Jordan Richards in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Stanford, 2011–⁠14

Jordan Richards

Number
No. 8
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Folsom, CA
Born
Jan 23, 1993, in Folsom, California

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Jordan Richards played at Stanford (2011–⁠14). The New England Patriots took Richards in round 2, No. 64 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 64
Round 2, 2015 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2012 and 2013

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012Stanford3
2013Stanford3
2014Stanford3
Career9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2011915163100010
2012144424686.513121
2013N1440296940331
On file996916810.516162

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Stanford8
2012Stanford8
2013Stanford8
2014Stanford85′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2014 Stanford 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 4atNotre DameL 14–⁠171
Nov 22atCaliforniaW 38–⁠171
Nov 28atUCLAW 31–⁠101
2013 Stanford 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 28atWashington StateW 55–⁠171
Oct 19vs.UCLAW 24–⁠102
2012 Stanford 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 8vs.DukeW 50–⁠131
Sep 15vs.USCW 21–⁠141
Nov 24atUCLAW 35–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2015
Height5′10¾″
Weight211 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.65 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′3″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill6.74 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 51 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015New England Patriots81900
2016New England Patriots4300
2017New England Patriots132300
2018Atlanta Falcons133600
2019Baltimore Ravens7700
2020Baltimore Ravens4400
2021Baltimore Ravens2200
NFL career519400

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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