Richard McQuarley

Running back for New Mexico. 2017: 473 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · New Mexico · #3

5′11″ · 221 lb · Meridian, MS

New Mexico 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 321 nationally · Joined New Mexico

Statement game11 car · 179 yds · 5 TDvs Air Force (FBS) · W 56-38

Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for New Mexico. 2017: 473 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at New Mexico, 1,359 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201512 games

Signed with New Mexico2-star out of Itawamba C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#321 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Bob Davie

New Mexico

Played his entire career under Bob Davie.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bob Davie, all run-heavy offenses — 19-19 over that span.

2015New Mexico7-6HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2016New Mexico9-4HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2017New Mexico3-9HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#80 / 328 · 75th pct

Rush TDs#102 / 328 · 65th pct

Yards / carry#145 / 328 · 54th pct

5.1

Rush yards#173 / 328 · 47th pct

473

Carries#178 / 328 · 45th pct

Receptions#265 / 315 · 12th pct

Rec yards#306 / 315 · 3rd pct

Fumbles lost#219 / 221 · 1st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	68.2	6.4	1.2
Road5g	26.4	2.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	53.5	5.4	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	38.0	3.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	New Mexico	92	473	5.1	6	--
2016	New Mexico	143	656	4.6	18	--
2015	New Mexico	52	230	4.4	7	--
Career		287	1,359	4.7	31	--

Season	Team
2017	New Mexico	3	5	1.7	0	--
2016	New Mexico	5	94	18.8	0	--
2015	New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	99	12.4	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 38–14

vs Abilene Christian

22 rush yds (10 car)

Dominant 24-point win at home against Abilene Christian.

With L. Jordan — 213 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 52 rush yds (7 car) · D. Chestnut — 64 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-14vs Abilene Christian	10	22	2.2	0	9
Wk 2	L 28-30vs New Mexico State	10	30	3.0	0	9
Wk 3	L 14-28@ Boise State	10	36	3.6	0	8
Wk 4	W 16-13@ Tulsa	10	34	3.4	0	18
Wk 5	W 56-38vs Air Force	11	179	16.3	5	65	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 7	L 0-38@ Fresno State	5	20	4.0	0	9
Wk 8	L 24-27vs Colorado State	11	73	6.6	1	22
Wk 9	L 3-42@ Wyoming	13	43	3.3	0	10
Wk 10	L 10-24vs Utah State	9	37	4.1	0	9
Wk 11	L 14-55@ Texas A&M	3	-1	-0.3	0	2
Total		92	473	4.6	6	65

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