Punter, Howard (from Eastern Kentucky), 2018–⁠22

Phillip Richards

Number: No. 49
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 215 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Melbourne, VIC

Phillip Richards played punter at Eastern Kentucky (2018–⁠21) and Howard (2022).

Team titles: MEAC champions, 2022

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

360

244

224

271

1,695

7–⁠47–⁠53–⁠67–⁠45–⁠6

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2018	Eastern Kentucky	9	360	40.0	50	4
2019	Eastern Kentucky	6	244	40.7	51	0
2020*	Eastern Kentucky	6	224	37.3	49	4
2021	Eastern Kentucky	7	271	38.7	51	2
2022	Howard	45	1,695	37.7	57	15
Career		73	2,794	38.3	57	25

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Eastern Kentucky	49	P	Yr 1
2019	Eastern Kentucky	49	P	Yr 2
2020	Eastern Kentucky	49	P	Yr 3
2021	Eastern Kentucky	49	P	Yr 4
2022	Howard	49	P	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′4″	215

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

2022 Howard 11 games, 45 punts, 37.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 27	vs.Alabama State	L 13–⁠23	4	156	40	2
Sep 3	atHampton	L 28–⁠31	6	187	49	1
Sep 10	atSouth Florida	L 20–⁠42	3	117	50	2
Sep 17	vs.Morehouse	W 31–⁠0	2	78	46	1
Oct 1	atYale	L 26–⁠34	6	252	50	1
Oct 15	vs.Harvard	L 25–⁠41	4	130	42	1
Oct 22	vs.Delaware State	W 35–⁠17	1	50	50	1
Oct 29	atNorfolk State	W 49–⁠21	3	128	52	1
Nov 5	atNorth Carolina Central	L 21–⁠50	4	182	57	0
Nov 12	vs.South Carolina State	W 28–⁠14	6	162	38	1
Nov 19	atMorgan State	W 35–⁠6	6	253	53	4

2021 Eastern Kentucky 1 game, 7 punts, 38.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 11	atLouisville	L 3–⁠30	7	271	51	2

No box score in the source for Sep 4 at Western Carolina, so that game is not listed.

2020 Eastern Kentucky 2 games, 6 punts, 37.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 12	atWest Virginia	L 10–⁠56	3	122	49	1
Oct 17	atTroy	L 29–⁠31	3	102	40	3

No box score in the source for Sep 26 at The Citadel; Oct 3 vs. Houston Christian; Oct 24 vs. Central Arkansas; Nov 7 vs. Stephen F. Austin; Nov 14 at Central Arkansas; Nov 21 vs. Western Carolina, so those games are not listed.

2019 Eastern Kentucky 1 game, 6 punts, 40.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 7	atLouisville	L 0–⁠42	6	244	51	0

No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Valparaiso; Sep 14 at Indiana State; Sep 21 at Presbyterian; Sep 28 vs. Tennessee State; Oct 5 vs. UT Martin; Oct 19 at Murray State; Oct 26 at Eastern Illinois; Nov 2 vs. Austin Peay; Nov 9 at Southeast Missouri State; Nov 16 vs. Tennessee Tech; Nov 23 at Jacksonville State, so those games are not listed.

2018 Eastern Kentucky 2 games, 9 punts, 40.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 8	atMarshall	L 16–⁠32	4	161	44	2
Sep 15	atBowling Green	L 35–⁠42	5	199	50	2

No box score in the source for Aug 30 vs. Morehead State; Sep 22 vs. Southeast Missouri State; Oct 6 vs. Jacksonville State; Oct 13 at UT Martin; Oct 20 vs. Murray State; Oct 27 vs. Eastern Illinois; Nov 3 at Austin Peay; Nov 10 vs. Robert Morris; Nov 17 at Tennessee Tech, so those games are not listed.

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

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