Steven Richardson: DL · Minnesota · #96.
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Steven Richardson
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at Minnesota. The first one came in 2016: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Nebraska — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Maryland | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-31@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30vs No. 21 Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ Iowa | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 54-21vs Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-39@ Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-31vs No. 5 Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries23 tackles · 3.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.9%
231 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
62.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
262 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
