#18

LaBryan Ray

Senior defensive lineman for Alabama. 2021: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.

DL · Alabama · Sr. · #18

6′5″ · 295 lb · Madison, AL

Alabama 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

5★

SDE recruit

No. 28 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Alabama. 2021: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Alabama, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20174 games

Signed with Alabama5-star out of James Clemens

202110 games

The role got bigger.

All-SEC

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#28 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Nick Saban — 64-6 over that span.

2017Alabama13-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (90th percentile). Concern: tackles (4th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#213 / 2743 · 90th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2553 / 2743 · 6th pct

Tackles#2583 / 2743 · 4th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road3g	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Alabama	11	5	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Alabama	12	8	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Alabama	9	4	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Alabama	39	19	6.0	2.5	2	--	--
2017	Alabama	5	2	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		76	38	14.0	6.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021

W 41–24

vs Georgia

1 QB HUR

With B. Young — 421 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.1 · 40 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Burnip — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 3	W 31-29@ Florida	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 63-14vs Southern Miss	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 42-21vs Ole Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 49-9@ Mississippi State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 52-24vs Tennessee	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 2 tackles
Wk 10	W 20-14vs LSU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 59-3vs New Mexico State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 42-35vs Arkansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Auburn	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 41-24vs Georgia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		10	5	3.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology