Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 69-7vs Texas Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
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AJ Stephens
Former defensive back at Rice. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Spring, TX
Rice 2024 — college career complete
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1953 nationally · Signed with Rice
Last played in 2024.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Rice. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rice in 2023.
AJ Stephens
One game to point at: 1 tackles against Texas Southern — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
How it ended
One season at Rice, 1 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2023
- Signed with Rice3-star out of Aldine MacArthur
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Rice
NFL
NFL Draft
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Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rice | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 69–7
1 tackles
Dominant 62-point win at home against Texas Southern.
With E. Warner — 189 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.7 · 8 rush yds (1 car) · D. Connors — 113 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Pass share
21.5%
40 pass / 146 run
Plays / game
62.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
44 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology