John Paul Richardson

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2024: 57 catches, 733 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · TCU · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 190 lb · Missouri City, TX

CFB Index 62 · #128 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceTCU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1073 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at TCU. 2024: 57 catches, 733 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2021.
Transferred from Oklahoma State to TCU in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 1,940 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 107 yds at Stanford.Stanford · W 34-272024

20215 games

Signed with Oklahoma State3-star out of Fort Bend Ridge Point

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1073 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022–2024

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #128 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (86th percentile). Strength: rec yards (81st percentile). Concern: td rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#138 / 610 · 77th pct

20.9%

Yards / catch#228 / 610 · 63rd pct

12.9

EPA / target#385 / 610 · 37th pct

0.75

Catch rate#428 / 610 · 30th pct

85.1%

TD rate#471 / 610 · 23rd pct

3.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#73 / 541 · 86th pct

Rec yards#104 / 541 · 81st pct

733

Yards / catch#276 / 541 · 49th pct

12.9

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#402 / 541 · 25th pct

Rush yards#224 / 299 · 23rd pct

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

66th → 37th percentile

Explosive rate

27th → 77th percentile

Catch rate

42nd → 30th percentile

TD rate

49th → 23rd percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 63rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.4	66.3	12.0	0.3
Road6g	3.2	44.8	13.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.9	55.0	10.9	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	58.0	14.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #128 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #128 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	TCU	57	733	12.9	2	--
2023	TCU	46	536	11.7	3	--
2022	Oklahoma State	49	503	10.3	4	--
2021	Oklahoma State	23	168	7.3	2	--
Career		175	1,940	11.1	11	--

Season	Team
2024	TCU	1	3	--	252	1
2023	TCU	3	12	--	83	--
2022	Oklahoma State	1	-10	21	--	--
2021	Oklahoma State	1	-1	--	--	--
Career		6	4	21	335	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 13–7

at Utah

3 rec · 53 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With E. Craw — 42 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Hoover — 263 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.1 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Arizona · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +4.33Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 38 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 20 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 13 · Arizona · 3&25 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 24 yds to the ARIZ 20
Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 34 yds to the OKST 16 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Utah · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 17 yds to the UTAH 24 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stanford · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 17 yds to the STAN 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Cincinnati · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 30 yds to the CIN 24 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UCF · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.51J.Hoover pass complete. Catch made by J.Richardson for 23 yards. Tackled by UCF at UCF 48.
Week 8 · Utah · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 26 yds to the UTAH 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 34 yds to the STAN 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27@ Stanford	6	107	17.8	0	34	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 2	W 45-0vs Long Island University	2	25	12.5	0	15
Wk 3	L 34-35vs UCF	5	46	9.2	0	23
Wk 4	L 42-66@ SMU	3	14	4.7	0	7
Wk 5	W 38-27@ Kansas	4	42	10.5	0	20
Wk 6	L 19-30vs Houston	9	98	10.9	0	25
Wk 8	W 13-7@ Utah	3	53	17.7	0	26
Wk 9	W 35-34vs Texas Tech	4	35	8.8	0	17
Wk 10	L 34-37@ Baylor	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 11	W 38-13vs Oklahoma State	7	100	14.3	0	34
Wk 13	W 49-28vs Arizona	6	107	17.8	1	38
Wk 14	W 20-13@ Cincinnati	2	50	25.0	0	30
Bowl	W 34-3vs Louisiana	5	53	10.6	1	20
Total		57	733	12.5	2	38

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