LaBryan Ray: DL · Alabama · #18.
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LaBryan Ray
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Alabama. The first career honor came in 2021: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 2 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Auburn — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 31-29@ No. 11 Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-21vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-9@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-24vs Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 20-14vs LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-3vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35vs No. 21 Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-22@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-24vs No. 1 Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 59-3
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 56-point win at home against New Mexico State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%3 TFLSack rate
9%1 sackHurry rate
36%4 hurries11 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
5 seasons under Nick Saban — 64-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 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
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
51.3%
571 pass / 542 run
Plays / game
85.6
13 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
615 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at Alabama, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
