Demario Richard

Running back for Arizona State. 2017: 1,027 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Arizona State · #4

5′10″ · 219 lb · Palmdale, CA

Arizona State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 366 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for Arizona State. 2017: 1,027 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arizona State, 3,196 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201412 games

Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Palmdale

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#366 national

CFB

College

Arizona State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Todd Graham

Arizona State

Played his entire career under Todd Graham.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Todd Graham — 28-23 over that span.

2014Arizona State10-3HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2015Arizona State6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona State5-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2017Arizona State7-6HC: Todd Graham · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (94th percentile). Strength: carries (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#18 / 328 · 94th pct

Carries#32 / 328 · 90th pct

198

Rush yards#39 / 328 · 88th pct

1027

Long run#91 / 328 · 72nd pct

Yards / carry#133 / 328 · 58th pct

5.2

Rec yards#174 / 315 · 45th pct

Receptions#179 / 315 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	79.6	3.6	0.6
Road5g	94.0	5.1	1.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	44.3	2.1	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	127	6.3	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arizona State	198	1,027	5.2	12	--
2016	Arizona State	155	593	3.8	3	--
2015	Arizona State	209	1,098	5.3	7	--
2014	Arizona State	84	478	5.7	4	--
Career		646	3,196	4.9	26	--

Season	Team
2017	Arizona State	8	67	8.4	0	--
2016	Arizona State	17	136	8.0	0	--
2015	Arizona State	32	309	9.7	3	--
2014	Arizona State	13	156	12.0	4	--
Career		70	668	9.5	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 13–7

vs Washington

23 rush yds (8 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With M. Sleep-Dalton — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 6 NO · M. Wilkins — 245 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.8 · 2 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week