Player Dossier

2023-2025

Texas A&M

Dezz Ricks

CB • 6'1" • 188 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dezz Ricks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas A&M

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Alabama • Texas A&M
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Player Story

Dezz Ricks built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Dezz Ricks' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9846

IMG Academy · Norfolk, VA

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Dezz Ricks, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas A&M. Dezz Ricks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
46
TFL
2
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Dezz Ricks quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas A&M · CB
Career Tackles
46
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Texas A&M
Top game
Arkansas
Recruit profile
5-star · IMG Academy · Alabama
High school pipeline
IMG Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
26 tackles · CB 141st (top 30%) · SEC 197th (top 26%) · National 1,634th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M92-0--028.2
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M91810-2028.2
2025 PostseasonTexas A&M113-0--047.3
2025 Regular SeasonTexas A&M112310-5047.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Alabama to Texas A&MP4 to P490Jan 13, 2024

Dezz Ricks played CB for Alabama and Texas A&M. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dezz Ricks recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas A&M.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Texas A&M paired 6 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Texas A&M.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Texas A&M

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.3

Usage

2.3

Consistency

54.4

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. UTSA: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Auburn: 1. Florida: 0. Arkansas: 0. LSU: 0. Missouri: 1. South Carolina: 1. Samford: 0. Texas: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 1 by 14.2. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 3 by 22.5. Florida: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 4 by 26.7. South Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Samford: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 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

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Missouri

Result
Sat 12/20vs MiamiL 3-1033000
Sat 11/29@ TexasL 17-2711001
Sat 11/22vs SamfordW 48-010000
Sat 11/15vs South CarolinaW 31-3022100
Sat 11/8@ MissouriW 38-1743001
Sat 10/25@ LSUW 49-2544000
Sat 10/18@ ArkansasW 45-4222000
Sat 10/11vs FloridaW 34-1744000
Sat 9/27vs AuburnW 16-1033001
Sat 9/13@ Notre DameW 41-4011001
Sat 8/30vs UTSAW 42-2410001

Player Story

Dezz Ricks story

Dezz Ricks built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Norfolk, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Alabama and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Dezz Ricks' career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 7 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Dezz Ricks' 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

    Alabama

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas A&M

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonAlabama0
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M413.72.64
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M413.72.60
2025 PostseasonTexas A&M615.32.32
2025 Regular SeasonTexas A&M615.32.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arkansas

Week 5 · W 21-17 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 49 South Carolina

Week 12 · W 31-30 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 21 Missouri

Week 11 · W 38-17 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 29 Auburn

Week 5 · W 16-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#5

vs Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 13-23

1

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas A&M

6 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

47.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas A&M

47.3

6 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Texas A&M

28.2

4 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games