Senior safety on Kent State's 2021 roster.
5′10″ · 194 lb · Dayton, OH
Richie Carpenter Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Kent State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Akron, Week 12, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kent State, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Sean Lewis.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Sean Lewis — 17-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kent State | 21 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | 18 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 25 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-41@ Texas A&M | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 16-37@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-47vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-54@ Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-0@ Akron | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-47vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-41@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Micah Harper’s 2020 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Elias Escobar's junior season at Sam Houston (2024).
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Player DNA