Player Dossier

2019-2022

Northern Illinois

John Richardson

PK • 5'11" • 173 lbs • Orland Park, IL, USA

Impact contributor

John Richardson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

John Richardson built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 39, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of John Richardson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7939

Brother Rice · Oak Lawn, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

John Richardson, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. John Richardson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

John Richardson quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Western Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Brother Rice · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Brother Rice · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1200100
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois600100
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1300100
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1300100
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1200100

Related Context

John Richardson played PK for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Richardson recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 0. Tulsa: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Kentucky: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0

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.

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

— vs Akron

Result
Sat 11/26vs AkronL 12-44
Thu 11/17vs Miami (OH)L 23-29
Thu 11/10@ Western MichiganW 24-21
Wed 11/2vs Central MichiganL 22-35
Sat 10/22@ OhioL 17-24
Sat 10/15@ Eastern MichiganW 39-10
Sat 10/8vs ToledoL 32-52
Sat 10/1@ Ball StateL 38-44
Sat 9/24@ KentuckyL 23-31
Sat 9/17vs VanderbiltL 28-38
Sat 9/10@ TulsaL 35-38
Fri 9/2vs Eastern IllinoisW 34-27

Player Story

John Richardson story

John Richardson built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 39, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of John Richardson's career was his special-teams scoring: 300 kicking points, 61 made field goals on 77 attempts, and 117 extra points across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 7 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: John 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

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    Northern Illinois

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois00
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Michigan

Week 14 · W 17-14 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Toledo

Week 12 · W 31-28 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Central Michigan

Week 10 · L 10-48 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Akron

Week 9 · W 49-0 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games