Senior running back for Washington. 2023: 30 rushing yards.
6′0″ · 223 lb · Lancaster, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 525 nationally · Signed with Washington
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Washington. 2023: 30 rushing yards.
Richard Newton
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Richard Newton has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Washington. One game to point at: 29 rush yds, 1 tackles against Michigan State — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Washington, 1,001 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, and Kalen DeBoer. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 29.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.2 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Washington | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | 45 | 213 | 4.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Washington | 39 | 138 | 3.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 23 | 122 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Washington | 117 | 498 | 4.3 | 10 | -- |
| Career | 229 | 1,001 | 4.4 | 14 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Washington | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Washington | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Washington | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 119 | 9.9 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-19vs Boise State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-7@ Michigan State | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 29 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 59-32vs California | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-31vs Oregon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 37-31vs Texas | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 5 | 30 | 4.2 | 0 | 17 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to James Harris II’s 2021 season.
Matches James on
Differs from James on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Travis Theis’s path through South Dakota.
Travis Theis
Rickey Spruill
Matches Travis on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Nubin's senior season at Minnesota (2023).
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Player DNA