Johnny Richardson

Former running back at UCF. 2024: 119 rushing yards, 13 catches.

RB · UCF · Sr.

5′7″ · 175 lb · Lake Wales, FL

CFB Index 49 · #122 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceUCF 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1434 nationally · Signed with UCF

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at UCF. 2024: 119 rushing yards, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCF, 1,860 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs UConn.UConn · W 49-172021

20204 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Lake Wales

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1434 national

CFB

College

UCF

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

2021–2024

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

49Rotational starter #122 of 310?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Rec yards#156 / 330 · 52nd pct

Yards / carry#190 / 335 · 42nd pct

4.8

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Rush TDs#314 / 335 · 3rd pct

Long run#333 / 335 · 1st pct

Rush yards#335 / 335 · 0th pct

119

Carries#336 / 335 · 0th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	13.3	5.8	0.0
Road4g	6.5	3.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	14.8	4.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	5.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UCF	25	119	4.8	0	--
2023	UCF	87	573	6.6	1	--
2022	UCF	54	370	6.9	0	--
2021	UCF	104	733	7.0	3	--
2020	UCF	11	65	5.9	1	--
Career		281	1,860	6.6	5	--

Season	Team
2024	UCF	13	91	7.0	1	--
2023	UCF	12	46	3.8	0	--
2022	UCF	22	122	5.5	1	--
2021	UCF	25	226	9.0	1	--
2020	UCF	--	--	--	--	--
Career		72	485	6.7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 35–34

at TCU

7 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With K. Jefferson — 230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.6 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · R. Harvey — 180 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Cincinnati · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.88Johnny Richardson run for 2 yds to the CIN 22 Johnny Richardson fumbled, recovered by CIN Harris Adams H. Adams return for 0 yds
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65KJ Jefferson pass complete to Johnny Richardson for 22 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 3 · TCU · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.87J.Richardson rushed for 7 yards. Tackled by B.Clark at UCF 39.
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA -1.67Johnny Richardson run for a loss of 4 yards to the 50 yard line
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.35Johnny Richardson run for 6 yds to the UNH 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.30Johnny Richardson run for 12 yds to the UNH 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.26Johnny Richardson run for 4 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Hampshire · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Johnny Richardson run for 7 yds to the UNH 4 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arizona State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Dylan Rizk pass complete to Johnny Richardson for 8 yds to the ASU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · BYU · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +0.99Johnny Richardson run for 9 yds to the UCF 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 57-3vs New Hampshire	7	40	5.7	0	12	Season-high 40 yds
Wk 2	W 45-14vs Sam Houston	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 3	W 35-34@ TCU	2	7	3.5	0	7
Wk 5	L 21-48vs Colorado	4	11	2.8	0	9
Wk 6	L 13-24@ Florida	3	10	3.3	0	6
Wk 7	L 13-19vs Cincinnati	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 9	L 24-37vs BYU	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 10	W 56-12vs Arizona	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 31-35@ Arizona State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	L 21-31@ West Virginia	2	5	2.5	0	3
Wk 14	L 14-28vs Utah	—	—	—	—	—
Total		25	119	4.8	0	12

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