Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Tennessee
Rickey Gibson III
DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Trussville, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rickey Gibson III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Rickey Gibson III built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Trussville, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Rickey Gibson III's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Rickey Gibson III, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee. Rickey Gibson III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 42
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Rickey Gibson III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DB
- Career Tackles
- 42
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Hewitt-Trussville · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Hewitt-Trussville · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DB 956th (top 99%) · SEC 721st (top 95%) · National 5,958th (top 96%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
Related Context
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Rickey Gibson III played DB for Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rickey Gibson III recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Tennessee paired 5 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 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: Syracuse
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/30 | vs Syracuse | W 45-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rickey Gibson III story
Rickey Gibson III built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Trussville, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Rickey Gibson III's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Rickey Gibson III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 2 | 11.5 | 2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 5 | 18.3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 18.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 13 · W 56-0
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs UConn
Week 10 · W 59-3
1
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida
Week 7 · W 23-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
38.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia
Week 12 · L 10-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 12 · L 17-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Tennessee
5 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 3 usage
39.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
39.2
5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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