Daniel Rickert

HONORS
2024 – First Team All-Big South/Ohio Valley Conference … Phil Steele Second Team All-Big South/OVC … Voted by his teammates the recipient of TTU’s Robert Hill Johnson Award, the program’s highest honor … Big South/OVC Defensive Player of the Week (11/18) … Stats Perform FCS National Defensive Player of the Week (11/18) … Big South/OVC Preseason Players to Watch List … Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-Big South/OVC.  2023 – First Team All-Big South/OVC … Phil Steele Second Team All-Big South/OVC.

AT VIRGINIA
2025 – Signed with Virginia in the spring.

AT TENNESSEE TECH
2024 – Finished the season with 37 total tackles, including 16 solo efforts … Registered 11 tackles for loss, including seven sacks … His seven sacks tied for first among all Big South/OVC players … Forced two fumbles and recovered one for a 50-yard touchdown at Gardner-Webb … Also broke up two passes and blocked a kick against the Runnin’ Bulldogs … Had nine tackles, including 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble and broke up one pass against UT Martin.  2023 – Finished the year with 49 total tackles, including 32 solo efforts … Posted 14.5 tackles for loss, including 9.0 sacks … Forced and recovered two fumbles and added three pass breakups … Recorded a career-best seven tackles against North Alabama (9/16) and at Robert Morris (10/28) … Also against the Colonials, had two sacks, one of which was a fumble returned for a touchdown … Recorded a career-best 2.5 sacks against Lindenwood (10/7) … Had two sacks at Tennessee State (11/23).  2022 – Started in four games in 2022, recording 15 tackles, including five solo … Had 3.5 tackles for loss, including 2.0 sacks, and three QB hurries … Recorded a season-best six tackles, including 1.5 sacks against No. 24 Samford (9/17).  Fall 2021 – Played in all 11 games with five starts … Tallied 15 tackles, including seven solo … Finished with two TFL, including one sack … Added one QB hurry … Notched a season-high three tackles twice against Furman and Southeast Missouri.  Spring 2021 – Played in six games with five starts … Finished the season with 13 tackles, including four solo … Tallied a then-career high of five tackles against Murray State (3/14).

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Helped lead Nolensville to the TSSAA Class 4A semifinal in 2019 with an 11-3 record … In his senior campaign, recorded 75 tackles, including 12 TFL and 7.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, one interception, and two scores off takeaways … Ended his career with 106 total tackles … Two-time all-region selection … Region Lineman of the Year … All-Williamson County Team honorable mention … TACA East/West All-Star Game invitee … Tennessee Football Coaches Association’s All-State team.