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Career Honors:
2022 Team Captain (Defense)
2021 All-CSFL (Honorable Mention – Defensive Line)
 
2022 (Senior): Named defensive team captain prior to the season … Played in seven of eight games during the season, making three starts … Finished the year with 16 total tackles (eight solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks … Recorded a season-high five tackles, including a sack, against Army in the CSFL Championship … Added four tackles with a tackle for loss at Mansfield … Notched a tackle for loss at Chestnut Hill, while combining for a sack at Caldwell.
 
2021 (Junior): Named Honorable Mention All-Collegiate Sprint Football League as a member of the defensive line … Played in every game, starting all but one contest … Finished the season with 16 tackles (six solo), including 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, three pass breakups, and a quarterback hurry … Recorded a season-best five tackles at Penn with a tackle for loss, including half a sack … Notched three tackles against Army (Star Game), Mansfield, and Army (CSFL Championship) with sacks against the Black Knights and the Mountaineers during the regular season … Had a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss against Mansfield … Had pass breakups against Army (2x) and Alderson Broaddus, while being credited with a quarterback hurry against Mansfield.
 
2020 (Sophomore): Did not compete during the season, which was shortened to one game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019 (Freshman): Played in four of eight games during freshman campaign … Recorded eight total tackles, including five solo stops … Combined for a tackle for loss … Registered a season-high five total tackles (3 solo) against Alderson Broaddus, while adding three tackles (2 solo) at Cornell … Combined for a tackle for loss at Cornell … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against St. Thomas Aquinas, while also seeing action against Army West Point in the CSFL Championship game.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in wrestling (3 years) and football (1) at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Kennesaw, Ga. … Finished third at the State Championship (2016) in wrestling, helping lead the team to the Region Championship (2016) … Qualified for state in wrestling in 2017 and 2018 … Named team captain and team MVP … Earned All-County (2018) … Member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club … Served as assistant editor for the school yearbook … Commanding officer for NJROTC … Prepped at NAPS during the 2018-19 school year … Son of Julian and Keelavore Richard.
 
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