Eli Ricks NFL Draft 2023: Scouting report, prospect ranking, recruiting profile, more about Alabama CB
Everything you need to know about Alabama CB and 2023 NFL Draft prospect Eli Ricks
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CBS Sports Staff
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Alabama's Eli Ricks is one of the top cornerback prospects as the college football season progresses and we look ahead to the 2023 NFL Draft. Below is a comprehensive draft profile for Ricks, including his high school and college accolades, scouting report and NFL prospect outlook.
Note: This profile will be updated as more information becomes available.
Background
- Age: 21
- Year: Junior
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 190
- Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California
- Interesting fact: Played his first two seasons at LSU before transferring to Alabama
CBS prospect ranking
Position: No. 4 CB | Overall: No. 22
247Sports profile
High school: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
Class: 2020
Composite Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0.9928)
- National: 14 | CB: 2 | California: 2 | All-time: 294
High school accolades: First-team All-American (MaxPreps), first-team junior All-American (MaxPreps), first-team sophomore All-American (MaxPreps), All-USA First Team Defensive Player (2018), All-American Bowl selection, won back-to-back national championships at Mater Dei in California before transferring to IMG Academy in Florida for his senior season
Check out Eli Ricks' full 247Sports profile, here. For his MaxPreps profile, click here.
College stats
| Year | Games | Tackles | TFLs | PD | INT | Sacks | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 (Alabama) | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 (LSU) | 6 | 11 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 (LSU) | 10 | 20 | 0.5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
College Accolades
Honors
- 2020: Freshman All-America (Football Writers Association of America)
- 2020: Third-team All-America (Associated Press)
- 2020: Second-team All-SEC (Associated Press)
- 2020: Freshman All-SEC (coaches)
Notable statistics
- 2020: Team-high four interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns
Initial scouting report
"The LSU transfer had been productive dating back to his true freshman season; a sentence used to describe Derek Stingley Jr. and Sauce Gardner as well. He is physical and has great size for the position. Ricks displays good top-end speed and average burst. His balance is average to below average and route runners can leverage him at the stem. He gets his eyes back to the quarterback as evidenced by five interceptions across the first two years with the Tigers." -- CBS Sports NFL Draft analyst Josh Edwards
