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Heisman / Players / Rico Scott /Alabama

Rico Scott

WR · Alabama · Fr · #11

On Trialas of 2026-06-22

Rico Scott arrives at Alabama with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.

98REC YDS11REC2REC TD

4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT

No.303

recruiting national rank

Alabama fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

medium confidence3 sources
Read the story so far

Rico Scott arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.303 recruit nationally. He lines up at WR for Alabama.

On the field, the headline is 98 rec yds, with 11 rec.

Alabama fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

The number to watch: No.303 — 4★ · national recruit.

Why nowHe changed programs heading into 2026 — a fresh fit to prove out.
  • season totals
  • recruiting national rank
  • compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data

IN PORTALIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Alabama)

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025Alabama
DestinationTBD

WR · ALABAMA · SEC

Rico Scott

  • 1
  • #11
  • 6-0 | 196 lb
  • Harrisburg, PA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

13

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 42nd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#766

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
60.02024
98.02025

+63%

Up 63% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#303 national
CFB
College
Alabama
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class1
Jersey11
Measurements6-0 | 196 lb
HometownHarrisburg, PA
Primary teamAlabama

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 303 recruit
Composite rating 0.9063 HighSchool
Signed with Alabama 2024
Origin Bishop McDevitt Harrisburg, PA, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 4-star | 0.9063 No. 303 recruit | HighSchool | Alabama

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 4, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Alabama -> -- 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#766Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#664Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Alabama

Composite

0.9063

#303 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Rico Scott

Fan sentiment · Season 2025 conversation window

Belief Meter

57

Quietly Bullish

Sample 15 mentions
Confidence LOW

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 17 mentions · belief +4 · "Rico Scott is a beast!"Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +100 · "It's the locked on podcast network your team every day Get your daily college sp"National
  • Own fans · n=17
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Rico Scott

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 6g
98Rec yards
11Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
16.3Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
212.3Rec yards
24Receptions
4Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 98): needs 86/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 98): needs 128.9/game over remaining 7.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 11): needs 7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 11): needs 9.9/game over remaining 7.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 0.9/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Rico Scott's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Alabama, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #766 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 303 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 11 2 rec TD | #559/1110 (50th pct)
Receiving yards 98 8.9 per catch | #638/1107 (42nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 98 Total offensive yardage | #638/1107 (42nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
11 50th
YDS
98 42nd
YPR
8.9 23rd
TD
2 75th

Returns

KR YDS
35 38th
KR AVG
11.7 15th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 17-31@ Florida State2199.5113
Wk 2W 73-0vs UL Monroe33411.3025Season-high 34 yds
Wk 6W 30-14vs Vanderbilt2115.5011
Wk 8W 37-20vs Tennessee11111.0111
Wk 9W 29-22@ South Carolina2126.006
Wk 13W 56-0vs Eastern Illinois11111.0011
Total11989.0225
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning
2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Alabama11988.92--
2024Alabama56012.01--
Career2 loaded seasons161589.93--
SeasonTeam
2025Alabama----35----
2024Alabama128------
Career2 loaded seasons12835----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 3.4% 6.5% pass-game share | #733/1137 (36th pct)
Return yards 35 0 return TD | #148/238 (38th pct)
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 11 #559/1110 50th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 98 #638/1107 42nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 8.9 #857/1106 23rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 35 #148/238 38th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 6.5% #733/1137 36th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 25 #670/1105 39th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 11.7 #201/236 15th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 3 #108/243 56th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.3% #466/1137 59th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 3.8% #828/1137 27th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.4% #696/1137 39th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.2% #647/1137 43rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.7% #782/1137 31st pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.0% #937/1137 18th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g1.816.89.70.2
Road2g2.015.57.80.5

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins5g1.815.89.00.2
Losses1g2.019.09.51.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-73g2.321.38.80.3
Weeks 8+3g1.311.39.30.3

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

13Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th).

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct
2rece
Long catch#505 / 558 · 9th pct
25rece
Yards / catch#512 / 558 · 8th pct
8.9rece
Rec yards#550 / 558 · 2nd pct
98rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
11rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
Rico ScottAlabamaMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 48% simAaron TurnerRice· 46% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 41% sim
Rec TDs
42
Scott
24
III
68
Turner
7
Gibson
Long catch
9
Scott
16
III
65
Turner
56
Gibson
Yards / catch
8
Scott
9
III
1
Turner
15
Gibson
Rec yards
2
Scott
70
III
48
Turner
74
Gibson
Receptions
0
Scott
92
III
92
Turner
92
Gibson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Pass share

53.4%

523 pass / 456 run

Plays / game

65.3

15 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.8%

384 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Kalen DeBoer
Alabama
2025
Kalen DeBoer
Alabama

Played his entire career under Kalen DeBoer.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownHarrisburg, PA
Height6'0"
Weight196 lb
Class1
PositionWR
Jersey11

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Alabama WR1 #766 #664 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Alabama SEC WR 1 No. 11 | 6-0 | 196 lb | Harrisburg, PA
2024 Alabama SEC WR 1 No. 11 | 6-0 | 196 lb | Harrisburg, PA