Junior defensive back on Alabama's 2022 roster.
6′2″ · 190 lb · Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 14 nationally · Signed with LSU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Alabama's roster.
Eli Ricks
Eli Ricks has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. Three straight seasons of it now: All-SEC again in 2022. The receipt: 2 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 30-6vs Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-32@ LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-24@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-27vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |