Jerico Richardson

#84 · WR · Nevada5′11″ · Los Angeles, CA

Jerico Richardson: WR · Nevada · #84.

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Jerico Richardson

WR · Nevada · #84

Moves the chains on third down. Third year in the same receiving corps at Nevada. One game to point at: 46 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Buffalo — Week 3, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Nevada in the news

Carter Jones, AJ Bianco questionable vs SJSUNevada Sports Net Oct 23
Nevada declines to release jersey patch deal's financial detailsNevada Sports Net Oct 22
Nevada TE DJ Asiasi out for seasonNevada Sports Net Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Nevada	26	271	10.4	1	19
2015	Nevada	68	750	11.0	5	72
2014	Nevada	56	655	11.7	3	30
Career		150	1,676	11.2	9	72

Season	Team
2016	Nevada	--	--
2015	Nevada	1	1
2014	Nevada	--	4
Career		1	5

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-27vs Cal Poly	4	43	10.8	1	12
Wk 2	L 10-39@ No. 18 Notre Dame	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Buffalo	3	46	15.3	0	19	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 4	L 14-24@ Purdue	4	35	8.8	0	16
Wk 5	L 17-38@ Hawai'i	4	39	9.8	0	14
Wk 6	W 27-22vs Fresno State	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 7	L 10-14@ San José State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 34-42vs Wyoming	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 10	L 26-35@ New Mexico	3	45	15.0	0	19
Wk 13	W 45-10@ UNLV	2	7	3.5	0	5
Total		26	271	10.4	1	19

Signature game

Week 1 · 2016

W 30-27

vs Cal Poly

4 rec · 43 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 3 at home.

With A. Boy — 45.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 71 long · T. Stewart — 189 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.9 · 31 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · New Mexico · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.02Ty Gangi pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 19 yds to the NMex 36 for a
Week 4 · Purdue · 1st and 18 · Q4 · EPA +2.77Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 16 yds to the Prdue 48
Week 10 · New Mexico · 3rd and 20 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Ty Gangi pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 18 yds to the NMex 29
Week 1 · Cal Poly · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.26Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 9 yds for a TD, (Brent Zuzo KICK)
Week 3 · Buffalo · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.62Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 19 yds to the Nevad 35 for a
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 22 · Q4 · EPA +1.56Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 14 yds to the Hawa 44

4 more plays

Week 4 · Purdue · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.42Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 4 yds to the Prdue 49 for a
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.32Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 9 yds to the 50 yard line
Week 3 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 15 yds to the Nevad 40 for a
Week 7 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.27Tyler Stewart pass complete to Jerico Richardson for 14 yds to the SJSt 48 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Brian Polian — 19-19 over that span.

2014Nevada7-6HC: Brian Polian · Run-leaning

2015Nevada7-6HC: Brian Polian · Run-heavy

2016Nevada5-7HC: Brian Polian · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#501 / 674 · 26th pct

10.4

TD rate#520 / 674 · 23rd pct

2.0%

EPA / target#599 / 674 · 11th pct

0.20

Catch rate#657 / 674 · 3rd pct

47.1%

Explosive rate#655 / 674 · 1st pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#311 / 524 · 40th pct

Rec yards#389 / 524 · 26th pct

271

Rec TDs#356 / 524 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#439 / 524 · 16th pct

10.4

Long catch#505 / 524 · 3rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

39th → 11th percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 1st percentile

Catch rate

34th → 3rd percentile

TD rate

55th → 23rd percentile

Yards / catch

36th → 26th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.8	30.8	10.8	0.2
Road6g	2.5	24.7	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	28.3	10.5	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	24.3	9.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Brian Polian

Pass share

42.7%

349 pass / 469 run

Plays / game

68.2

12 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

335 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

26 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jerico Richardson

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

26 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Nevada