Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 9-56@ Miami | 13/17 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | -- | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-34@ Troy | 25/39 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | -- | Season-high 288 yds |
| Total | 38/56 | 419 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 | — |
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Daniel Richardson
Junior quarterback for Florida Atlantic. 2023: 2,001 passing yards, 13 TD, 10 INT.
5′10″ · 205 lb · Miami, FL
CFB Index 24 · #132 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceFlorida Atlantic 2023 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
DUAL recruit
No. 2192 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 quarterback for Florida Atlantic. 2023: 2,001 passing yards, 13 TD, 10 INT.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2019.
- Transferred from Florida Atlantic to Florida A&M in 2024.
Daniel Richardson
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jim McElwain and Tom Herman. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: AAC Offensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 288 pass yds against Troy — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida Atlantic, 7,289 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2019
- Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Miami Carol City
202311 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coaches2019
Florida Atlantic
Played under 3 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Willie Taggart, and Tom Herman. Multi-era developmental context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Central Michigan8-6HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced
2020Central Michigan3-3HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning
2021Central Michigan9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning
2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 210 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 7.6 YPA, 0.5 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 208 | 318 | 65.4% | 2,001 | 6.3 | 13 | 10 | 125.5 | 31 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 179 | 320 | 55.9% | 1,988 | 6.2 | 15 | 5 | 120.5 | 28 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 191 | 316 | 60.4% | 2,633 | 8.3 | 24 | 6 | 151.7 | 60 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Central Michigan | 57 | 90 | 63.3% | 666 | 7.4 | 3 | 2 | 132.0 | 42 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 636 | 1,047 | 60.7% | 7,289 | 7.0 | 55 | 23 | 132.2 | 40 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 42 | -62 | -1.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 33 | -55 | -1.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 23 | -38 | -1.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Central Michigan | 12 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Central Michigan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 111 | -148 | -1.3 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Game Manager
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
QB
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Mikey Keene’s 2021 season.
Matches Mikey on
Height
Completion %
Differs from Mikey on
Class year (lower)
TD rate (lower)
INT rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Chandler Fields's graduate season at Louisiana (2023).
52%match
Matches Chandler on
Rush yards / carry
Differs from Chandler on
Class year (lower)
INT rate (higher)
Yards / attempt (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Daniel Richardson
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology