Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Richard Toney
Senior defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Arlington, TX
CFB Index 69 · #108 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Purdue)
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
3★
S recruit
No. 2215 nationally · Signed with Nevada
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2021.
Richard Toney
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Richard Toney has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Ball State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Nevada3-star out of Arlington
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters, and Barry Odom. Multi-era developmental context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Purdue
DestinationTBD
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Balanced
2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025Purdue2-10HC: Barry Odom · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Starter
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
69 · #108 of 538 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #108 at the position.
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Brandon McKinney’s 2021 season.
87%match
Matches Brandon on
Tackle volume
Class year
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nasir Peoples's sophomore season at Virginia Tech (2022).
Matches Nasir on
Class year
PD rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Richard Toney
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology