

Player Story

Daniel Rickert story

Daniel Rickert built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Nolensville, TN wearing No. 52, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Daniel Rickert's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Virginia. 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 Daniel Rickert's production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Daniel Rickert 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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    Virginia

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonVirginia25.531.29.8
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia25.531.29.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 112 Stanford

Week 4 · W 48-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 41 Florida State

Week 5 · W 46-38 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 44 Duke

Week 15 · L 20-27 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 91 North Carolina

Week 9 · W 17-16 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 6 · W 30-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

3

Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Virginia

25.5 primary output · 31.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Virginia

69.3

25.5 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games