#45

Ricky Miezan

Senior linebacker for Stanford. 2022: 45 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Stanford · Sr. · #45

6′2″ · 237 lb · Alexandria, VA

CFB Index 58 · #209 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceStanford 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1814 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

5 linebacker for Stanford. 2022: 45 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Stanford, 121 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Stanford3-star out of Episcopal

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1814 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

David Shaw

Stanford

Played his entire career under David Shaw.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Shaw — 14-28 over that span.

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #209 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#215 / 2755 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#301 / 2755 · 88th pct

7.0

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Tackles#686 / 2755 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#1115 / 2755 · 58th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.7	0.5	0.0
Road5g	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #209 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Stanford	45	19	7.0	4.0	--	--	--
2021	Stanford	68	37	6.5	2.0	2	--	--
2020	Stanford	4	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Stanford	4	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		121	60	14.5	6.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. McKee — 288 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.9 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 41-10vs Colgate	5	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 2	L 28-41vs USC	5	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 22-40@ Washington	5	3	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 27-45@ Oregon	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 27-28vs Oregon State	5	4	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 7	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 15-14vs Arizona State	4	1	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 13-38@ UCLA	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	L 14-52vs Washington State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 20-27@ California	5	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 26-35vs BYU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		45	19	7.0	4.0	—

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