2018 Football Roster
Roster
Max Richardson
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Duluth, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodward Academy
RICHARDSON'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 15 at Virginia Tech, 10/17/20
Tackles for a loss: 3.0 (2x), last vs. Pitt, 10/10/20
Sacks: 2.0 at Syracuse, 11/7/20
Fumbles forced: 1 (2x) at Syracuse, 11/2/19
Fumbles recovered: 1 vs. Notre Dame, 11/14/20
Pass breakups: 1 (4x), last vs. North Carolina, 10/3/20
2020 (GRADUATE): All-ACC third-team selection … finished second on the team and fourth in the ACC with 99 tackles … posted a team-leading 8.0 TFL, including career-best 3.5 sacks in 2020 … totaled double-digit tackle totals in five of 10 ACC games … ended the season 11th nationally in total tackles (99) … eight tackles at Duke (9/19) ... recorded eight tackles and one TFL vs. Texas State (9/26) ... posted 13 tackles, including eight unassisted, against North Carolina (10/3) ... three TFLs and a sack in a nine-tackle effort vs. Pittsburgh (10/10) career-high 15 stops at Virginia Tech (10/17) … registered 11 tackles at Clemson (10/31) ... set new career-best with two sacks at Syracuse (11/7) in a 10-tackle effort ... recovered a fumble and made six stops vs. Notre Dame (11/14) ... totaled 13 tackles at Virginia (12/5).
2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): All-ACC Second Team... Preseason All-ACC: Athlon, Phil Steele’s... led the team with 108 tackles in 12 games, all starts... posted a team-high 14.5 TFLs and added 3.5 sacks, two pass break-ups and one forced fumble... team-high 10 tackles vs. Virginia Tech (8/31)... totaled six tackles with a half sack and 2.5 TFLs plus a quarterback hurry vs. Richmond (9/7)... six tackles vs. Kansas (9/13)... posted a career-high 14 tackles, including 10 solos, with 2.5 TFLs at Rutgers (9/21)... 13 tackles with a sack vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... led the team with 14 tackles, including 12 solo stops, at Louisville (10/5)... fourth straight game with double figure tackles with 10, including a sack and three TFLs, to go with a PBU vs. NC State (10/19)... registered six tackles, including a TFL, at Clemson (10/26)... team-high eight tackles with 1.5 TFLs, one sack and a forced fumble at Syracuse (11/2)... posted eight tackles, one TFL and one PBU against Florida State (11/9)... recorded nine tackles at Notre Dame (11/23)... four solo tackles at Pittsburgh (11/30).
2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in all 12 games including 11 starts at linebacker ... finished third on the team with 76 tackles ... 9.0 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, 2.5 sacks and two pass breakups on the season ... returned from injury to start the season opener vs. UMass (9/1) ... posted a team-high seven tackles, including two TFLs, vs. Holy Cross (9/8) ... notched five tackles and a pass breakup at Wake Forest (9/13) ... totaled six tackles vs. Temple (9/29) ... made a career-high nine tackles, including 0.5 TFL, before a second-half targeting call at NC State (10/6) ... pulled in a sack and three total tackles in the second half against Louisville (10/13) ... tallied seven tackles with a half sack vs. No. 25 Miami (10/26) ... contributed seven tackles at Virginia Tech (11/3) ... collected a team-high nine tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. No. 2 Clemson (11/10) ... recorded seven tackles, including a sack and two TFLs, at Florida State (11/17) ... registered a career-high 13 tackles with 1.5 TFLs vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24).
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in four games before a season-ending knee injury … awarded a medical redshirt … started the first four games of the year at middle linebacker … seven tackles, including his first-career half sack and a pass breakup against Wake Forest (9/9) … equaled career-high with seven stops against Notre Dame (9/16) … seven stops in the first half against No. 2 Clemson (9/23) before his injury.
2016 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 11 games on the year, mainly on special teams … participated in 133 special team plays … registered 10 total tackles on the season, including seven solo stops, assisted on a tackle for loss and forced a fumble … tallied two tackles, including an assisted tackle for a loss, in first career appearance at Virginia Tech (9/17) … registered two tackles against Clemson (10/7) … notched a career-high three tackles, all solo, and forced first career fumble at Florida State (11/11).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned 4A all-state first-team accolades as a senior … also named to the first team all-region defense and the first-team all-metro squad … War Eagles were 2015 Region 5-AAAA Champions and two-time state semifinalists … senior captain for head coach John Hunt … given the team MVP Award as a senior … led the team in tackles as a junior and sophomore … named the War Eagles’ Defensive MVP sophomore, junior and senior years … also played lacrosse and ran track.
PERSONAL: Maximillian Charles Richardson III … a history and political science dual major enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … Max is one of Max and Donna Richardson’s three children … has two sisters, Darington and Madison … Darington played softball at Kentucky and Madison played lacrosse at the Michigan ... father played football at Michigan from 1974-78 ... recipient of the Barry Gallup '69 Athletics Scholarship.
