Receiver, Western Carolina (from Dartmouth), 2022–⁠25

Painter Richards-Baker

Number
No. 8
Height
6′2″
Weight
180 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Hillsborough, NC

Painter Richards-Baker played receiver at Dartmouth (2022–⁠24) and Western Carolina (2025).

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Samford, 202599receiving yards, career highat Campbell, 2025

Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2023 and 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Dartmouth10737.3016
2024Dartmouth1426018.6275
2025Western Carolina2027613.8261
Career4460913.8475

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Dartmouth8WRFr.
2023Dartmouth8WRSo.
2024Dartmouth8WRJr.
2025Western Carolina8WRSr.6′2″180

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2023Dartmouth (FCS)130.49––6.4–
2024Dartmouth (FCS)210.98––20.74%
2025Western Carolina (FCS)310.1913th (n=1040)0.465.94%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Western Carolina 8 games, 20 catches, 276 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.Gardner-WebbL 45–⁠521303
Sep 6atWake ForestL 10–⁠42117017
Sep 20vs.SamfordW 50–⁠35685120
Sep 27atCampbellW 42–⁠35599161
Oct 4atWoffordW 23–⁠2131909
Oct 11vs.FurmanW 52–⁠71808
Oct 18atThe CitadelW 45–⁠38227014
Nov 22atVMIW 48–⁠6118018
2024 Dartmouth 8 games, 14 catches, 260 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 28atMerrimackW 16–⁠14175175
Oct 5vs.PennsylvaniaW 20–⁠171808
Oct 12atYaleW 44–⁠43216010
Oct 19vs.Central ConnecticutW 20–⁠161707
Nov 2vs.HarvardL 27–⁠31236030
Nov 8atPrincetonW 26–⁠17121021
Nov 16atCornellL 22–⁠39222015
Nov 23vs.BrownW 56–⁠28475135
2023 Dartmouth 5 games, 10 catches, 73 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 16atNew HampshireL 7–⁠2421407
Sep 23vs.LehighW 34–⁠171404
Sep 30atPennsylvaniaW 23–⁠20332016
Oct 7vs.YaleL 24–⁠3131907
Nov 11vs.CornellW 30–⁠141404

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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