Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2022South Alabama
CJ Rias
LB • 6'2" • 236 lbs • Carrollton, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Rias shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
CJ Rias built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Carrollton, MS wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of CJ Rias' career was his defensive production: 45...
Read the storyCJ Rias, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Alabama. CJ Rias shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
CJ Rias quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 433rd (top 35%) · Sun Belt 139th (top 22%) · National 1,218th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 5 | 13 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 55.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Alabama | 11 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.6 |
Related Context
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CJ Rias played LB for South Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, CJ Rias recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 18 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
32.8
Usage
11.6
Consistency
32.4
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 5. Alcorn State: 0. Texas State: 1. Georgia Southern: 4. Coastal Carolina: 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. Bowling Green: 3 by 62.5. Alcorn State: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 1 by 14.2. Georgia Southern: 4 by 56.7. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 3 · +2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -2 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
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Bowling Green
Player Story
CJ Rias story
CJ Rias built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Carrollton, MS wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of CJ Rias' career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 16 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Rias' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2021-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 11 | 32.8 | 11.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Alabama | 18 | 28.5 | 9.2 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Bowling Green
Week 2 · W 22-19
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Troy
Week 8 · L 6-10 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 7 · W 41-14 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia Southern
Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Louisiana
Week 5 · W 20-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · South Alabama
18 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 9.2 usage
62.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
55.7
11 primary · 32.8 efficiency · 11.6 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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