Player Dossier

2021-2022

South 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.

Usage / Role

57%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

88

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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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
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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...

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CJ 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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama5133.53.53-055.7
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama113210431062.6

Related Context

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

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 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: Troy

Loss 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 · South Alabama

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

9.2

Consistency

45

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nicholls: 1. Central Michigan: 2. UCLA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 2. Louisiana: 2. UL Monroe: 1. Troy: 4. Arkansas State: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 3.5. Texas State: 1. Southern Miss: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nicholls: 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 2 by 28.3. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 36.7. Louisiana: 6 by 45. UL Monroe: 2 by 18.3. Troy: 4 by 56.7. Arkansas State: 3 by 17.5. Georgia Southern: 3 by 47.5. Texas State: 2 by 18.3. Southern Miss: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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Wins1.6 · Games = 9 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Troy

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Troy

Result
Sat 11/19@ Southern MissW 27-2030100
Sat 11/12vs Texas StateW 38-2122100
Sat 11/5@ Georgia SouthernSplash gameW 38-31322.5010
Sat 10/29@ Arkansas StateW 31-3310.5000
Thu 10/20vs TroySplash gameL 6-1042210
Sat 10/15vs UL MonroeW 41-3421000
Sat 10/1@ LouisianaSplash gameW 20-1764100
Sat 9/24vs Louisiana TechSplash gameW 38-1444110
Sat 9/17@ UCLAL 31-3222000
Sat 9/10@ Central MichiganSplash gameW 38-2422110
Sat 9/3vs NichollsW 48-710001

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1132.811.6
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1828.59.27

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

2

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