Daniel Rickert
Daniel Rickert
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Daniel Rickert arrived at Virginia from Tennessee Tech. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Wake Forest, Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 36 | 17 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 17 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 13–7
at Missouri
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Virginia
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Virginia
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +9 net (31 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia · Last season: 11-3 (AP #20) · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #111
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Xavier Holmes’s 2025 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Nixon's graduate season at Sam Houston (2024).
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