Usage / Role
23%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2014-2017Minnesota
Steven Richardson
DL • 6'0" • 292 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Steven Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Minnesota
1415161617
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Player Story
Steven Richardson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 96, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Steven Richardson's career was his...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Steven Richardson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Minnesota. Steven Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Steven Richardson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Colorado State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mount Carmel · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Mount Carmel · 49 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DL 240th (top 34%) · Big Ten 184th (top 30%) · National 1,795th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 13 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 9 | 23 | 3.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.4 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Steven Richardson
Steven Richardson played DL for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Steven Richardson recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Minnesota paired 21 primary output with 26.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
14.5
Usage
6.1
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Maryland: 0.5. Purdue: 0. Michigan State: 1. Illinois: 0. Iowa: 0.5. Nebraska: 0.5. Northwestern: 0. Wisconsin: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 4 by 21.7. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 17.5. Nebraska: 4 by 21.7. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Wisconsin | L 0-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Northwestern | L 0-39 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Nebraska | W 54-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Iowa | L 10-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Illinois | W 24-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs Michigan State | L 27-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Purdue | L 17-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Maryland | L 24-31 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ Oregon State | W 48-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Steven Richardson story
Steven Richardson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 96, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Steven Richardson's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Minnesota. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Steven Richardson's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: Steven Richardson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Minnesota
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 21 | 26.1 | 7.3 | 21 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 21 | 26.1 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3.5 | 14.5 | 6.1 | -17.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado State
Week 4 · W 31-24
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Northwestern
Week 12 · W 29-12 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 10 · W 44-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 7 · L 27-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 13 · L 0-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Minnesota
21 primary output · 26.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage
55.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Minnesota
55.7
21 primary · 26.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
33.4
3.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Steven Richardson
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.