CJ Rias: LB · South Alabama · #14.
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CJ Rias
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the South Alabama linebacker corps. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Louisiana, Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Alabama | 32 | 20 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | South Alabama | 13 | 9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 45 | 29 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 |
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 48-7vs Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24@ Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-32@ UCLA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Louisiana | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-34vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-10vs Troy | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-3@ Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-31@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | W 38-21vs Texas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20@ Southern Miss | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 20 | 10.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
31%10 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups32 tackles · 10 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Kane Wommack, all balanced offenses — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kane Wommack
Pass share
47.5%
446 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
477 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 #199 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Alabama, 45 tackles — the college career is complete.
