Player Dossier

2014-2017

Boston College

Richard Wilson

RB • 5'10" • 225 lbs • Southfield, MI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Richard Wilson leans balanced backfield option traits and 13 efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

1

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wagner

Player Story

Richard Wilson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Southfield, MI wearing No. 38, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Richard Wilson's career was his backfield...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8275

Detroit Country Day · Franklin, MI

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Richard Wilson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boston College. Richard Wilson leans balanced backfield option traits and 13 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
221
Rushing yards
214
Receiving yards
7
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Richard Wilson quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
221
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Boston College
Top game
Wagner
Recruit profile
3-star · Detroit Country Day · Boston College
High school pipeline
Detroit Country Day · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 38 · Class 2017
2017 Scrimmage yards rank
5 scrimmage yards · RB 587th (top 98%) · ACC 255th (top 95%) · National 2,339th (top 96%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonBoston College00000-
2015 Regular SeasonBoston College780737230.2
2016 Regular SeasonBoston College61361360248.5
2017 Regular SeasonBoston College2550018.4

Related Context

Richard Wilson played RB for Boston College. Across 4 tracked seasons, Richard Wilson recorded 214 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Boston College.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Boston College paired 136 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 13 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: Virginia

Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

2.5

Efficiency

13

Usage

2.4

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 5. UConn: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half5 · Games = 1 · +5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

26 vs Virginia

Result
Sun 11/19@ UConnW 39-1610000
Sat 10/21@ VirginiaW 41-10252.5002.5

Player Story

Richard Wilson story

Richard Wilson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Southfield, MI wearing No. 38, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Richard Wilson's career was his backfield work: 214 rushing yards, 68 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 7 receiving yards across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Richard Wilson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Boston College

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonBoston College0
2015 Regular SeasonBoston College8019.27.580
2016 Regular SeasonBoston College13632.310.956
2017 Regular SeasonBoston College5132.4-131

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wagner

Week 4 · W 42-10

Win with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

62

Scrimmage Yards

68.3 takeover

62 scrimmage yards and 16.2 usage.

#2

vs Howard

Week 2 · W 76-0

46

Scrimmage Yards

68.1 takeover

Win with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

46 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.

#3

vs Louisville

Week 10 · L 7-52 · Conference game

39

Scrimmage Yards

52.9 takeover

Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

39 scrimmage yards and 15.7 usage.

#4

@ Virginia

Week 8 · W 41-10 · Conference game

5

Scrimmage Yards

44.9 takeover

Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

5 scrimmage yards and 3 usage.

#5

@ Notre Dame

Week 12 · L 16-19

24

Scrimmage Yards

43.2 takeover

Loss with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

24 scrimmage yards and 14.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Boston College

136 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 10.9 usage

48.5

#2

2015 Regular Season · Boston College

30.2

80 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Boston College

18.4

5 primary · 13 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games