Ricardo Jones
Vanderbilt Commodores
84
Good

Ricardo Jones

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Projected Starter

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Ricardo Jones is the projected starter at FS for Vanderbilt Commodores.

Junior · #7 · 6'2", 200 lbs

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Depth at FS · Vanderbilt Commodores

  1. 1784Ricardo JonesStarter
  2. 2967Jalen Gilbert
  3. 33549Payne Daniel

Vanderbilt Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

Ty BenefieldLSU · NBBray HubbardAlabama · FSKJ BoldenGeorgia · SS

Up next for Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt plays Mississippi State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

The Ballhawk

A 4-star recruit out of Northside, ranked #153 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 39 tackles, 6 INT, 3 PBU. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 95th-percentile production nationally — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #153 NatlTeam Share5%Percentile95th
Warner Robins, GA
Jersey
#7
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
200 lbs
Transfer
Clemson

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3963

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9343
National Rank
#153
High School
Northside
Hometown
Warner Robins, GA

Why this rating?

On a 76-rated defense; 95th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.90 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
76
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 95% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.90)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LUKTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-17

Oct 17LARKTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final L 31-21

Oct 10LMISSTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-17

Oct 3LUGATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-14

Sep 26LAUBTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 21-15

Sep 19WNCSUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-31

Sep 12WDELTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-26

Sep 5WAPSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-9

Ricardo Jones's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Ballhawk
39 tkl · 3 PD · 6 INT
Usage / Involvement63%
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