Player Dossier

2016-2019

UTEP

Chris Richardson

DL • 6'3" • 298 lbs • Oak Hills, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Chris Richardson built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Oak Hills, CA wearing No. 99, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Chris Richardson's career was his defensive...

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Chris Richardson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UTEP. Chris Richardson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
59
TFL
2.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Chris Richardson quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · DL
Career Tackles
59
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
UTSA
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
28 tackles · DL 183rd (top 22%) · Conference USA 155th (top 25%) · National 1,499th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP12312022050.1
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP10280.5012028.6

Related Context

Chris Richardson played DL for UTEP. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Richardson recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

UTEP paired 6 primary output with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

3.8

Consistency

52.8

Best Game by takeover score

UTSA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 0. UNLV: 0.5. Tennessee: 1. New Mexico State: 0.5. UTSA: 2. North Texas: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. UAB: 0.5. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Southern Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 3 by 12.5. UNLV: 2 by 13.3. Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. New Mexico State: 4 by 21.7. UTSA: 3 by 32.5. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 25.8. UAB: 2 by 13.3. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 11 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UTSA

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs UTSA

Result
Sat 11/24vs Southern MissL 7-3941000
Sun 11/18@ Western KentuckyL 16-4030000
Sat 11/10vs Middle TennesseeL 32-4810000
Sat 11/3@ RiceW 34-2610000
Sat 10/27vs UABL 0-19200.5000
Sat 10/20@ Louisiana TechL 24-31510.5000
Sat 10/6vs North TexasL 24-2720000
Sat 9/29@ UTSASplash gameL 21-3032001
Sat 9/22vs New Mexico StateL 20-27410.5000
Sat 9/15@ TennesseeL 0-2410001
Sun 9/9@ UNLVL 24-52210.5000
Sat 9/1vs Northern ArizonaL 10-3030000

Player Story

Chris Richardson story

Chris Richardson built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Oak Hills, CA wearing No. 99, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Chris Richardson's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Richardson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP00
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP615.83.86
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP3.515.23.3-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 5 · L 21-30 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Charlotte

Week 11 · L 21-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida International

Week 8 · L 17-32 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Southern Miss

Week 5 · L 13-31 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Rice

Week 14 · L 16-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · UTEP

6 primary output · 15.8 efficiency · 3.8 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · UTEP

28.6

3.5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · UTEP

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games