National Signing Day Class
Roster
Max Richardson
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Duluth, Ga.
- School:
- Woodward Academy
RICHARDSON'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 13 vs. Syracuse, 11/24/18
Tackles for a loss: 2.0 (2x) last at Florida State, 11/17/18
Sacks: 1.0 (3x) last at Florida State, 11/17/18
Fumbles forced: 1 at Florida State, 11/11/16
Pass breakups: 1 (2x), last at Wake Forest, 9//13/18
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 (9/1/18)... posted a team-high seven tackles, including two TFLs, vs. Holy Cross (9/8/18)... notched five tackles and a pass breakup at Wake Forest (9/13/18)... totaled six tackles vs. Temple (9/29/18)... made a career-high nine tackles, including 0.5 TFL, before a second-half targeting call at NC State (10/6/18)... pulled in a sack and three total tackles in the second half against Louisville (10/13/18)... tallied seven tackles with a half sack vs. No. 25 Miami (10/26/18)... contributed seven tackles at Virginia Tech (11/3/18)... collected a team-high nine tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. No. 2 Clemson (11/10/18)... recorded seven tackles, including a sack and two TFLs, at Florida State (11/17/18)... registered a career-high 13 tackles with 1.5 TFLs vs. No. 19 Syracuse (11/24/18).
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 (Sept. 9) … equaled career-high with seven stops against Notre Dame (Sept. 16) … seven stops in the first half against No. 2 Clemson (Sept. 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 (Sept. 17) … registered two tackles against Clemson (Oct. 7) … notched a career-high three tackles, all solo, and forced first career fumble at Florida State (Nov. 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.
