John Paul Richardson

#7 · WR · Sr. · TCU6′0″ · 190 lb · Missouri City, TX · Fort Bend Ridge Point

John Paul Richardson: WR · TCU · #7.

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John Paul Richardson

WR · TCU · Sr · #7

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Sonny Dykes. A game that shows it: 107 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Arizona — Week 13, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

TCU in the news

June Jones passes awayNov 1
Yormark leaving Big 12Oct 31
Fort Worth-area recruit decommits from TCUFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 29
TCU fires coach RickerOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	TCU	57	733	12.9	2	38
2023	TCU	46	536	11.7	3	59
2022	Oklahoma State	49	503	10.3	4	83
2021	Oklahoma State	23	168	7.3	2	20
Career		175	1,940	11.1	11	83

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 34-27@ Stanford	6	107	17.8	0	34
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 38-27vs 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	12.9	2	38

Signature game

Week 13 · 2024

W 49-28

vs Arizona

6 rec · 107 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Arizona.

With J. Hoover — 252 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.7 · E. Craw — 45 yards per punt · 2 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Arizona · 2nd and 14 · Q3 · EPA +4.33Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 38 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 1 · Louisiana · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 20 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 13 · Arizona · 3rd and 25 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 24 yds to the ARIZ 20
Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 34 yds to the OKST 16 for a
Week 8 · Utah · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 17 yds to the UTAH 24 for a
Week 1 · Stanford · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 17 yds to the STAN 46 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Cincinnati · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 30 yds to the CIN 24 for a
Week 3 · UCF · 2nd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.30Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 26 yds to the UTAH 45 for a
Week 1 · Stanford · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.11Josh Hoover pass complete to JP Richardson for 34 yds to the STAN 27 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 62 (#128 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

62Quality starter #128 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	68.5	12.2	0.2
Road5g	3.0	45.4	13.6	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

2024 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Pass share

55.7%

487 pass / 387 run

Plays / game

67.2

13 games

Team sack rate

3.1%

489 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

57 catches and 1 carry in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

62 · #128 of 466 WRs · 2024

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

John Paul Richardson

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 5 games

2023 12 games