Receiver, Colorado, 2010–⁠13

Paul Richardson

Number
No. 6
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Born
Apr 13, 1992

Paul Richardson played receiver at Colorado (2010–⁠13). The Seattle Seahawks took Richardson in round 2, No. 45 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,343
Receiving yards, 2013 (Colorado, 4–⁠8)
Best game
284 yards
Vs. California, week 2, 2011: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 45
Round 2, 2014 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Career highs

11catches, career highfour times; last vs. California, 2013284receiving yards, career highvs. California, 20112receiving touchdowns, career highsix times; last vs. Central Arkansas, 2013

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Colorado3451415.1662
2011Colorado3955514.2578
2013Colorado831,34316.21082
Career1562,41215.52182

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Colorado6WR
2011Colorado6WR
2012Colorado6WR
2013Colorado6WR6′1″

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
2013Colorado800.8251st (n=341)0.8165.310%

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

2013 Colorado 12 games, 83 catches, 1,343 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Colorado StateW 41–⁠2710208282–
Sep 7vs.Central ArkansasW 38–⁠2411209255–
Sep 28atOregon StateL 17–⁠445701287
Oct 5vs.OregonL 16–⁠575134055–
Oct 12atArizona StateL 13–⁠54439017–
Oct 19vs.Charleston SouthernW 43–⁠108122160–
Oct 26vs.ArizonaL 20–⁠447132175–
Nov 2atUCLAL 23–⁠45770114–
Nov 9atWashingtonL 7–⁠59377153–
Nov 16vs.CaliforniaW 41–⁠2411140039–
Nov 23vs.USCL 29–⁠47888130–
Nov 30atUtahL 17–⁠24454020–
2011 Colorado 9 games, 39 catches, 555 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atHawai’iL 17–⁠34349221–
Sep 10vs.CaliforniaL 33–⁠36112842789
Sep 17vs.Colorado StateW 28–⁠14427012–
Sep 24atOhio StateL 17–⁠37438019–
Oct 1vs.Washington StateL 27–⁠31776124–
Nov 4vs.USCL 17–⁠42218015–
Nov 12vs.ArizonaW 48–⁠29120215
Nov 19atUCLAL 6–⁠4521609–
Nov 25atUtahW 17–⁠14545019–
2010 Colorado 10 games, 34 catches, 514 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.Colorado StateW 24–⁠3111011–
Sep 18vs.Hawai’iW 31–⁠133906–
Oct 9atMissouriL 0–⁠26117017–
Oct 16vs.BaylorL 25–⁠3122702117
Oct 23vs.Texas TechL 24–⁠27479260−7
Oct 30atOklahomaL 10–⁠43228019–
Nov 6atKansasL 45–⁠5211141262−3
Nov 13vs.Iowa StateW 34–⁠145121055–
Nov 20vs.Kansas StateW 44–⁠36319114–
Nov 26atNebraskaL 17–⁠45262150–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′0⅜″
Weight175 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size8⅞″
Wingspan76¼″W
40-yard dash4.40 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′4″
3-cone drill7.09 s
20-yard shuttle4.23 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 59 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Seattle Seahawks12292711
2015Seattle Seahawks11400
2016Seattle Seahawks13212881
2017Seattle Seahawks16447036
2018Washington Redskins7202622
2019Washington Redskins10282452
NFL career591431,80912

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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