Defensive line, Virginia (from Tennessee Tech), 2020–25
Daniel Rickert
- Number
- No. 52
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 232 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Nolensville, TN
Daniel Rickert played defensive line at Tennessee Tech (2020–24) and Virginia (2025).
Career highs
2sacks, career highvs. Stanford, 2025Team titles: Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2024
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | Tennessee Tech | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Tennessee Tech | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 36 | 17 | 8.5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Career | 49 | 27 | 10.5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tennessee Tech | 52 | DL | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Tennessee Tech | 52 | DL | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Tennessee Tech | 52 | DL | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Tennessee Tech | 52 | DL | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Virginia | 52 | DL | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 232 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Virginia 13 games, 36 tackles, 7 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 48–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | vs. William & Mary | W 55–16 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Stanford | W 48–20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Florida State | W 46–38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Louisville | W 30–27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Washington State | W 22–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at North Carolina | W 17–16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at California | W 31–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Wake Forest | L 9–16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Duke | W 34–17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 27–7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Duke | L 20–27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Missouri | W 13–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Tennessee Tech 2 games, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Middle Tennessee | L 25–32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Georgia | L 3–48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Tennessee Tech 1 game, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at New Mexico | L 10–56 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Tennessee Tech 1 game, 5 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Kansas | L 10–56 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 17 vs. Samford, so that game is not listed.
2021 Tennessee Tech 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at Tennessee | L 0–56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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