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Smith Snowden

Michigan Wolverines

CB · #3

Dezz Ricks

Texas A&M Aggies

CB · #2

2025 college season

2025 college season: Smith Snowden versus Dezz Ricks
Smith Snowden	Statistic	Dezz Ricks
Leading value: 37	Tackles	26
Leading value: 9	Passes Defended	5
2	Interceptions	—
Leading value: 2.0	Tackles for Loss	1.0
0.0	Sacks	0.0

Measurements

Measurements: Smith Snowden versus Dezz Ricks
Smith Snowden	Statistic	Dezz Ricks
5-10	Height	6-1
188 lb	Weight	193 lb

2027 draft projection

2027 draft projection: Smith Snowden versus Dezz Ricks
Smith Snowden	Statistic	Dezz Ricks
Leading value: #231	Fanspeak rank	#265
Leading value: CB 25	Position rank	CB 30
Leading value: 206.6	Average pick	232.4
346	Times drafted	374 (leading value)
Leading value: 53	Hype Score	38
42x	Most drafted to	71x

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Smith Snowden

Dean Kindig

2 solos 1 asst vs BYU, scouted. 1 solo in 2024 scouted game vs AZ. 2024: Played in all 12 games, with 11 starts at nickel back. Contributed 48 total tackles (4.0 TFL), including a five-game streak of at least five stops. Also defended 10 passes (2 INT, 8 PBU), and forced one fumble. Added kick return duties the final four games, running seven kicks back for 187 yards. His 10 PD tied him for ninth in the Big 12 during the regular season. Led the team with 9.0 third-down stops, with 2.0 each coming at Oklahoma State and Colorado. Career-best six tackles came in three games, including Iowa State (1.0 TFL), Utah State (1.0) and Colorado. Stayed with Utah: "I think the ultimate thing that led me to stay was just the brotherhood that I had made here and the relationships. It's really been the biggest part of, since I've been a Utah man, just building relationships with obviously Lander (Barton), these guys right here and just everyone on the team," Snowden said.

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Dezz Ricks

Dean Kindig

Tied with Mansoor Delane with Most forced incompletions, SEC CBs in 2025, but Ricks gave up 655 receiving yards this season (per PFF), the most in the SEC and seventh-most nationally. No Aggie player has allowed more receiving yards in a season since Charles Oliver (664) in 2018. Ricks surrendered 6/115/1 vs. USC, per PFF. Vogel: "Good man coverage ability. Attacks the catch point and the hands very well. Stays very well in phase. Finds the football well downfield.".

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