Sean Richardson, 2015
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Safety, Vanderbilt, 2009–⁠11

Sean Richardson

Number
No. 21
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Linden, AL
Born
Jan 21, 1990, in Linden, Alabama

Sean Richardson played safety at Vanderbilt (2009–⁠11).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011Vanderbilt1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2008N12381100––––
2009124341844.500210
20101262379971.50503
2011134320636.521301
On file151106257183.5––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Vanderbilt21S
2010Vanderbilt21S
2011Vanderbilt21S6′2″

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

2011 Vanderbilt 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 17vs.Ole MissW 30–⁠71

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′2½″
Weight216 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.44 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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