Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
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Ja'Dais Richard
Senior defensive back on Tennessee's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 202 lb · West Monroe, LA · West Monroe
CFB Index 43 · #330 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceTransferred Miami → Tennessee for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 368 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive back on Tennessee's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2022.
- Transferred from Miami to Tennessee in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Country hotter than the fans
The wider college football conversation reads him warmer than his own fans do — a gap of 22.3 points in belief.
5own fans
27.3national conversation
Ja'Dais Richard
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Ja'Dais Richard has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Syracuse — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
20225 games
- Signed with Vanderbilt4-star out of West Monroe
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022–2025
Tennessee
Played his entire career under Josh Heupel.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Tennessee
2025Miami
2026Tennessee
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Miami | 27 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Miami | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 37 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Vanderbilt5-7HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
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 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.2 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
35.9%
74 pass / 132 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
80 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
43 · #330 of 537 safeties
Former four-star. Now #330 at the position.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Daniel Wright’s 2021 season.
88%match
Matches Daniel on
Weight
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to AJ King's junior season at Colorado State (2022).
90%match
Matches AJ on
Class year
Weight
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Ja'Dais Richard
Background
pronounced JAY-diss CAREER Veteran cornerback and contributor in the secondary who returns to the state of Tennessee … Originally signed with Vanderbilt out of West Monroe High School in Louisiana, playing the 2022 season with the Commodores before transferring to Miami where he played the…
The secondary · Tennessee
- #15Edrees Farooq76 tackles · 2025
- #42DJ Burks73 tackles · 2025
- #1TJ Metcalf58 tackles · 2025
- #4Ty Redmond43 tackles · 2025
- #8Ja'Dais Richard5 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Tennessee team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology