Former linebacker at Georgia. 2020: 49 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 235 lb · Madison, AL
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 350 nationally · Signed with Georgia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Georgia. 2020: 49 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Monty Rice
He has spent four seasons in the Georgia linebacker corps. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-SEC. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Florida — Week 10, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia, 219 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #92 overall by Tennessee.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirby Smart.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
TennesseeEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 44-9 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (87th percentile). Strength: tackles (86th 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
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 37-10@ Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-6vs Auburn | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-21vs Tennessee | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 24-41@ Alabama | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 14-3@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-44vs Florida | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-16@ South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 49-14@ Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 30 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.