Gabe Richardson

Senior defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Arkansas · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 240 lb · Decatur, GA

Arkansas 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Arkansas

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

2 coaches

2017

Bret Bielema

Arkansas

2018–2019

Chad Morris

Arkansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bret Bielema → Chad Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Arkansas4-8HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2018Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Run-leaning

2019Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#426 / 2688 · 83rd pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1247 / 2688 · 53rd pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1442 / 2688 · 45th pct

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.1
Road4g	4.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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	Arkansas	33	16	5.5	2.5	1	--	--
2018	Arkansas	13	3	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Arkansas	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		47	20	7.0	2.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 20–13

vs Portland State

3 TOT · 0 SACKS · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With B. Hicks — 143 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.2 · 6 rush yds (2 car) · S. Loy — 35 AVG · 40 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs Portland State	3	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 17-31@ Ole Miss	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 55-34vs Colorado State	2	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-31vs San José State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 27-31vs Texas A&M	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-24@ Kentucky	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-51vs Auburn	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-48@ Alabama	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 24-54vs Mississippi State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Western Kentucky	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 20-56@ LSU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	16	5.5	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays