Rico Flores Jr.
Virginia Cavaliers
81
Good

Rico Flores Jr.

Virginia CavaliersRebuilding
RESDefenseGoodTRANSFER · UCLA
Projected Starter

Is Rico Flores Jr. starting?

Rico Flores Jr. is the projected starter at RES for Virginia Cavaliers.

Graduate student · #1 · 6'2", 211 lbs

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Depth at RES · Virginia Cavaliers

  1. 1181Rico Flores Jr.Starter
  2. 21564Dillon Newton-Short
  3. 36563Grant Ellinger
  4. 49458Ezekiel Larry

Virginia Starting Lineup

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Up next for Virginia

Virginia plays California at home on Sat, Nov 14. Kickoff time not announced yet.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Folsom, ranked #225 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 26 catches, 274 yards, 0 TD. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #225 NatlTeam Share8%
North Highlands, CA
Jersey
#1
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
211 lbs
Transfer
UCLA

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—262740

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
0.9170
National Rank
#225
High School
Folsom
Hometown
Folsom, CA

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 61th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.93 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 61% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 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 10WSYRYDS 6
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final W 28-25

Oct 3LFSUYDS 13
REC
1
YDS
13
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final L 38-7

Sep 26WDELYDS 113
REC
9
YDS
113
AVG
12.6
TD
1

Final W 42-3

Sep 19LWVUYDS 26
REC
1
YDS
26
AVG
26.0
TD
0

Final L 38-27

Rico Flores Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

26 rec · 274 yds · 0 TD
Usage / Involvement100%
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