Ricky Miezan: LB · Stanford · #45.
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Ricky Miezan
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the Stanford linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against UCLA — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Colgate | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-41vs No. 10 USC | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-40@ No. 18 Washington | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-45@ No. 13 Oregon | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-28vs Oregon State | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-14@ Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 15-14vs Arizona State | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ No. 12 UCLA | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 14-52vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27@ California | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 26-35vs BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 19 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%7 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups45 tackles · 7 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under David Shaw — 14-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
54.2%
441 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
67.8
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Stanford, 121 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
