Player Dossier

2016-2020

Boston College

Max Richardson

LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Duluth, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Max Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

80

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Max Richardson built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Duluth, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Max Richardson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8378

Prosper · Prosper, TX

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Max Richardson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Boston College. Max Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
317
TFL
32.5
Sacks
10
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Max Richardson quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · LB
Career Tackles
317
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Boston College
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Prosper · Tulane
High school pipeline
Prosper · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
99 tackles · LB 10th (top 1%) · ACC 4th (top 1%) · National 11th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonBoston College6100.50--07.9
2017 Regular SeasonBoston College4230.50.5-1020.8
2018 Regular SeasonBoston College127792.5-2057.4
2019 Regular SeasonBoston College1210814.53.522078.2
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College119983.511063.6

Related Context

Max Richardson played LB for Boston College. Across 5 tracked seasons, Max Richardson recorded 317 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boston College.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Boston College paired 22 primary output with 54.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 47.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

47.9

Usage

12.6

Consistency

45.3

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 1.5. Texas State: 1. North Carolina: 1. Pittsburgh: 4. Virginia Tech: 0. Georgia Tech: 2. Clemson: 0. Syracuse: 4. Notre Dame: 0. Louisville: 0. Virginia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 8 by 48.3. Texas State: 8 by 43.3. North Carolina: 13 by 60. Pittsburgh: 9 by 77.5. Virginia Tech: 15 by 50. Georgia Tech: 5 by 40.8. Clemson: 11 by 45.8. Syracuse: 10 by 81.7. Notre Dame: 6 by 25. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 13 by 50

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.1 · Games = 6 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Syracuse

Result
Sat 12/5@ Virginia10+ tacklesL 32-43131000
Sat 11/28vs LouisvilleW 34-2711000
Sat 11/14vs Notre DameL 31-4562000
Sat 11/7@ Syracuse10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 16-13109220
Sat 10/31@ Clemson10+ tacklesL 28-34116000
Sat 10/24vs Georgia TechSplash gameW 48-27521.500.500
Sun 10/18@ Virginia Tech10+ tacklesL 14-40155000
Sat 10/10vs PittsburghSplash gameW 31-3095310
Sat 10/3vs North Carolina10+ tacklesL 22-26138001
Sat 9/26vs Texas StateW 24-2183100
Sat 9/19@ DukeW 26-6850.5000

Player Story

Max Richardson story

Max Richardson built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Duluth, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Max Richardson's career was his defensive production: 317 tackles, 32.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Max Richardson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Boston College

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBoston College0.57.81.9
2017 Regular SeasonBoston College2294.41.5
2018 Regular SeasonBoston College13.537.68.411.5
2019 Regular SeasonBoston College2254.115.78.5
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College13.547.912.6-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs NC State

Week 8 · W 45-24 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Syracuse

Week 10 · W 16-13 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Pittsburgh

Week 6 · W 31-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 12 · L 21-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Richmond

Week 2 · W 45-13

4

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Boston College

22 primary output · 54.1 efficiency · 15.7 usage

78.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Boston College

63.6

13.5 primary · 47.9 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Boston College

57.4

13.5 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

14

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games