#99

Chris Richardson

Senior defensive lineman on UTEP's 2019 roster.

DL · UTEP · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 298 lb · Oak Hills, CA

UTEP 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman on UTEP's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UTEP — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UTEP

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 2-22 over that span.

2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1481 / 2688 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#1778 / 2688 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2141 / 2688 · 17th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road4g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	UTEP	28	12	0.5	2	--	--
2018	UTEP	31	6	2.0	2	--	--
Career		59	18	2.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 36–34

vs Houston Christian

3 TOT

Edged out Houston Christian at home in a shootout.

With B. Jones — 268 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.3 · 33 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · T. Wolf — 18 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week