Receiver, Valdosta State (from Howard), 2021–25
Richie Ilarraza
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Class (2025)
- Sophomore
- Hometown
- Clearwater, FL
Richie Ilarraza played receiver at Howard (2021–24) and Valdosta State (2025).
Career highs
7catches, career highthree times; last vs. Morehouse, 202482receiving yards, career highvs. Norfolk State, 2023Team titles: MEAC champions, 2022 and 2023
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | Howard | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | Howard | 31 | 286 | 9.2 | 0 | 38 |
| 2023 | Howard | 29 | 279 | 9.6 | 0 | 26 |
| 2024 | Howard | 16 | 169 | 10.6 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025* | Valdosta State | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 83 | 769 | 9.3 | 1 | 38 | |
Returns
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Howard | 4 | WR | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Howard | 4 | WR | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Howard | 4 | WR | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Howard | 4 | WR | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Valdosta State | 4 | WR | So. (Yr 5) | 5′10″ | 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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Howard (FCS) | 26 | 0.16 | – | – | 4.1 | 8% |
| 2023 | Howard (FCS) | 35 | 0.78 | 47th (n=681) | 0.80 | 27.3 | 5% |
| 2024 | Howard (FCS) | 14 | 0.49 | – | – | 6.9 | – |
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 Valdosta State 1 game, 3 catches, 18 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | at The Citadel | L 14–38 | 3 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Aug 30 at Clark Atlanta; Sep 6 at Johnson C. Smith; Sep 13 at Chowan; Sep 27 vs. UNC Pembroke; Oct 4 vs. Lenoir Rhyne; Oct 25 vs. North Greenville; Nov 1 vs. West Alabama; Nov 8 vs. Delta State; Nov 15 at West Florida; Nov 22 at Albany State, so those games are not listed.
2024 Howard 4 games, 16 catches, 169 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Rutgers | L 7–44 | 4 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. Mercyhurst | W 32–31 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Morehouse | W 35–21 | 7 | 77 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Hampton | L 20–27 | 4 | 58 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
2023 Howard 11 games, 29 catches, 279 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Eastern Michigan | L 23–33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs.Hampton | L 34–35 | 2 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 30 | at Robert Morris | W 35–10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 7 | at Northwestern | L 20–23 | 7 | 65 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 14 | at Harvard | L 7–48 | 4 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. Norfolk State | W 27–23 | 5 | 82 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 28 | at Delaware State | W 17–10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 4 | at South Carolina State | L 24–27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. North Carolina Central | W 50–20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. Morgan State | W 14–7 | 3 | 28 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. Florida A&M | L 26–30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Morehouse, so that game is not listed.
2022 Howard 11 games, 31 catches, 286 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs. Alabama State | L 13–23 | 7 | 36 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 3 | atHampton | L 28–31 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Sep 10 | at South Florida | L 20–42 | 5 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs.Morehouse | W 31–0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 1 | at Yale | L 26–34 | 2 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Harvard | L 25–41 | 6 | 73 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 22 | vs.Delaware State | W 35–17 | 2 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | atNorfolk State | W 49–21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 5 | atNorth Carolina Central | L 21–50 | 1 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | vs.South Carolina State | W 28–14 | 3 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | atMorgan State | W 35–6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
2021 Howard 1 game, 4 catches, 17 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at Maryland | L 0–62 | 4 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Oct 30 at Delaware State; Nov 20 vs. Virginia Lynchburg, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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