Jonathan Ricketts

Ricketts played four years of college soccer at Bryan College between 2016 and 2019. During his time with the Lions, Ricketts made 70 appearances, scoring 33 goals and tallying 28 assists.[1][2] In his junior season, Ricketts collected a spot on the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) All-Conference First Team. [3] In his last season at Bryan College, Ricketts repeated on the AAC All-Conference First Team, [4] earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, [5] and found himself on CoSIDA's Academic All-District Team. [6] During his time at college, Ricketts appeared for NPSL side Chattanooga FC in 2018,[7] and with USL League Two side Dalton Red Wolves in 2019.[8] For the Dalton Red Wolves, Ricketts scored 3 goals and tallied 3 assists [9] in the 2019 season and earned himself a spot on the USL League 2 All-Southern Conference Team of the Year.

Ricketts signed his first professional contract in December 2019, joining USL League One side Chattanooga Red Wolves ahead of their 2020 season.[10] He made his debut on July 25, 2020, starting in a 2–2 draw with South Georgia Tormenta.[11] In his rookie season, he logged 1,212 minutes, earned 14 starts, connected 28.5 passes per match, won 43 aerial duals (73.8% of total aerial duals), won 129 duals (72.8% of total duals), and won 19 tackles (70.4% of total tackles). [12]