Defensive back, Georgia, 2017–⁠20

Richard LeCounte

Number: No. 2
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Riceboro, GA
Born: Sep 11, 1998

Richard LeCounte played defensive back at Georgia (2017–⁠20). The Cleveland Browns took LeCounte in round 5, No. 169 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 74; Tackles, 2018 (Georgia, 11–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 169; Round 5, 2021 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

13tackles, career highat Kentucky, 2020 2interceptions, career hightwice; last at Arkansas, 2020

Honors

2020First-team All-SEC

Team titles: SEC champions, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

13–⁠2AP 211–⁠3AP 712–⁠2AP 48–⁠2AP 7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2017	Georgia	15	10	0	0	0
2018	Georgia	74	45	1	1	3
2019	Georgia	61	35	4.5	4	3
2020	Georgia	26	16	1	3	4
Career		176	106	6.5	8	10

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Georgia	2	DB	Fr.
2018	Georgia	2	DB	So.
2019	Georgia	2	DB	Jr.
2020	Georgia	2	DB	Sr.	5′11″	190

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

2020 Georgia 5 games, 26 tackles, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 26	atArkansas	W 37–⁠10	3	3	0	2	1
Oct 3	vs.Auburn	W 27–⁠6	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 10	vs.Tennessee	W 44–⁠21	3	3	0	0	0
Oct 17	atAlabama	L 24–⁠41	5	3	1	1	0
Oct 31	atKentucky	W 14–⁠3	13	6	0	0	3

2019 Georgia 14 games, 61 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	atVanderbilt	W 30–⁠6	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Murray State	W 63–⁠17	5	2	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Arkansas State	W 55–⁠0	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Notre Dame	W 23–⁠17	7	2	0	0	1
Oct 5	atTennessee	W 43–⁠14	5	4	1	1	0
Oct 12	vs.South Carolina	L 17–⁠20	1	1	1	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Kentucky	W 21–⁠0	6	2	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Florida	W 24–⁠17	6	2	0	0	1
Nov 9	vs.Missouri	W 27–⁠0	4	1	0.5	1	0
Nov 16	atAuburn	W 21–⁠14	6	5	1	0	1
Nov 23	vs.Texas A&M	W 19–⁠13	7	6	0	0	0
Nov 30	atGeorgia Tech	W 52–⁠7	1	1	1	0	0
Dec 7	vs.LSU	L 10–⁠37	6	6	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Baylor	W 26–⁠14	2	0	0	2	0

2018 Georgia 14 games, 74 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Austin Peay	W 45–⁠0	3	2	0.5	0	0
Sep 8	atSouth Carolina	W 41–⁠17	10	7	0	0	1
Sep 15	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 49–⁠7	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 22	atMissouri	W 43–⁠29	7	6	0	0	1
Sep 29	vs.Tennessee	W 38–⁠12	4	1	0	0	0
Oct 6	vs.Vanderbilt	W 41–⁠13	6	6	0	0	1
Oct 13	atLSU	L 16–⁠36	7	3	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Florida	W 36–⁠17	7	1	0.5	0	0
Nov 3	atKentucky	W 34–⁠17	5	4	0	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Auburn	W 27–⁠10	6	3	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Massachusetts	W 66–⁠27	5	4	0	0	0
Nov 24	vs.Georgia Tech	W 45–⁠21	1	1	0	0	0
Dec 1	vs.Alabama	L 28–⁠35	3	1	0	1	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Texas	L 21–⁠28	7	5	0	0	0

2017 Georgia 7 games, 15 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Sep 2	vs.App State	W 31–⁠10	5	4
Sep 9	atNotre Dame	W 20–⁠19	1	0
Sep 16	vs.Samford	W 42–⁠14	3	2
Sep 23	vs.Mississippi State	W 31–⁠3	1	1
Nov 18	vs.Kentucky	W 42–⁠13	2	1
Nov 25	atGeorgia Tech	W 38–⁠7	2	1
Dec 2	vs.Auburn	W 28–⁠7	1	1

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	5′10½″
Weight	196 lb
Arm length	31⅝″
Hand size	9″
40-yard dash	4.79 s
10-yard split	1.69 s
Vertical jump	32½″
Broad jump	10′8″
3-cone drill	7.44 s
20-yard shuttle	4.49 s

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

In the NFL

2 seasons, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2021	Cleveland Browns	3	3
2022	Cleveland Browns	1	–
NFL career		4	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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